Dr. Michaels serves as president of MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center, a 214-bed hospital, and senior vice president of the broader MedStar Health system. Under his leadership, surgical volume grew 8% in fiscal year 2025 and an additional 8.4% year-to-date in fiscal year 2026, while cardiac interventional cases rose 15% in fiscal year 2025 and 12.5% year-to-date. Dr. Michaels has also reduced reliance on agency nursing staff by more than 50% and stabilized nurse retention, while completing renovations to the pre-op/postanesthesia care unit, women’s locker room, nursing administrative suite, and a new cath/electrophysiology lab. He has recruited several key providers, including two general surgeons, a cardiac interventionalist, an OB/GYN/maternal-fetal medicine chair, two additional OB/GYN providers and a gastrointestinal specialist. Dr. Michaels led the implementation of the Prince George’s County “Healthy Start” program through a Health Resources and Services Administration grant, which has served more than 550 participants in its third year. The hospital now performs in the top decile nationally on key quality measures including mortality, C. difficile, central line-associated bloodstream infection, catheter-associated urinary tract infection and readmissions. He serves as honorary commander of Joint Base Andrews and sits on the boards of the Prince George’s County Business Roundtable and Totally Linking Care Maryland.
