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Kindred Hospitals of South Florida - Market CEO
David O’Brien, who has spent the past decade as an Executive administrator for operations and nursing at hospitals in South Florida and other parts of the South, was recently named the Market Chief Executive Officer for Kindred Hospitals of South Florida. In his new role, O’Brien oversees all strategic planning, finances, operations and personnel for Kindred’s four specialty hospitals in the South Florida market.
As Market CEO for Kindred Hospitals of South Florida, O’Brien is responsible for leading four long-term acute care hospitals with a combined 265 beds that specialize in treating medically complex patients recovering from serious injury or illness. In addition, Kindred Hospital the Palm Beaches and Kindred Hospital South Florida – Fort Lauderdale each feature an 11-bed inpatient acute rehabilitation unit.
O’Brien brings significant experience as a Chief Operating Officer and Chief Nursing Officer to his new CEO role. O’Brien had stints as COO at Broward Health Medical Center and Salah Foundation Children’s Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, St. Mary’s Medical Center and Palm Beach Children’s Hospital in West Palm Beach, and Hilton Health (South Carolina) Regional Hospital. While in Hilton Head he was Market COO for Tenet Healthcare for a group of six hospitals in South Carolina and Massachusetts. O’Brien also served as CNO for Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center and Coral Gables Hospital.
Prior to relocating to South Florida, O’Brien began his healthcare career in New York, where he spent eight years in executive nursing leadership roles at New York-Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center.
Nursing was a second career for O’Brien who previously was an entrepreneur and owned several small businesses. He also was a Member of the Pearl River Fire Department in New York where he was a Fire Fighter / Paramedic rising to the rank of Chief of the Department from 2008-2013.
Personally, he is married to Diane and together they have two adult children, John and Jessica. Fun family fact, they are all nurses.
O’Brien earned the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Master of Science in Nursing and Master of Health Administration from Phoenix University. He also holds the credential of Nurse Executive Advanced-Board Certified (NEA-BC).
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