Bernabe A. Icaza, Esq, SVP, General Counsel
Bernabe A. Icaza, Esq is the Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the Health Care District of Palm Beach County. He has more than 25 years of experience practicing as a healthcare attorney with the majority of that time representing health systems, hospitals, academic medical centers and physician group practices in complex business transactions.
Icaza previously served as the Deputy General Counsel for UF Health Shands where he was responsible for providing direct oversight of the legal department and for providing legal services to the academic medical center comprised of multiple hospitals and affiliated entities. His career also includes serving as Regional Counsel for Tenet Healthcare Corporation, where he was responsible for providing legal services to a portfolio of hospitals, a large physician group practice, a clinical research organization and various other legal entities and serving as in-house counsel for Broward Health (f/k/a North Broward Hospital District).
Icaza has also worked for the Florida and Missouri Attorney General’s Office and the Department of Health. He is board certified in health law by The Florida Bar and is a former chair of The Florida Bar Health Law Certification Committee and a former chair of The Florida Bar Health Law Section. He graduated from Saint Louis University School of Law with a health law concentration, where he also earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Political Science and Spanish and a Master of Arts in Economics.