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Operational strategist and physician, Mark Davis, MD, MS, has been appointed chief operating officer at Miami Cancer Institute, part of Baptist Health South Florida.
Dr. Davis comes from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA, where he was vice president of Brigham Health International, leading academic collaborations between Brigham and multiple international parties, and executive director of Business Development and Strategic Initiatives, working on health system and hospital design, education, research and operations both nationally and internationally.
He served most recently as senior advisor of Strategic Initiatives and Partnership and also an associate professor of emergency medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Davis has more than 20 years of experience as a national and global health leader and emergency medicine physician. In collaboration with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, he helped establish a multi-billion-dollar advanced cancer hospital in China.
He has served as a visiting scientist at NASA Johnson Space Center, an international ambassador to Romania and Israel through the American College of Emergency Physicians, and a member of the World Health Organization’s Essential Trauma Care Program Steering Committee. He also has advanced telehealth platforms internationally and among Native American underserved populations.
At Miami Cancer Institute, part of Baptist Health South Florida, Dr. Davis will be responsible for operational excellence and patient-centered care, playing a key role in developing long-term strategy in the areas of clinical care and technical advances, as well as navigating the complex financial environment faced by healthcare organizations today.
“Since its opening in 2017, the Institute has grown to become one of the largest cancer programs in the state in terms of patient volume,” said Michael J. Zinner, MD, CEO and executive medical director. “Dr. Davis has a deep commitment to clinical quality, patient safety and efficiency in the delivery of healthcare. We are excited to have someone with his expertise on board as we continue our phenomenal growth, offering new services and expanding our research programs, opening additional locations in South Florida and internationally, and developing and acquiring the latest technologies.”
Dr. Davis received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, where he was recognized with the Medical Scholar award in 1990. He also has a master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. He completed an internship and residency in emergency medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center.
His numerous honors include the Humanitarian Award from the Hippocrates Society, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; the Best Faculty Clinician Award, Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and an International Emergency Medicine Fellowship Award from the Ronald Reagan Institute of International Emergency Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine.
Dr. Davis serves on the editorial boards of many professional journals and has served as reviewer for such publications as the Physician Leadership Journal, Annals of Emergency Medicine, American Journal of Emergency Medicine, European Journal of Emergency Medicine and Biomed Central.
Dr. Davis and his wife, Lauren Harshman Davis, MD, a medical oncologist who works in the biotechnology industry, have two sons, enjoy the outdoors, traveling and walking their dogs.
