Winter Haven Hospitals Welcome New President
BayCare has selected Tom Garthwaite as the president of Winter Haven and Winter Haven Women's Hospitals. Garthwaite, who has been interim president...
BayCare has selected Tom Garthwaite as the president of Winter Haven and Winter Haven Women's Hospitals. Garthwaite, who has been interim president since Jan. 2, is a BayCare veteran who most recently served as president of St. Joseph's Hospital-North in Lutz since 2020. Garthwaite started his BayCare career eight years ago as the director of operations at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa. While at the two St. Joseph's hospitals, Garthwaite was instrumental in reducing length-of-stay averages, transitioning some inpatient services from contract work to in-house operations and overseeing large and small construction projects.