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Healthcare executive with 4+ years of progressive senior-level experience directing strategy, leading teams, and streamlining operations to achieve strategic targets and advance hospital vision and mission. Patient-focused healthcare leader and change agent with a relentless commitment to excellence. Ensures top-quality care and patient outcomes while maintaining financial integrity and meeting complex federal and state regulatory requirements.Visionary leader with a passion for innovation and unwavering commitment to patient care. Instills cultures of empathy, inclusivity, and accountability and leads teams in optimizing outcomes, reducing costs, and ensuring regulatory compliance.Highlights:✔ Opened 4-unit, 64-bed behavioral health hospital, recruited management team, won Joint Commission accreditation on the first attempt and reduced first-year budgeted expenses by $2.5M.✔ Drove unprecedented growth in the average daily census to ~80% patient occupancy in the first year, achieving positive EBITDA month after 4 months of receiving Joint Commission Accreditation.✔ Exceeded target average daily census for 2023, with $4M+ in EBITDA in under two years since opening, and surpassed first-year revenue target by $2.2M while also beating budgeted ADC in de novo facility.✔ Reduced first-year executive turnover to under 10% for de novo facility versus ~30% average for new hospitals by ensuring clear expectations, clarifying vision and strategy, and instilling a culture of participation and collaboration.