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Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center Vitas Healthcare Appoints Joel

Welcomes Dianne Goldenberg Wherley as Chief Operating Officer
as Chief Executive Officer VITAS Healthcare has appointed veteran healthcare leader

Joel Wherley as Chief Operating Officer. Reporting to VITAS
Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center appoints Dianne Chief Executive Officer Nick Westfall, Joel oversees opera-
Goldenberg as the hospital’s new Chief Executive Officer. tions of the company’s 44 hospice programs in 14 states,
Goldenberg’s career as a healthcare executive spans over 35 which care for more than 16,300 hospice patients and their
years, and she has been in a CEO role for more than a decade. families on a daily basis.
While she was most recently the CEO of a hospital in Dianne Goldenberg Joel has over 30 years of experience in healthcare sales and Joel Wherley
Miami-Dade County with a Level II trauma center, amongst operations management, eight of them in hospice. He joined
other CEO positions, she was also the CEO of one of the former Tenet hospitals in VITAS, the nation’s leading provider of end-of-life care, in 2016 as senior vice presi-
Broward County. Prior to shifting to operations, Goldenberg utilized her expansive dent of hospice operations, where he led daily operations for VITAS programs in
clinical background as a chief nursing officer. Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and Texas. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business man-
Goldenberg earned her bachelors of science degree in nursing from Texas Women’s agement and organizational design from the University of Illinois at Springfield.
University. She obtained her masters in nursing from Barry University, before earning
her MBA from Nova Southeastern University.
Anish Alexander, R.N., M.S.N.,
Bruens Joins Lee Health as Vice Promoted to Nurse Manager of

President of Oncology Services Ortho/Bariatric/Surgical at Broward

Lee Health is proud to welcome Dennis Bruens, M.P.A., Health Coral Springs
F.A.C.H.E., Vice President of Oncology Services.
Bruens has more than 20 years of experience and comes to Anish Alexander, R.N., M.S.N., has been promoted to
Lee Health from St. Thomas More Hospital in Canon City, Nurse Manager of Ortho/Bariatric/Surgical. Anish has been
Colo. where he served as Vice President of Operations. serving as the Assistant Nurse Manager on 4 West since Anish Alexander
Previous to that post, he served as director of the Penrose October 2016 and most recently as Interim Assistant Nurse
Cancer Center and led the Penrose-St. Francis Behavioral Dennis Bruens Manager for 4 North as well. He began his nursing career at Baylor University Medical
Health Program in Colorado Springs. Center in Dallas, TX where he worked for 6 years as a medical-surgical/trauma unit
Bruens earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications from Mesa State nurse and as a nursing supervisor. He then went on to work at Green Oaks
College in Grand Junction, CO and a Master of Public Administration degree in Hospital/HCA North Texas in Dallas, TX as a psychiatric nurse and eventually a
health care policy from the University of Colorado at Denver. Coordinator for Quality Management/Infection Control/Employee Health before relo-
cating to South Florida. Anish received his Bachelors of Science in Nursing from
University of Texas at Tyler and his Masters of Science in Nursing Administration
Llechu Joins Golisano from University of Texas at Arlington. He holds a Graduate Certificate in Education
and is SAMA (Satori Alternative to Managing Aggression)-certified as well.
Children’s Hospital as
Chief Administrative Officer Candice Tettamanti Named

Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida is proud Executive Director of Treasure
to welcome Armando Llechu, Chief Administrative Officer.
Prior to joining Golisano Children’s Hospital, Llechu was Coast Integrated Healthcare
Vice President, Clinical Operations at Nicklaus Children’s
Hospital in Miami. He also served Nicklaus Children’s Armando Llechu Candice Tettamanti has been promoted to Executive
Hospital as Director, Patient Access and Utilization Review, Director of the Treasure Coast Integrated Healthcare (TCIH)
and as Administrative Director, Emergency Department and Support Services. Llechu in Stuart, Florida. Tettamanti will provide leadership, and
also worked for Tenet Healthcare in West Palm Beach as Director of Patient Access at oversight of the new high performance network owned by
St. Mary’s Medical Center and as Regional Supervisor of the Medical Eligibility local physicians along with Martin Health System.
Program. Tettamanti joined Martin Health System in 2005 and has Candice Tettamanti
Llechu earned his Bachelor of Science in Health Services at Florida Atlantic held progressively more responsible positions throughout her tenure. Since April
University in Boca Raton, Fla., and a Master of Business Administration and Lean Six 2015, she has served as assistant vice president of reimbursement, revenue integrity,
Sigma Black Belt Certification at Florida International University in Miami. medical coding and clinical documentation.

Francis Afram-Gyening Announced

as New CEO of Camillus Health

Camillus Health has announced the appointment of
Francis Afram-Gyening as chief executive officer. Afram-
Gyening will oversee the Miami agency, which delivers
healthcare to people experiencing homelessness and which
is a sister organization to Camillus House.
Afram-Gyening was previously president and CEO of
Care Alliance Health Center, a Federally Qualified Health Francis Afram-Gyening
Center in Cleveland Ohio. Under his leadership, the organ-
ization more than doubled its annual operating budget to $10 million while success-
fully completing a $12 million capital improvement campaign. He was also was
director of operations at Memorial Healthcare System, Primary Care Centers in
Hollywood, and was vice president of corporate affairs for the Economic Opportunity
Family Health Center in Miami.
“Francis Afram-Gyening is an excellent choice to lead Camillus Health,” said John
Dubois, board chairman, in a statement. “He brings a wealth of experience having
previously run a Federally Qualified Health Center, and because he previously served
as a member of our board, he is well-positioned to hit the ground running.”

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