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Around the Region… Around the Region… Around the Region…

Cancer Treatment Greg Hartley, PT, DPT, Elected
Centers of America® as President of the Academy

Builds Its of Geriatric Physical Therapy

Executive Team Dr. Greg Hartley, Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical
Therapy at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine,
Cancer Treatment Centers of Department of Physical Therapy, has been sworn in as
America® (CTCA) continues to add President of the Academy of Geriatric Physical Therapy
recognized industry leaders to its exec- Jennifer Barnett- Michael McMillan (AGPT), a component of the American Physical Therapy
utive team ranks. Association. Dr. Hartley was Volunteer Faculty at UM from Greg Hartley
Jennifer Barnett-Sarpalius was Sarpalius 2002-2015, and has been a full-time faculty member in UM’s
recently appointed to the role of Chief PT Program since 2015. He is a board-certified geriatric clinical specialist and a certified
Financial Officer at CTCA®. Barnett- exercise expert for aging adults™. Dr. Hartley is the founder of the first accredited geri-
Sarpalius has more than 27 years of atric physical therapy residency in the U.S., which is housed locally at St. Catherine’s
health care finance experience in large, Rehabilitation Hospital and is affiliated with the University of Miami’s Department of
multi-hospital health systems includ- Physical Therapy. He served the Academy of Geriatric Physical Therapy as Director and
ing CHI St. Luke’s Health System, Secretary on the Board of Directors, and as Chair of its Practice Committee.
Trinity Health, Catholic Health East
(CHE) and Christus Health.
Michael McMillan was appointed Ramona Thomas Promoted
Chief Access Officer in early 2017.
McMillan brings more than 30 years of Ken Chaplin Rob Braun to Chief Legal Officer
managed care experience to CTCA,
including 18 years at The Cleveland Clinic and Cleveland Clinic Health System in Ohio. at Martin Health System
Ken Chaplin joined CTCA as Senior Vice President of Growth in July 2017 to oversee
social and integrated media, including cancercenter.com, which receives more than 3 Ramona Thomas has been promoted to vice president and
million unique visits each month. Chaplin spent the majority of his 25-year career at The chief legal officer at Martin Health System in Stuart. Thomas
Walt Disney Company. joined Martin Health in January 2016 as assistant vice presi-
Rob Braun was recently appointed to Vice President of the CTCA National Clinical dent/associate legal counsel. Her responsibilities have included
Network. Braun brings 25 years of experience in the oncology sector, most recently as providing legal counsel in these areas: corporate compliance; Ramona Thomas
System Vice President for Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) Barnabas Health in New Jersey. medical staff quality and peer review; provider, vendor and real
estate contracting; clinical risk management; and patient safety.
Ramona graduated from the University of Central Florida and received her law degree
Palm Beach Gardens from Florida State University College of Law where she focused on environmental law.
She was introduced to hospital law while working for Broad and Cassell in Tallahassee
Medical Center and went on to serve as legal counsel for Humana.
Welcomes New
Jupiter Medical Center
Governing Board
Inducts Three New
Members
Members to the Board
Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center Stephen Mathison Dr. Richard Price
appoints Stephen Mathison, senior of Trustees
partner of Mathison Whittles LLP , and Dr. Richard Price, former Chief of Staff at Palm
Beach Gardens Medical Center, as new Governing Board members. Mathison is a Palm The Board of Trustees of Jupiter
Beach County native and graduate of the University of Florida. Upon graduation he Medical Center has inducted three
attended the University of Florida, Levin College of Law. Mathison has been practicing new members. Henri J. DesPlaines, Henri J. DesPlaines Michele Deverich
for nearly 35 years. He is also the founder, former chairman and current economic devel- Michele Deverich and Anthony Shaya,
opment chair of the PGA Corridor Association and former chairman of the Palm Beach M.D., were appointed during the medical center’s annual
Community College Foundation. Corporate Board Meeting in January. Henri J. DesPlaines, CPA,
Dr. Price is a practicing cardiologist who holds a Bachelors of Arts from New York serves as the chief financial officer and executive vice president
University and graduated from medical school from the University of Brussels in of J.J. Taylor Companies, Inc. A graduate from Western New
Belgium. He did his internship and residency at Mt. Sinai Hospital at the University of England University, DesPlaines joined the Taylor organization
Connecticut. He completed his residency at the VA at SUNY at Stony Brook. in 1985 after a 16-year career in public accounting. DesPlaines
currently is a member of Jupiter Medical Center’s finance and
audit committees, and also serves on a number of other boards.
Quantum Foundation Michele Deverich is CEO of Strategic Healthcare Associates
(SHA). Prior to SHA, she worked at Magellan Health Services
Announces Three for more than five years in various leadership positions. Dr. Anthony Shaya
Deverich currently serves as a member of Jupiter Medical
New Board Members Center’s finance committee. Dr. Anthony Shaya has been in private practice in the Jupiter
area for more than 11 years. He is the immediate past chair of the Department of
Brian Kirkpatrick, Dr. Jessica Obstetrics and Gynecology at Jupiter Medical Center.
Morlok-Prince and Dr. Ronald
Romear are the most recent to join
the Quantum Foundation board of Brian Kirkpatrick Dr. Jessica Morlok-
trustees, according to Eric Kelly, Prince
president for the private grantmaking organization.
Kirkpatrick is the CFO of Neptune Research, Inc. and
founder and CEO of Taylor Capital, LLC.
Dr. Jessica Morlok-Prince is the Medical Director of the
Pediatric Emergency Department of West Boca Medical
Center and Medical Director and Department Chief of the
Pediatric Emergency Department, Palm Beach Children’s
Hospital at St. Mary’s Medical Center.
Dr. Ronald Romear is the owner and managing partner of
Infants and Children, P.A. in West Palm Beach. Dr. Ronald Romear

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