VENICE – Community Health Systems Inc. named Kelly Enriquez as the new CEO of Venice Regional Bayfront Health on Friday morning.

Enriquez, who starts her new job on Nov. 9, will be responsible for the strategic and operational oversight of Venice Regional and Gulf Coast Medical Group. 

Enriquez is chief operating officer at Lanwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute in Fort Pierce, Florida, a 380-bed facility operated by the East Florida division of Hospital Corporation of America.

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In Fort Pierce, Enriquez focused on service line development and hospital growth. 

She is credited for the opening of a freestanding Emergency Department.

Prior to that, she served as CEO for Sebastian River Medical Center, a 154-bed facility owned by Dallas, Texas-based Steward Health Care System.

“Kelly brings experience to Venice Regional with a