Mr. Burriss joined Orlando Health at a pivotal moment as the organization prepared for transformational growth, and over the past two years has played a central role in expanding access to care through the acquisition of five hospitals in central Alabama and two on Florida’s east coast. His efforts have helped grow Orlando Health from approximately 20,000 to more than 40,000 team members while maintaining strong quality outcomes and a mission-driven culture throughout rapid expansion. He has driven collaborations in quality, safety and access through strategic partnerships established with Florida Medical Clinic and Watson Clinic, culminating in the openings of two new hospitals designed to deliver coordinated, high-quality, connected care across the continuum. Mr. Burriss reimagined the organizational leadership model by establishing regional systems across Florida and Alabama to accommodate expanded scale, improving operational consistency and quality while empowering regional leaders to address community-specific needs. He led the development of a system chief quality officer role and the implementation of a monthly quality close meeting with 100% senior executive participation, which included regular reviews of site-specific performance, patient safety events and improvement initiatives. These practices resulted in accelerated best-practice sharing, faster improvement cycles and measurable reductions in variation across the system. Despite the complexity of multiple simultaneous acquisitions, Orlando Health achieved top-decile team member engagement and satisfaction results under his leadership. Burriss has received the Triangle Business Journal “40 Under 40 Award” and the Leadership Triangle “Goodmon Award.”
