Marcos Mestre

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ABOUT MARCOS MESTRE

Dr. Mestre is senior vice president and chief clinical operations officer for Nicklaus Children’s Health System. In this role, he will advance collaboration among the 309-bed pediatric specialty hospital’s clinical and administrative leadership, and community physicians to ensure quality clinical care and operational efficiency.Dr. Mestre joined the hospital’s parent organization, Nicklaus Children’s Health System (NCHS), in 2005 as a pediatric hospital medicine physician. He went on to become director of the division of hospital medicine and president of the medical staff. Most recently, Dr. Mestre served as senior medical director, pediatric services and section chief for pediatric hospital medicine for Nicklaus Children’s Pediatric Specialists, the NCHS clinical group practice. After earning his medical degree from the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, Dr. Mestre completed his pediatric residency at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Hospitals in Chapel Hill. He also holds an executive master of business administration degree in health sector management and policy from the University of Miami and is board certified in general pediatrics. Dr. Mestre is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Section on Hospital Medicine. In addition, he is a clinical assistant professor at the Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine and active on several of the hospital’s committees.Dr. Mestre, who has been recognized on the America’s Best Doctors list, sees patients at the Nicklaus He is fluent in English and Spanish.