Hialeah, FL (December XX, 2016) – Dr. Ariol Labrada, a board-certified neurologist, achieves top recognition from Hialeah Hospital as the 2016 Physician of the Year. Dr. Labrada exemplifies Hialeah Hospital’s mission statement, which is to provide safety, comfort and excellence in customer service. Dr. Labrada was nominated and selected by the hospital employees for this year’s award.
“Dr. Labrada is known for delivering high quality care to our patients and we are proud to have him as part of the Hialeah Hospital family,” said Ben A. Rodriguez, CEO of Hialeah Hospital. “It is an honor and a privilege to have someone of his caliber on our medical staff, and we are delighted to be able to name him as the 2016 physician of the year at Hialeah Hospital.”
Dr. Labrada’s core interests include stroke and vascular neurology, neurocritical care, polyneuropathies and headaches. He completed a Vascular Neurology Fellow at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine. Prior to the fellowship, he was a neurology resident at the Louisiana State University (LSU) Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, where he was Chief Resident and the Neurocritical Care Resident of the Year in 2012. He attended medical school at Instituto Superior de Ciencias Medicas Santiago de Cuba. His internships included stints at LSU and Hospital Docente Provincial Holguin in Cuba.
During his professional experience as a house physician, he took care of patients at five different hospitals and an ambulatory center in Miami. He also served patients as a first surgical assistant in five separate surgery lines (neurosurgery, vascular surgery, general and endoscope surgery, urological, orthopedic and plastic surgery).
Dr. Labrada’s past experience includes clinical research on seven different studies including neuropathy, ischemic stroke, cerebrovascular biorepository, heart valves and aneurismal subarachnoid hemorrhage. He is a member of the American Heart/Stroke Association, American Medical Association and American Academy of Neurology.
About Hialeah Hospital
Hialeah Hospital is located at 651 East 25th Street in Hialeah, Fla. and has been serving the healthcare needs of Central to North Miami-Dade County since 1951. Hialeah Hospital offers a broad range of healthcare services including: a Behavioral Health Unit, Center for Weight Loss Surgery, Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, 24-hour emergency care that includes a Senior ER, geriatrics, cardiology, neurosurgery, robotic surgery and orthopedics, as well as outpatient services.
In 2014, Hialeah Hospital received the AHA Get with the Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Recognition Award. In 2013, Hialeah Hospital attained Certification by the Joint Commission as a Primary Stroke Center. The hospital also received Get with the Guidelines Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award from the American Heart Association (AHA) for heart failure treatment that meets the core standard levels of care as outlined by the AHA/American College of Cardiology secondary prevention guidelines. In March 2014, Hialeah Hospital earned the Joint Commission Accreditation for its Sleep Lab
Hialeah Hospital is fully accredited by The Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the nation’s oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency. To learn more about Hialeah Hospital, visit www.hialeahhosp.com or call 305-693-6100.
