MIAMI -- Michael L. Harrington has joined Nicklaus Children’s Hospital as president and chief operating officer. In this role, he will oversee day-to-day operations of the 289-bed pediatric specialty hospital, the flagship of Miami Children’s Health System.
Mr. Harrington brings to the position more than 20 years of experience in healthcare leadership. Most recently he served as president of Christus Health Louisiana, where he provided operational leadership for a 284-bed medical center, 84-bed rehabilitation center and a 130-bed long-term-care facility. Previously, Mr. Harrington served as chief operating officer at Danville Regional Medical Center in Danville, Virginia and at Cape Fear Valley Health System in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Mr. Harrington’s experience includes developing and opening a pediatric emergency department, and general acute pediatric inpatient services in several facilities as well as a pediatric intensive care unit and perinatology services. His pediatric experience also includes overseeing mental health services for children and adolescents, as well as developing and managing physician practices and leading outpatient rehabilitation services.
Mr. Harrington received a master of business administration degree from Webster College in Sarasota, Florida, a master of arts in counseling psychology from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida and has earned a Lean Six-Sigma yellow belt.
About Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Where Your Child Matters Most ™ (2025)
For 75 years, Nicklaus Children's has stood as a beacon of hope for children and families across the state of Florida and beyond. Nicklaus Children's Hospital is South Florida's #1 nonprofit, freestanding specialty licensed hospital exclusively for children serving close to 70 percent of children in the Miami metropolitan community. In addition, Nicklaus Children's offers care within NCH North Hospital in Naples, Jupiter Medical Center's De George Pediatric Unit and select Baptist Health Hospital pediatric emergency units. The hospital and its network of more of nearly 35 outpatient care locations offer lifesaving care in in Miami-Dade, Broward, Martin, and Palm Beach counties. These outpatient locations include an array of urgent care, pediatric primary care, and subspecialty care centers and are either hospital-based or outpatient locations under Nicklaus Children's Pediatric Specialists, LLC (NCPS). Providing a pipeline of future physicians and groundbreaking research, Nicklaus Children's is an academic and clinical affiliate of Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. Nicklaus Children's is home to centers of excellence including the Helen & Jacob Shaham Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute, the Nicklaus Children's Orthopedics, Sports Health and Spine Institute, Nicklaus Children's Neuroscience Institute and Nicklaus Children's Heart Institute. The 325-bed hospital is renowned for excellence in all aspects of pediatric medicine, with many programs routinely ranked among the nation's best by U.S. News & World Report since 2008. Nicklaus Children's also includes a nonprofit physician practice subsidiary with over 40 specialties, and an ambulatory surgery center. For more information visit, https://www.nicklauschildrens.org.