Miami Children's Hospital Welcomes Two New Physicians to the 2014-2016 Medical Executive Committee
Dr. Marcos A. Mestre, hospitalist at Miami Children’s Hospital (MCH), has been elected to serve as President of the Medical Staff and Chair of the Medical Executive Committee. Dr. Mestre previously served as Geographic staff representative on the committee. Before joining MCH in 2005, Dr. Mestre worked as a pediatric hospitalist at WakeMed Hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina. He received his medical degree from the University of Florida.
Dr. Ziad A. Khatib is currently the Director of Neuro-oncology at Miami Children’s Hospital and participates in conducting research studies involving children with brain tumors and testing new approaches for cancer treatment. He received his medical degree from American University of Beirut, Lebanon. 
Dr. Luis Gonzalez-Mendoza is currently the Director of the Division of Endocrinology and has been on staff at Miami Children’s Hospital since 1986. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics and a Diplomate of the Sub-Board in Pediatric Endocrinology. Dr. Gonzalez-Mendoza received his medical degree from the University Autonoma of Guadalajara.
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For more than 75 years, Nicklaus Children's Health System 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. Nicklaus Children's provides pediatric care across a growing network of hospital and community-based partnerships, including care within NCH North Hospital in Naples, Jupiter Medical Center, select Baptist Health Hospital pediatric emergency units, and Nicklaus Children's Hospital Fort Lauderdale and Nicklaus Children's Hospital Coral Springs each located on the campuses of Broward Health. The hospitals and their network of more than 35 outpatient care locations offer lifesaving care in Miami-Dade, Broward, Martin and Palm Beach counties. 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 the 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 474-bed system 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 more than 40 pediatric specialties and an ambulatory surgery center. For more information, visit nicklauschildrens.org.
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