MIAMI - Miami Children's Hospital (MCH) has named Ellie Tinto-Poitier as Director of Ambulatory Services Operations. Ms. Tinto-Poitier will be responsible for managing the Pediatric Care Center and the Dental Clinic. Ms. Tinto-Poitier has worked for more than 10 years in the health care field, holding administrative and policy positions.
Prior to joining MCH, she served as Director for OB/GYN Ambulatory Clinics, and Director of Clinic Business Services at the Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans. She has also served as policy analyst for the District of Columbia’s Medicaid program, and has cooperated with a variety of health related programs in New York.
Ms. Tinto-Poitier has a Masters in Healthcare Administration from the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Ms Tinto-Poitier is a resident of Coconut Grove.
Founded in 1950, Miami Children's Hospital is the only licensed specialty hospital for children in South Florida. Ranked among the country’s best pediatric hospitals by U.S. News & World Report, Miami Children's Hospital offers medical care and services for children from birth to age 21. The 268-bed medical facility treats more than 185,000 patients each year and has expertise in all aspects of pediatric medicine.
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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 Orthopedic, Sports Medicine 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.