March 21, 2006
NSU Trustee Sylvia Urlich Receives Lifetime Achievement Award From Federation Of American Hospitals
WASHINGTON, DC – Sylvia Urlich, President and Chairman of the Board of Westchester General Hospital in Miami and member of Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU’s) Board of Trustees since 1994, received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual public policy conference of the Federation of American Hospitals.
“There is no one more deserving of this honor than Sylvia,” said Ray Ferrero, Jr., J.D., President and CEO of NSU. “She has served the healthcare industry for several decades, striving to attain quality care for all. For more than a decade, Sylvia has also been an integral part of our university community. Through her participation on the Board of Trustees, and her work with our Health Professions Division, she has left an indelible imprint on our institution and on our community as a whole.”
Urlich – the longest-serving member of the Federation’s Board of Directors – was recognized for devoting more than 38 years of service to the nation’s health care delivery system and to investor-owned hospitals. She also was recognized for her leadership role in developing and advocating positive legislative reforms designed to make quality health care accessible to all Americans, and for her outstanding commitment and management skills that led to “numerous collaborative and creative mechanisms between hospitals and the communities which they serve.”
According to Victor L. Campbell, Chairman of the Board of the Federation of American Hospitals and Senior Vice President with HCA Hospital Corporation of America, “Sylvia is extremely intelligent, superbly articulate, thoroughly engaged, and totally committed to the healthcare industry.”
The Federation of American Hospitals is the national representative of investor-owned or managed hospitals and health systems. Members include general community and teaching hospitals in urban and rural areas as well as rehabilitation, long-term acute care,
cancer, and psychiatric hospitals.
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