VA Sunshine Healthcare Network
VA Sunshine Healthcare Network Executive Director Receives Presidential Rank Award
June 13, 2023
TAMPA, Fla. — David B. Isaacks, FACHE, Director, VA Sunshine Healthcare Network (VISN 8), was among 12 VA career senior executive service (SES) leaders who received a 2022 Presidential Rank Award during a ceremony held
in Washington, D.C. on June 12.
Isaacks, who was recognized as a Meritorious Rank recipient, was given the award for sustained career accomplishment. View all 2022 Presidential Rank Award winners here: www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/presidential-rank-awards/2022/.
The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 established the Presidential Rank Awards Program to recognize a select group of career members of the Senior Executive Service (SES) for exceptional performance over an extended period.
Later, the Rank Award statute was amended to extend eligibility to senior career employees with a sustained record of exceptional professional, technical, and/or scientific achievement recognized on a national or international level. Two categories of Presidential Rank Award are available, Distinguished Rank and Meritorious Rank.
Isaacks was appointed as the VISN 8 executive director in October 2022 and oversees the delivery of health care to nearly 800,000 Veterans and an operating budget of $9.2 billion. Read his full bio here: www.visn8.va.gov/VISN8/about/leadership.asp.
About the VA Sunshine Healthcare Network (VISN 8)
Located in Tampa, Florida, the VA Sunshine Healthcare Network (VISN 8) is the nation’s largest system of hospitals and clinics serving a population of more than 1.5 million Veterans in a vast 64,153 square mile area spread across 79 counties in Florida, South Georgia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. VISN 8’s seven healthcare systems include eight Joint Commission-accredited VA medical centers and more than 90 outpatient clinic locations. Nearly 34,000 full-time employees work at these facilities, providing a full range of high quality, cost-effective medical, psychiatric, and extended care services in an inpatient, outpatient, nursing home, and home care settings. In 2022, more than 670,000 patients used VISN 8 facilities while completing 9.2 million outpatient visits. Learn more about VISN 8 by reading the 2022 Report to the Community.
