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The list was published in the April 7, 2008 issue of Modern Healthcare.  Reed and the other designees will be honored at a gala on Wednesday, June 18, in Chicago, Ill. 

As a physician, speaker, author, and CEO of Florida Hospital Celebration Health, Reed has dedicated her professional career to promoting health, healing, and wellness.  Reed runs the 112-bed, 1,015-employee hospital that recently announced the Nicholson Center for Surgical Advancement, a premier center for hands-on surgical training that develops and disseminates cutting edge surgical knowledge and techniques to the global surgical community through state-of-the-art teleconferencing technology, and the Global Robotics Institute, a robotic surgery training site for physicians from around the world led by world-renowned robotic surgeon Dr. Vip Patel. 

A graduate of Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Reed has also served as Florida Hospital’s senior medical officer, the associate director of Florida Hospital's Family Practice Residency program, the director of Florida Hospital’s Loch Haven OB/GYN group, a medical news reporter, and medical director of Women's Medicine at Florida Hospital Celebration Health.  Reed is the author of the recently released Creation Health Breakthrough, a book focused on eight principles for healthy lifestyles. 

About Florida Hospital Celebration Health
Florida Hospital Celebration Health is a destination hospital that specializes in minimally invasive surgical procedures.  This cutting-edge health and wellness center provides inpatient and outpatient services, 24-hour emergency care, maternity, cardiac services, diagnostic catheterization, wellness programs, women's and men's health programs, as well as primary care and specialty physicians on-site. Florida Hospital Celebration Health is part of the Florida Hospital system.  With seven hospitals and 16 Centra Care locations, Florida Hospital is one of the largest not-for-profit hospitals in the country, with more than a million patient visits per year – that’s more than any other hospital in the country, according to the American Hospital Association.  The more than 2,000-bed system, has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the best hospitals in the country for the past nine years.