Nicklaus Children's Health System's President and Chief Executive Officer, Matthew A. Love, was appointed to the Graduate Medical Education (GME) Committee by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on July 26, 2024. This appointment is comprised of a workgroup of healthcare leaders within the state to work on the production of an annual report on graduate medical education in Florida. The announcement comes a day after Nicklaus Children’s was included in Newsweek's America’s Best Children’s Hospitals for 2024 with the most ranked programs in Florida.
"It is an honor to be appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis for this role and to represent pediatric hospitals for the state of Florida in this process," said Matthew A. Love, president and CEO of Nicklaus Children's Health System. “As the #1 pediatric hospital in South Florida, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital understands the importance of our teaching programs and the impact they have on helping recruit and retain the next generation of leading doctors to Florida. Through this appointment, I look forward to creating goals and standards for all healthcare facilities within Florida to benefit from our findings.”
The GME Committee, along with the Community Hospital Education Council (CHEC) work to develop plans and goals to improve the graduate medical education system in Florida. With the results of their findings and highlighting the benefits and necessity of teaching programs, the outcomes may encourage funding and policy changes that better serve Florida residents.
Matthew A. Love, a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE), brings more than 24 years of experience in financial and operational oversight in both adult and pediatric healthcare systems. Prior to joining NCHS, he served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Regions for Mercy Health System in Ohio, where he led a team of seven regional chief financial officers. Love is a graduate of Ohio State University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in industrial and systems engineering, and has a master's degree in business administration from Cleveland State University.
About Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Where Children Matter Most ™ (2024)
Nicklaus Children's Hospital is South Florida's #1 nonprofit, freestanding specialty licensed hospital exclusively for children. With more than 850 physicians, including over 500 pediatric subspecialists, the hospital and its network of outpatient centers and offices serve close to 70% of children in the Miami market. The only hospital "where your child matters most™,” Nicklaus Children's is home to the region's most advanced Kenneth C. Griffin Surgical Tower, and its centers of excellence Helen & Jacob Shaham Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute, the Nicklaus Children’s Orthopedics, Sports Health and Spine Institute, Nicklaus Children’s Brain Institute and Nicklaus Children’s Heart Institute. The Nicklaus Children's Hospital's Transfer Center, Nick4Kids, and LifeFlight are responsible for transporting and saving close to 5,000 lives a year. Our 307-bed hospital, which is renowned for excellence in all aspects of pediatric medicine, has many specialty programs routinely ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report since 2008. Nicklaus Children's is also home to the largest pediatric teaching program in the southeastern United States and since 2003 has been designated an American Nursing Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet facility, the nursing profession's most prestigious institutional honor. For more information, please visit www.nicklauschildrens.org.