Mr. Khayat leads strategy, operations and community impact as president of Orlando Health Horizon West Hospital, which opened in 2021 in one of Central Florida’s fastest-expanding areas. He also oversees Davenport, Fla.-based Orlando Health Emergency Room–Reunion Village, a free-standing emergency department. In just over a year in the role, he has guided the hospital to three consecutive Leapfrog hospital safety grade “A” ratings. He served as executive champion for the surgical team’s creation of smoke-free operating rooms, earning the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses’ “Go Clear Award,” one of the first such achievements among Orlando Health facilities. Under his leadership, the hospital achieved three Joint Commission certifications within 18 months, becoming a certified primary stroke center and earning disease-specific care certification for hip and knee replacement. Most recently, the hospital earned disease-specific care certification in shoulder replacement, making it one of only 11 hospitals in Florida and the only hospital in the greater Central Florida area with that certification. Mr. Khayat also led the launch of a new vascular access program with the Orlando (Fla.) Health Heart and Vascular Institute, taking it from concept to go-live in two and a half months and credentialing five vascular surgeons to reduce wait times that previously exceeded 48 to 72 hours for dialysis patients. He began his healthcare career as a respiratory therapist and most recently served as COO for Orlando Health–Health Central Hospital in Ocoee, Fla. before becoming president at Horizon West. He is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives and serves on the boards of Edgewood Children’s Ranch and Eight Waves.
