Miami-based Nicklaus Children's Pediatric Specialists tapped Joseph Forbess, MD, as chief of the section of cardiovascular surgery.
Dr. Forbess will also lead the Miami-based Nicklaus Children's Heart Institute alongside Lourdes Prieto, MD, chief of the section of cardiology, according to a June 28 hospital press release.
Dr. Forbess, a pediatric cardiovascular surgeon, most recently worked as a professor of surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and surgical director of the Children's Heart Program at University of Maryland Children's Hospital, both based in Baltimore.