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Four Neurologists Join Psychiatrist Rachel Rohaidy, MD,
Holy Cross Hospital Joins Baptist Health Medical Group

Four neurologists have joined the Psychiatrist Rachel Rohaidy, M.D., has joined Baptist
Holy Cross Medical Group. Health Medical Group. She specializes in the prevention,
Carlos Ramon Azaret, M.D., com- diagnosis and treatment of mental, addictive and emotional
pleted his residency in internal med- disorders and provides confidential and compassionate care
icine at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in to people seeking help during crises.
Darby, PA and his residency in neu- Dr. Carlos Ramon Dr. Abraham A. Dr. Rohaidy comes to Baptist Health from Banyan Health
rology at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Azaret Chamely Systems. She is Board certified in psychiatry and neurology.
Dr. Azaret received his Doctor of She received her medical degree from St. George’s University Dr. Rachel Rohaidy
Medicine from Universidad Central School of Medicine in Grenada, West Indies. She completed
del Caribe Medical School in three years of residency training in psychiatry at Vidant Medical Center, Brody School
Bayamon, Puerto Rico and a B.A. in of Medicine in Greenville, NC, Larkin Community Hospital in Miami and the
Psychology from Loyola University University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital. She also completed an addiction fel-
in New Orleans. lowship at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Abraham A. Chamely, M.D.,
received his fellowship training in Internist Nabil Tadross, MD, Leads
electromyography at the Cleveland
Clinic Foundation in Ohio and neu- Cleveland Clinic Florida’s New
rology residency at Cleveland Dr. Martin Allan Lesser Dr. Sheryl Strasser
Metropolitan General Hospital. Dr. Concierge Medicine Program
Chamely completed medical residencies in Saskatchewan, Canada at University
Hospital, Saskatoon and at Plains Health Center, Regina. He completed a medical reg- Board-certified internist Nabil Tadross, M.D., a leading pri-
istrar at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Barbados and a rotating internship at Queen mary care physician in Cleveland, Ohio, for more than two
Elizabeth Hospital and at Port of Spain General Hospital in Trinidad. He received an decades, has been selected to lead Cleveland Clinic Florida’s
M.B.B.S. from University of the West Indies. new Concierge Medicine program in East Fort Lauderdale.
Martin Allan Lesser, M.D., received his fellowship training in electromyography at Dr. Tadross relocated to South Florida from Cleveland
Cleveland Clinic Hospital in Ohio and completed residencies in neurology and neu- where he was Associate Medical Director of the Richard E. Dr. Nabil Tadross
ropathology at Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital. He interned in the Jacobs Family Health Center. In addition to overseeing the
Department of Medicine at Parkland Memorial Hospital/V.H.A. in Dallas. Dr. Lesser large medical practice, he concurrently served as Chair of Medicine at Cleveland
received his medical degree from Case-Western Reserve School of Medicine in Ohio Clinic’s Avon Hospital and as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the
and a B.A. in Biology with Distinction from Boston University. Cleveland Clinic’s Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University.
Sheryl Strasser, M.D., holds a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from The Ohio A longtime advocate of quality improvement in medicine, Dr. Tadross served as a
State University and practiced veterinary medicine for eight years before attending Quality Improvement Officer for Cleveland Clinic for six of his 13 years with the
medical school at the University of Miami. She completed her residency in neurology organization.
at Jackson Memorial Hospital and her internship in internal medicine at Mount Sinai
Medical Center.

Dr. Nygaard Promoted to Chief
Operating Officer at Lee Health

IN HEALTHCARE SERVICES
Scott Nygaard, M.D., MBA, has been promoted to Chief
Operating Officer for Lee Health.
Dr. Nygaard joined Lee Health in 2010 as the Chief Medical
Officer for Lee Physician Group. In 2016, Dr. Nygaard was
promoted to Chief Medical Officer for the health system and
most recently served as Chief Medical and Clinical
SM
Integration Officer. Dr. Nygaard will retain the duties of the
Chief Medical and Clinical Integration Officer and further Dr. Scott Nygaard At WithumSmith+Brown, PC, our client-focused
assess the need to replace this role. philosophy and goal-oriented approach delivers
Before joining Lee Health, Dr. Nygaard served as Senior Vice President of Corporate expertise, efficiency and innovation to meet the unique
Services at Via Christi Health System in Wichita, KS, and at Affinity Health System in
needs of the healthcare industry.
Appleton, WI, where he served as the Chief Medical Officer responsible for Affinity’s
multispecialty group practice. Scott J. Mariani, JD, Partner
Practice Leader, Healthcare Services Group
smariani@withum.com
Highly-Trained and Experienced
Pediatric Neurosurgeon Opens Office
in West Palm Beach

Palm Beach Children’s Surgical Specialists (PBCSS), a Tenet
Florida Physician Services practice, welcomes R. Dev
Bhardwaj, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS, a pediatric neurosur-
geon, with over 18-years of neurosurgery experience. Dr.
Bhardwaj is on staff at Palm Beach Children’s Hospital and
St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach. Dr. Bhardwaj Dr. R. Dev Bhardwaj
completed a PhD in molecular biology, studying endogenous
human neural and cardiac regeneration capacity using atomic bomb tests at the Nobel withum.com
Medical Institute, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. He graduated medical
school from Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada, and completed his internship
and residency in neurosurgery at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada.
Prior to joining PBCSS, Dr. Bhardwaj was also Director of the Deep Brain
Stimulation (DBS) Program and a Consultant Pediatric Neurosurgeon at Barrow
Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s Hospital, in Phoenix, AZ. Dr. Bhardwaj
was the Medical Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Sanford Children’s Hospital and
Principal Investigator Scientist at Sanford Research Center in Sioux Falls, South
Dakota.

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