Jackson Memorial Hospital
University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center has been ranked No. 1 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale in U.S. News & World Report’s first-ever Best Hospitals metro area rankings.The new rankings recognize 622 hospitals in or near major cities with a record of high performance in key medical specialties, including 132 of the 152 hospitals already identified as the best in the nation. There are nearly 5,000 hospitals nationwide.
Jackson is an internationally recognized, academic health system comprised of six hospitals: our centerpiece, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Holtz Children’s Hospital, Jackson North Medical Center, Jackson South Community Hospital, Jackson Rehabilitation Hospital and Jackson Mental Health Hospital. It is also home to the Ryder Trauma Center, Miami-Dade County’s only Level 1 adult and pediatric trauma center; and the UM/JM Burn Center, one of the leading burn treatment centers in the nation and the only one in South Florida.
We also have community clinics and several specialty centers located strategically throughout the Miami-Dade community. In addition, we offer a fully licensed health maintenance organization (HMO), the JMH Health Plan. Jackson, a public health system with 2,482 licensed hospital and nursing home beds, is devoted to caring for those in our community. We are also an international destination for patients seeking advanced, life-saving treatments.
Meet our CEO
Carlos A. Migoya has served as CEO of Jackson Health System since May 2011, overseeing one of the nation’s largest and most respected public healthcare networks. Jackson has the distinction of bringing world-class medical care—including the medical school faculty and students from the University of Miami and Florida International University—to a taxpayer-owned system that guarantees a single high standard of care for all residents of Miami-Dade County.
The system is anchored by Jackson Memorial Hospital, one of the most respected hospitals in Florida. The system also includes two neighborhood community hospitals—Jackson South and Jackson North—along with Holtz Children’s Hospital, Jackson Behavioral Health Hospital, the Christine E. Lynn Rehabilitation Center for The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis at UHealth/Jackson Memorial, two nursing homes and a network of urgent care centers, physician practices, and clinics.
In his first year at Jackson, Mr. Migoya led a transformation that reversed years of massive losses, including an $82 million loss in the prior year, and produced a surplus of more than $8 million. It was the first time Jackson produced a surplus since 2006, and the system has earned an annual surplus every year since. At the same time, key indicators of healthcare quality and patient satisfaction improved, proving that public hospital systems need not choose between medical excellence and operational sustainability. In November 2013, he led a successful campaign in which 65 percent of Miami-Dade voters approved the $830 million Jackson Miracle-Building Bond program, which is the cornerstone of a 10-year, $1.7 billion capital plan to renovate, modernize and expand Jackson’s facilities.
Prior to joining Jackson, Mr. Migoya served as city manager in Miami, successfully tackling the city’s ailing budget issues. Most of Mr. Migoya’s professional life was spent in the banking industry, rising through the ranks over more than 40 years from part-time teller to regional president and CEO at Wachovia and its predecessors. He most recently served as the regional president of Wachovia in North Carolina and the CEO for the Atlantic region, responsible for banking in New Jersey, Connecticut and New York.
He is actively involved in several community organizations, including having served as the foundation chairman of Florida International University and as a member of the university’s Dean’s Council, the College of Business Administration’s principal advisory board. He currently chairs the United Way of Miami-Dade, and he sits on the boards of Miami Dade College, Florida Chamber of Commerce, the Beacon Council, and MEDNAX. He is a member of the Florida Council of 100, an organization of business leaders that promotes the economic growth of Florida and the economic well-being of Floridians. For nine years, Mr. Migoya served as a director of AutoNation, the largest auto retailer in the U.S. He is also a past chairman of the Safety Net Hospitals Alliance of Florida, and a previous board member of Downtown Miami Charter School.
Mr. Migoya earned an undergraduate degree in finance and a Master of Business Administration in finance from Florida International University.
Working in affiliation with the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine and others, Jackson provides a wide range of patient services, educational programs, a clinical setting for research activities and a number of health-related community services.