Matt Zuino, FACHE

Matt Zuino was appointed executive vice president and chief operating officer at Baptist Health in January 2020. Zuino’s responsibilities include providing strategic direction, leadership, oversight and accountability of hospitals, satellite emergency rooms, the physician enterprise and ambulatory operations totaling more than 125 points of care across the North Florida and South Georgia region. Zuino has over 25 years of healthcare experience.

Zuino joined Baptist Health as president of physician integration in 2017 after serving 17 years at Virtua Health, South Jersey’s largest health system. At Virtua he held multiple senior leadership roles such as SVP and COO of hospital operations, VP and COO of Virtua Medical Group, Service Line Leader for Cardiovascular Services and Six Sigma Black Belt.

Zuino earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Widener University in Chester, Pennsylvania, and his Master of Science in information systems from Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt who is well-versed in the techniques and tools of process improvement. He completed the GE Administrative Executive Fellowship for senior executives from the Healthcare Management Academy and is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.