HIALEAH, FL  – Palmetto General Hospital, a 360-bed acute-care hospital, has appointed Dr. Jose Leonardo Marquez as new Medical Director of the Catheterization Lab. As Medical Director, he is focused on providing high-quality cardiovascular services to residents of South Florida. 

Dr. Marquez is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease.  He holds his medical license in Florida, New York and Georgia. Dr. Marquez has been practicing medicine in Miami since 1987.  He attended the City College of New York, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in pre-medical studies and an associate’s degree in Biology. He received his medical degree from Universidad Central del Este in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. 

About Palmetto General Hospital

Palmetto General Hospital, part of Tenet's Miami-Dade/Broward Health Network, is a 360-bed acute-care hospital located at 2001 West 68th Street in Hialeah, Florida. The hospital has served the medical and health care needs of Northwest Miami-Dade and Southwest Broward counties for more than 30 years.

Palmetto General Hospital offers a broad range of services, including adult and pediatric emergency rooms, maternity, mental health, cancer center, hyperbaric, wound care, and sleep disorders center, a cardiac program that includes both medical and surgical services, a bariatric program that has been designated a Center of Excellence by the American Society for Bariatric Surgery and a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence as designated by the American College of Radiology.

Palmetto General Hospital is fully accredited by The Joint Commission, the nation's oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency. The hospital is the Best-Rated Hospital in Miami-Dade County for Bariatric Surgery and ranks second in Florida and among the Top 5% in the Nation for Bariatric Surgery for two consecutive years in a row by HealthGrades, a health care quality rankings company. 

In addition it has earned a five-star rating and is among the top five percent of hospitals in the nation for maternity care by HealthGrades.  The Hospital has also received 2009 American Heart Association Get With the Guidelines (GWTG) Gold Performance Achievement Award, 2009 American Heart Association/American Stroke Association – choose the “America’s Best Hospitals” issue (July 2009) – US News and World Report to recognize the Hospital’s for Achievements in Get With The Guidelines Programs.  Palmetto General Hospital is also one of only 34 hospitals nationwide to earn Solucient's