Kim Mikes is the Senior Vice President, Chief Operating & Chief Nursing
Officer of the Hoag Orthopedic Institute, a for-profit orthopedic surgical
specialty hospital and four surgery centers. She began her career as an
Operating Room Nurse with successive roles in Perioperative leadership,
clinic administration and Women’s Health. She has 25 years of broad
experience in clinical operations and leadership across the spectrum of
hospital, ambulatory and clinic settings. She received her MBA from the
University of California, Irvine (UCI), her Bachelor of Nursing from the
University of Wyoming, certification in Perioperative Nursing and a Certificate
in Leadership for Healthcare Transformation from the University of California, Irvine.