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Volume 14 • Issue 4 • $5.00 October 2017
THE REGIONʼS MONTHLY NEWSPAPER FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS & PHYSICIANS

ElderCare Breast Cancer

In The Wake of Irma …

Déjà Vu for Seasoned

Senior Advocate

BY BARBARA R. FALLON

History teaches coastal communities that
every hurricane season threatens with the
Dianne Goldenberg
potential for damage from winds, storm surges,
flooding and power outages; followed by the
aftermath of clean up, repair and treatment of
Palm Beach health-related incidents for half the year, from Dr. Mehmet F. Hepgur
May through November. However, during the
Gardens Medical non-hurricane six months there is the planning, 2017:
preparation and drills needed to save lives and
Center Appoints property from the havoc of each storm, while What Is New in
continuing to provide quality healthcare and
services to our frail elderly.
New CEO For two major 2017 storms, Harvey and Irma, Cancer Care?
the anxiety of waiting was almost as harrowing
as the event itself. Just after Harvey passed Elaine Bloom BY MEHMET F. HEPGUR, MD
BY DANIEL CASCIATO
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The past 50 years have seen a para-
Earlier this year, Palm Beach Gardens digm shift which was driven by persist-
Medical Center appointed Dianne CannabisNewsFlorida.con ent innovation and research. Despite
Goldenberg as the hospital’s new Chief persistent research, cancer remains one
Executive Officer. of the world’s most serious health care
As a healthcare executive for over 35 Helping Florida Patients issues. This article aims to summarize
years, Goldenberg has been in a CEO some of the developments in cancer pre-
role for more than a decade. Previously, vention, treatment, and tumor biology
she was CEO of a hospital in Miami- Obtain Medical Marijuana Cards from 2016-2017.
Dade County with a Level II trauma cen- We have a solid understanding that
ter and she was also the CEO of one of Legally and Easily genetic mutation may predispose to dif-
the former Tenet hospitals in Broward ferent cancers. BRCA 1 /2 are one of the
County. Prior to transitioning in an oper- best known mutations that would lead to
ations role, Goldenberg served as a chief BY DANIEL CASCIATO ovarian and breast cancers. Now new
nursing officer. mutations of RAD51C and RAD51D
“Like my mom, I was also a nurse,” she Sun Valley Certification Clinic has turned the genes identified have a 5 to 12 fold high-
says. “It's a helping profession and since once grueling process of getting a medical mari- er risk for ovarian cancer; therefore con-
I have always wanted to help others and juana card into a clinical and professional expe- sideration of surgery for risk reduction is
take care of people, that's how I got into rience. now recommended. Another study also
nursing.” “Our facilities operate, look and smell like a showed compelling evidence that detect-
Goldenberg quickly worked her way family doctor’s office, with a team of physicians ing early cancers is possible with favor-
up the ranks on the nursing side. She and medical staff onsite at each of our locations able outcomes using pancreatic cancer
became a department director and even- five to six days a week,” notes Dustin Klein Co- screening in patients with pancreatic
tually became a chief nursing officer. Founder of Sun Valley Certification Clinic. cancer susceptibility genes (e.g.,
Along the way, she also went back to “We work with an electronic medical record CDKN2A, BRCA1/2, and PALB2)
school to pursue a Master’s Degree in system that handles all data, including patient Excessive sun exposure is a well-
Nursing from Barry University. When information, reminders for follow ups, referral known risk factor for skin cancer. A
she moved over to operations, she went program tracking, and communication channels recent study revealed that vitamin B3
back to school again and earned an MBA that are paperless and HIPAA compliant,” he says. Andrea and Dustin Klein (nicotinamide) can lower the risk of
from Nova Southeastern University. Sun Valley aims to provide cannabis patients developing skin cancer by 23% in people
“I loved being a nurse but I knew I the nation’s finest certification experience, with a strong emphasis on professionalism who are at high risk for the disease.
would have an opportunity to have a and exceptional medical care. Focused on quality versus quantity, Klein says that they This year was marked with a wave of
greater impact on a larger number of reject the status quo culture of seedy, transactional clinics, and instead, ensures that each advances in precision medicine–based
people as I moved up through the ranks,”
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