Meet the Team

Preceptors

Traci d’Auguste

Chief Operating Officer

UF Health Shands Hospital, Gainesville, Florida

Traci d’Auguste is the COO for the hospitals and programs operated under UF Health Shands at the University of Florida, UF’s flagship hospital and the state’s leading health care referral organization. Patients come to UF Health in Gainesville from all 67 Florida counties and from throughout the region, nation and a dozen countries each year. UF Health has a $1.2 billion budget and employs over 13,000 people.

Traci served as vice president of clinical services at New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in New York. Before that, she spent four years at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, first as executive administrator for the department of internal medicine and then as associate vice president of strategic operations for the Rush University Medical Group. Prior roles include administrative duties at the University of Chicago and New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

She earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Alabama and master’s degrees in health care administration and business administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Administrative Fellows

Neika Saint-Hilaire

2024-2025 Administrative Fellow

Neika graduated from the University of North Florida May 2024. As an MHA student, she immersed herself in healthcare leadership and service roles, notably serving as Vice President for both the Health Administration Student Association (HASA) and the Upsilon Phi Delta (UPD) Honors Society. Beyond UNF, her dedication extended to organizations like the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and the National Association of Health Service Executives (NAHSE), where she volunteered to contribute to the healthcare community. Following Neika’s undergraduate studies, she started her career at Mayo Clinic in Florida, gaining valuable experience across various roles. During her tenure, she led impactful volunteer initiatives and spearheaded United Way events throughout the 2023 campaign season. Currently, Neika is pursuing her passion further through an administrative fellowship here at UF Health Shands, where she will continue to strive for excellence in healthcare leadership.

Contact: nsai0002@shands.ufl.edu or Neika Saint-Hilaire | LinkedIn

Emilee Cato

2024-2025 Administrative Fellow

Emilee graduated in May 2024 from the University of Florida, where she received her Master of Health Administration. During her graduate program, she served as the Vice President of Professional Development for the UF Healthcare Administration Student Association and was a member of the program’s 2023 semi-finalist NAHSE Case Competition Team. Emilee completed the Cleveland Clinic Graduate Administrative Internship Program at the Digestive Disease and Surgical Institute. There she worked on several projects including analyzing causes in procedure cost variation across sites of service and serving on a task force to launch a new Enteral Nutrition Clinic. She has also served as an administrative intern with the UF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, where she was highly involved in budget planning and launched a time-study to better evaluate the throughput of patients through clinic.

Contact: ecat0001@shands.ufl.edu or Emilee Cato | LinkedIn

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