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Lawrence Moss brings an extensive career in children’s medicine to Jacksonville. BY DREW DIXON
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Lawrence Moss, with a career in children’s medicine, arrives this fall to take over Nemours Children’s Health System as president and CEO. He said he’s eager to get to know Northeast Florida. “I’ve known about Nemours for a number of years through friends and colleagues who worked there, and I always had a lot of admiration and respect from a distance,” Moss said in an interview. “It certainly appears to me, from a distance now, that Nemours is a very important organization to Jacksonville and Jacksonville is very important to Nemours,” Moss said. Moss, 58, said he and his wife, Kris, are looking forward “to getting deeply involved in the community.” Moss takes over Oct. 1 as president and CEO, succeeding the retiring David Bailey. Moss brings experience in an extensive career in children’s medicine. He’s concluding a seven-year stint as surgeon-in-chief at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He’s also a professor of surgery at The Ohio State University College of Medicine in Columbus. Moss has a wide-ranging career in children’s medicine, including pediatric surgery and biomedical research. He’s been instrumental in developing pediatric standards across the nation. Moss attended medical school at the University of California San Diego. He completed general surgery residency at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle. His career took him to Chicago, where he completed extracorporeal membrane
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TRUaire expanding in North Jacksonville California-based HVAC distributor almost doubling in size.
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Brian Anderson, a member of the Nemours board of directors, said he’s confident Moss will be able to transition into Bailey’s role at the organization. “He also brings invaluable perspective and expertise in the development and execution of value-based care focused on the overall health of children. We also found in Dr. Moss a physician executive of like-mind who was exactly what Nemours needed to ensure continuity of the care we deliver to children and families, with the passion for furthering our commitment to service as a trusted
With construction markets continuing to grow, a California-based HVAC distributor is almost doubling the size of its Jacksonville warehouse. TRUaire intends to build and own a 163,615-square-foot distribution center in NorthPoint Industrial Park in North Jacksonville. That will replace the 90,000 square feet TRUaire leases in the park at 3509 Port Jacksonville Parkway. It took occupancy there three years ago. Pattillo Industrial Real Estate is developing the center for TRUaire. TRUaire Managing Director Tim McDonald said he expects the project to be completed in December or January. TRUaire employs 23 people now and will scale up as it opens. Jacksonville is one of four distribution centers that include Houston, Baltimore and at headquarters near Los Angeles. McDonald said all the distribution centers are in expansion
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just build on their success of looking at children’s health comprehensively.” Lawrence Moss, Nemours Children’s Health System CEO
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oxygenation-critical care (heart-lung bypass for infants) and pediatric surgery fellowships at Northwestern University. Moss has a sizable slot to fill at Nemours. Bailey served as president and CEO for a dozen years. He oversaw the Jacksonville headquarters along Southside Boulevard as well as the clinic facilities in San Marco, Fleming Island and free-standing hospitals in Orlando and Wilmington, Delaware. Under Bailey’s leadership, revenue increased from $533 million to $1.4 billion, according to a Nemours news release.
Budget review to begin Aug. 16 Mayor Lenny Curry is expected to deliver his third budget as the city’s chief executive July 23. City Council’s review of the 2018-19 general fund budget will begin Aug. 16 with presentations by the Jacksonville Sheriff ’s Office and Fire and Rescue Department. Council Finance Committee Chair Greg Anderson released the eight-meeting schedule Monday. The committee meetings are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 16-31. Full schedule at JaxDailyRecord.com
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