Profiles in Leadership – Broward Health Medical Center

 

Thomas Kester, RN, MSN, DNP, CNOR, is the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) at Broward Health Medical Center. As CNO, Kester is responsible for providing nursing and clinical leadership and ensuring that clinical staff needs are met.

 

Kester has been at Broward Health since 2010, serving most recently as CNO/COO at Broward Health Imperial Point and previously as the hospital’s regional director of surgical services. Prior to that, he was manager of surgical services at Holy Cross Hospital for four years.

 

Kester gives back to the community. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Nursing Consortium of South Florida, is a past President of the Broward Chapter of AORN and a Former Chair of the Sheridan Technical Institute Advisory Board.

 

Kester holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice and Healthcare Systems Leadership from Chamberlain College of Nursing. He also has a Master of Science in Nursing with a concentration in nursing education from the University of Phoenix, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of North Carolina.