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Tampa General names COO
By Erica Carbajal
Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital has named Melissa Golombek, DNP,
as executive vice president and COO.
Dr. Golombek brings nearly 20 years of healthcare experience to her
new role. She joined Tampa General in 2020 as senior administrator
of Muma Children's Hospital and the TGH Women's Institute, later
advancing to vice president.
Under her leadership, both service lines achieved significant year-
over-year growth. She also helped secure the largest philanthropic gi
in the region's history for Muma Children's Hospital.
Prior to joining Tampa General, Dr. Golombek served in senior
leadership roles at Johns Hokpins all Children's Hospital in St.
Petersburg, Fla., and Chicago-based Northwestern University Health
System.
Dr. Golombek succeeds Kelly Cullen, who served as Tampa General's
COO for six years. n
U of North Carolina taps 2 physicians for
leadership roles
By Kelly Gooch
T
he UNC School of Medicine and UNC Health,
both based in Chapel Hill, N.C., have selected two
physicians to fill key leadership roles.
Samantha Meltzer-Brody, MD, will serve as executive dean,
and Azita Hamedani, MD, was appointed president of
UNC Faculty Physicians and vice dean for clinical affairs,
according to a Jan. 17 news release.
Dr. Meltzer-Brody is the Assad Meymandi Distinguished
Professor and chair of the UNC psychiatry department as
well as the director of the UNC Center for Women's Mood
Disorders.
She will begin her new role Jan. 20 and continue as chair
of psychiatry through March 31, according to the release.
Dr. Hamedani is founding chair of the emergency medicine
department at the University of Wisconsin School of
Medicine & Public Health in Madison.
Dr. Hamedani will begin her new role March 17 according
to the release.
UNC Health is a nearly 20-hospital health system that
includes a partnership with the UNC School of Medicine. n
