University of Miami Health System names new cardiothoracic surgery chief: 4 points

University of Miami Health System tapped Joseph Lamelas, MD, to serve as chief of cardiothoracic surgery as well as a professor of surgery within the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

Advertisement

Here are four points:

1. Dr. Lamelas most recently served as associate chief of the cardiac surgery division at Baylor College of Medicine, CHI St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital and Texas Heart Institute, all based in Houston.

2. He was previously chief of cardiac surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Fla.

3. Dr. Lamelas has developed a minimally invasive cardiac surgery approach, called “The Miami Method.”

4. He has 28 years of experience in healthcare.

More articles on executive moves:
5 latest hospital, health system CEO moves
3 more execs resign from Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital
Lakeview Regional Medical Center selects new CFO: 4 notes

Advertisement

Next Up in Executive Moves

Advertisement

Comments are closed.