NELSON LAZO
CEO, BETHESDA HOSPITAL EAST AND BETHESDA HOSPITAL WEST, BOYNTON BEACH
Lazo has served as CEO of some of the state’s top-ranked hospitals, formerly leading Mariners Hospital in the Keys and Doctors Hospital in Sarasota. He has been CEO at the two Bethesda hospitals since 2019. Founded in 1959, 401-bed Bethesda Hospital East offers a full array of health care services, including Bethesda Heart Hospital for cardiovascular services; general, vascular and endovascular surgery; maternity, neonatal and pediatric intensive care; women’s health services; orthopedics; and comprehensive cancer care. Bethesda Hospital West opened in 2013.
| EDUCATION | Barry University (BS), Nova Southeastern University (MBA) |
| SOMETHING SURPRISING | I am a bass guitar player and have been in several bands in the past. Now I play the bass as a leisure time activity. |
| NEW HOBBY | I have taken up fly-fishing in both fresh and saltwater. |
| SABBATICAL TOPIC | I would move to another country, one in which I am a complete foreigner and do not have the benefit of language or communication. |
| READING | The Secret History of the World, by Mark Booth; The Elephant in the Brain, by Kevin Simler and Robin Hanson |