Orlando Health names vice president of Puerto Rico/Caribbean Region

Orlando, FL (October 12, 2023) Orlando Health has named Omar Gonzalez as vice president of its Puerto Rico/Caribbean Region.

In October 2022, Orlando Health joined forces with Doctors’ Center Hospital to create Doctors’ Center Hospital - Orlando Health – Dorado in Puerto Rico, a 105-bed acute care hospital that opened in March 2022. Since then, the partnership has expanded to include Doctors' Center Hospital Orlando Health – San Juan, Doctors' Center Hospital Orlando Health – Bayamón, Doctors' Center Hospital Orlando Health – Manatí , Doctors' Center Hospital Orlando Health – San Fernando de la Carolina and Doctors' Center Hospital Orlando Health Centros de Urgencia – Arecibo, an ambulatory diagnostic and treatment center.

“Born and raised on the island, with substantial leadership experience at Orlando Health, Omar is naturally a great fit for vice president of the Puerto Rico/Caribbean Region,” said Steve Burriss, Chief Operating Officer, Orlando Health. “He will focus on building relationships with our Doctors’ Center Hospital partners, physicians, community leaders and team members to enhance operational performance and drive organization success in the region.”

Mr. Gonzalez joined Orlando Health in 2008 and has held progressive leadership positions in information technology services. Most recently, he was assistant vice president of Technology Strategy and Design, overseeing Orlando Health regions beyond Central Florida.

After completing his undergraduate degree in social sciences at Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Mr. Gonzalez went on to earn his Master of Business Administration in management from Strayer University in Orlando. He also received a master’s degree in digital journalism and design from the University of South Florida. Mr. Gonzalez has completed several business certifications in the IT field.

He began his new role on October 1, 2023.

About Orlando Health

Orlando Health, headquartered in Orlando, Florida, is a not-for-profit healthcare organization with $9.2 billion of assets under management that serves the southeastern United States and Puerto Rico.

Founded more than 100 years ago, the healthcare system is recognized around the world for Central Florida’s only pediatric and adult Level I Trauma program as well as the only state-accredited Level II Adult Trauma Center in Pinellas County. It is the home of the nation’s largest neonatal intensive care unit under one roof, the only system in the southeast to offer open fetal surgery to repair the most severe forms of spina bifida, the site of an Olympic athlete training facility and operator of one of the largest and highest performing clinically integrated networks in the region. Orlando Health has pioneered life-changing medical research and its Graduate Medical Education program hosts more than 350 residents and fellows.

The 3,888-bed system includes 29 hospitals and emergency departments – 24 of which are currently operational with five coming soon. The system also includes nine specialty institutes, more than 100 adult and pediatric primary care practices, skilled nursing facilities, an in-patient behavioral health facility under the management of Acadia Healthcare, and more than 60 outpatient facilities that include imaging and laboratory services, wound care centers, home healthcare services in partnership with LHC Group, and urgent care centers in partnership with FastMed Urgent Care. More than 4,750 physicians, representing more than 100 medical specialties and subspecialties have privileges across the Orlando Health system, which employs more than 27,000 team members and more than 1,200 physicians.

In FY22, Orlando Health served nearly 142,000 inpatients and 3.9 million outpatients. The healthcare system provided more than $782 million in total value to the communities it serves in the form of charity care, community benefit programs and services, community building activities and more in FY 21, the most recent period for which this information is available. Additional information can be found at http://www.orlandohealth.com, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @orlandohealth.