The North Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce Business Breakfast was held on Tuesday, February 5, 2019 from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. at Pasco-Hernando State College Porter Campus at Wiregrass Ranch, 2727 Mansfield Blvd, Wesley Chapel.

The Presenting Sponsor was: Avalon Park West and the Table Sponsors were: Acme on The Go and North Tampa Behavioral Health American Consulting Professionals.

The February Featured Speaker was Todd Jones, VP of Outpatient Services Bay Care. The topic: BayCare’s New Wesley Chapel hospital, outpatient facilities, and services. Todd Jones spoke about future plans for BayCare, along with the services BayCare provides in Pasco County.

About Todd Jones:

Todd Jones is the vice president for Ambulatory Experience and Operations for BayCare Health System. Todd is responsible for the ambulatory patient experience as well as developing objectives and operating plans for outpatient services that include: imaging services, Team Care clinics, fitness and wellness centers, and ambulatory surgical centers.
Todd is a graduate of the University of Kentucky with a Bachelor of Health Science and a Master of Health Administration and has extensive experience in hospital administration, program development, team building, patient safety and corporate compliance in both administrative and clinical environments. Todd joined the BayCare team in February of 2018.

About BayCare:

BayCare is moving forward with plans to open a 60-bed hospital in Wesley Chapel. The proposed hospital is on a 111-acre site on the northeast side of I-75 at Overpass Road in Wesley Chapel within the so-called high-tech, connected-city corridor. BayCare hopes to operate the acute-care hospital with 30 surgical beds, 18 intensive care beds and 12 women's care, postpartum beds.