Karen Kerr has been named the interim president at South Florida Baptist Hospital. The promotion was announced Sept. 3.
Kerr has served as director of patient services at South Florida Baptist Hospital since March 2001. Before that, she worked for four years as director of patient services at St. Joseph Hospital.
She takes the post following former president Steve Nierman’s resignation.
Nierman left South Florida Baptist Hospital in August to become president at Winter Haven Hospital. The transfer comes after Winter Haven Hospital and Tampa Bay area-based BayCare Health System completed a planned consolidation. Nierman had served as president for six years.