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MAKINGROUNDS…MAKINGROUNDS…MAKINGROUNDS…

Dr. Tracy Romanello Appointed Indian River Medical
Medical Director at Catholic Hospice Center Welcomes

Three New
Catholic Hospice is pleased to announce Dr. Tracy
Romanello, D.O., as their new Medical Director. Physicians
Dr. Romanello is now responsible for the medical opera-
tions at Catholic Hospice Inc. and Catholic Palliative Care Indian River Medical Center has
Services. She provides oversight of the necessary medical added three new physicians to its
management that is consistent with the plan of care and the medical staff.
patient’s needs. She supports guidance to the interdiscipli- Alfonsina Garcia-Bracero, M.D.,
nary team and works closely with other physicians in the Dr. Tracy Romanello earned her bachelor’s degree in Dr. Alfonsina Garcia- Dr. James Gordon
community to assist with consultation and education. biology from Universidad de Puerto Bracero
Dr. Romanello achieved her Board Certification in Family Practice and Osteopathic Rico before completing her medical
Manipulative Treatment and she is Fellowship Trained and Board Certified in Hospice education at University of Health Sciences Antigua. She
and Palliative Medicine. completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at San
Dr. Romanello earned her doctor of Osteopathic Medicine in October of 2011 from Juan City Hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she was
Nova Southeastern University, Davie, Florida. She also has earned her Bachelor of also chief resident.
Science, Psychobiology (Minor in Biology/ Neuroscience) from Florida Atlantic James Gordon, M.D., received his medical degree from the
University in Boca Raton, FL. University of the Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School.
After a surgical internship at Portsmouth Naval Hospital in
Portsmouth, VA, and an internal medicine residency at Emory
University School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA, he completed a
Three New Doctors fellowship in gastroenterology at the University of Florida
Join Holy Cross College of Medicine. Dr. Gordon was an assistant professor of Dr. Ivana Parody
medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of
Hospital Medicine and assistant professor of clinical medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School.
Ivana Parody, M.D., received her medical degree from the Universidad Nacional de
Three doctors have been added to Cordoba Facultad de Ciencias Medicas in Argentina, where she ranked first in her class.
the Holy Cross Medical Group. After an internal medicine internship and residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center in
Michel Velez, M.D., is an affiliate Miami Beach, FL, where she was named resident of the year, she completed a fellowship
assistant professor of clinical bio- in rheumatology at the University of South Florida in Tampa.
medical science at Florida Atlantic
University and assistant professor at Dr. Michel Velez Dr. Dellene Troy Dr. Michael A. Chizner Opens
Florida International University, Dr.
Velez comes to Holy Cross from Memorial Healthcare System. Practice in East Fort Lauderdale
He was chief fellow at Jackson Memorial Hospital/University
of Miami Miller School of Medicine, where he completed his
hematology-oncology fellowship. Dr. Velez completed his Michael A. Chizner, MD, FACP, FACC, FAHA, has made it
internal medicine residency at University of Miami Miller his life’s work to advance the discipline of cardiology, medical
School of Medicine at JFK Medical Center and Veterans education, clinical research and state-of-the-art patient care.
Affairs Medical Center. After his longtime role as Founder and Chief Medical Director
Dellene Troy, D.O., completed medical school at New York of The Heart Center of Excellence and Founding Director of
Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine fol- the Cardiology Fellowship Program at Broward Health, Dr. Dr. Michael A.
lowed by a traditional rotating internship. She then completed Chizner has decided to reaffirm his dedication and commit- Chizner
her residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at New ment to the medical community by opening a private practice
York University Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation, followed by a Dr. Jose Elias Collado in East Fort Lauderdale. Dr. Chizner is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University
fellowship in interventional sports and spine medicine at Peralta of Florida College of Medicine, the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, the
Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine at Nova Southeastern University, the
Jose Elias Collado Peralta, M.D., joins Holy Cross from the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University, the Herbert
where he has been working in their advanced heart failure cardiology program. He grad- Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University, and Barry University.
uated magna cum laude with his medical degree from Universidad Catolica Madre Y Dr. Chizner graduated with highest honors from the Weill Cornell Medical College of
Maestra in the Dominican Republic. He served as a research assistant at New York Cornell University where he was selected a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha National
Presbyterian before joining the Cleveland Clinic in Florida, where he served as chief res- Medical Honor Society. He received his residency training in Internal Medicine at the
ident of internal medicine and then chief cardiology fellow. New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center, and his cardiology fellow-
ship training with legendary cardiologist, W. Proctor Harvey, M.D., at Georgetown
University, where he was the recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award.

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