UF Health creates expanded Northeast Florida system, names three SVP/regional presidents

UF Health has named two executives to expanded leadership roles in the Central Florida market and a newly formed Northeast Florida system, joining a recent executive appointment for the Greater Gainesville region.

The regional alignment of UF Health’s clinical enterprise is an important step designed to help manage the significant growth of patient care programs, services, and facilities, officials say.

Hospital system executives will now hold the title of senior vice president and regional president for their respective geographic areas:

Patrick L. Green, FACHE, will oversee the UF Health St. Johns and the UF Health Jacksonville hospital systems as SVP & Northeast Florida regional president. This includes the new hospital and facilities being built in Durbin Park. Green has served as CEO of UF Health Jacksonville since July 2023.
Heather B. Long, M.S.N., will become SVP & Central Florida regional president for our UF Health hospitals and outpatient locations in The Villages and Leesburg, including UF Health Spanish Plaines Hospital and UF Health Leesburg Hospital, and outpatient locations throughout Lake and Sumter counties. Long has served as CEO of UF Health Central Florida since December 2022.
Michael D. Holmes, M.H.S., recently appointed to oversee UF Health Shands inpatient and hospital-based outpatient facilities and the UF Health Ocala Neighborhood Hospital, will join UF Health on March 17 as SVP & Greater Gainesville regional president. He is currently the executive vice president and chief operating officer of Yale-New Haven Hospital.