ST. JOSEPH — Spectrum Health Lakeland confirmed Wednesday they have laid off nearly two dozen of its Lakeland leadership staff, which comes a few months after Spectrum Health's merger with Beaumont Health.
At age 22, Jason Kimbrell rode in the back of ambulances in Okaloosa County caring for patients in critical condition. It was his first job after serving four years in the military as a firefighter and paramedic. "How in the world can a guy who barely graduated high school with a GPA of 1.5 and was sleeping on his girlfriend's couch end up being the CEO for a Fortune 100 company?" Kimbrell, now the chief executive at HCA Florida Palms West Hospital, asked with a laugh. "It's not the dog in the fight, but the fight in the dog."
Tower Health announced Monday that Michael Stern, FACHE, will join the executive leadership team as chief operating officer for the health system effective September 19, 2022. Stern joins Tower Health from the MetroHealth System in Cleveland, Ohio, where he has served in senior leadership since 2015, most recently in the role of EVP and COO of the system's Hospital Division.