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SALUTE TO PHYSICIANS

PALM BEACH COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY FLORIDA MEDICAL CENTER

James Goldenberg, MD Oscar Mendez, MD

Dr. James Goldenberg is a Board-Certified Neurologist who practiced Dr. Oscar Mendez has been a member of the
in Palm Beach County for 25 years. He is a past president of the Palm medical staff at Florida Medical Center since
Beach County Medical Society and currently serves on the Board of 2008. He is a family practice doctor who spe-
Trustees. He currently serves as Medical Director for a regional, clinically cializes in hyperbaric, wound care and hospice.
integrated network (CIN) representing over 1,700 physicians and Dr. Mendez received his medical degree from
170,000 lives responsible for strategy, value-based care initiatives, popu- Libre University in Barranquilla, Colombia. He
lation health and patient safety. His undergraduate training is in completed his residency at Bellavista Hospital
Psychology from the University of Florida. He received his Medical in Puerto Rico between 2004 and 2007 where
Degree from the University of South Florida. His neurology training and he was the chief resident. Dr. Mendez is a mem-
fellowship in neuromuscular disease were completed at the University of ber of the American Medical Association,
Miami. Dr. Goldenberg has served JFK Hospital in multiple leadership Colombia Medical Association and of the
roles including Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Chairman of the American Academy of Family licensed in the
Credentials Committee, Chairman of the Bylaws Committee, and Chief of the Department of state of Florida.
Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Goldenberg is an Affiliated Assistant Professor of Neurology at the
Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami.
Fernando Bayron, MD
Jack Zeltzer, MD
Dr. Fernando Bayron is a general and
bariatric surgeon at Florida Medical Center.
Originally hailing from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Dr. Jack Zeltzer is Dr. Bayron is also the medical director of the
a highly regarded Surgeon. Board Certified in Surgery since 1978 he Surgical Weight Loss Center of Excellence at
attended McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where he com- Florida Medical Center. As medical director,
pleted both his undergraduate studies as well as Medical School. Dr. Dr. Bayron helped the hospital earn accredita-
Zeltzer completed his Residency Program in General and Vascular tion by the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Surgery at McGill University at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, Accreditation and Quality Improvement
Quebec, Canada. Dr. Zeltzer has served as Chief of Surgery at Program (MBSAQIP) as a Comprehensive
Wellington Regional Medical Center and JFK Medical Center. As a mem- Center for bariatric surgery. This recognition
ber of Palm Beach County Medical Society since 2002, he has served on acknowledges the hospital’s commitment to
the Board of Directors since 2007, President in 2012 and a member of the providing and supporting quality improve-
Board of Trustees. Dr. Zeltzer’s commitment to medical education is ment and patient safety efforts for metabolic and bariatric surgery patients.
demonstrated in his service as an affiliate Clinical Assistant Professor of Dr. Bayron received his medical degree from the University of Puerto Rico
Biomedical Science at Florida Atlantic University since 2009. Dr. Zeltzer has also been on the in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is a member of the American Board of Surgery
Voluntary Faculty at Nova Southeastern University and has also served as an adjunct Clinical in General Surgery.
Assistant Professor at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine.

With our sincere appreciation
on Doctors’ Day

Today, we salute our physicians, who partner with us to be this community’s trusted health partner for life.

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