Power to the Patient

When Dia Nichols left his position as head of a Virginia hospital in May 2013 for Florida to assume the top role at Northside Hospital, he knew he'd come to the right place: a medical facility on the rise servicing tens of thousands of residents per year.

Since taking the helm, the hospital, located off a bustling section of St. Petersburg's 49th Street, has charged forward under his leadership. A heavy emphasis has been placed on both technology assistance and quality of trained personnel.

“In the four years that I've been here we've evolved to be a destination hospital for some of your higher-end services like cardiac surgeries,” says Nichols, CEO at the hospital. “The neuro-sciences are another area in which we have been able to greatly expand, brain and spine surgeries.”