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Board-Certified Surgeon Appointed Dr. Julio Pagan Joins Cleveland Clinic
as New Director of University of Indian River Hospital

Miami at Holy Cross Hospital’s Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital welcomes Julio
General Surgery Residency Program Pagan, MD, FACP, MBA. Dr. Pagan earned his medical degree
at the University of Tennessee and later a Master of Business
Holy Cross Hospital announced the addition of Handel R. Administration at Florida Institute of Technology. He complet-
Robinson, M.D., as the new director of the University of ed his medical internship and residency at Baptist Memorial
Miami at Holy Cross Hospital’s general surgery residency pro- Hospital in Memphis.
gram. Dr. Handel R. Robinson Dr. Pagan is board certified in internal medicine and is a Dr. Julio Pagan
Dr. Robinson also will serve concurrently as an associate member of the American College of Physicians and American
professor in the department of surgery at the University of Medical Association. He has special interests in infectious dis-
Miami Miller School of Medicine. Previously, he served as chief of the vascular surgery ease, geriatrics, cardiovascular medicine, chronic disease management and preventative
division at Mercy Medical Group/Dignity Health in Sacramento, California, for two years. medicine. Throughout his career, Dr. Pagan served on numerous medical committees and
Prior to that position, Dr. Robinson served as an assistant professor of surgery at the has held the title of medical director, chief of staff and chief medical information officer.
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine for five years.
Dr. Robinson received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Albany in New York Tolga Erim, D.O., Named Chairman
and his medical degree from the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, where
he also served as a teaching assistant and completed his surgical internship. He then com- of Cleveland Clinic Weston’s
pleted a general surgery residency at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York and a fel- Gastroenterology Department
lowship in vascular surgery at the University of Albany / Albany Medical Center.

Tolga Erim, D.O., has been appointed Chairman of the
Three Doctors Join Department of Gastroenterology at Cleveland Clinic Weston,
Holy Cross Medical which is part of Cleveland Clinic’s Florida region.
Board certified in Gastroenterology, Dr. Erim, who has been
Group in Fort Director of Endoscopy since 2015, specializes in advanced
Lauderdale endoscopy. Dr. Tolga Erim
Dr. Erim received his undergraduate degree in biochemistry
from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY and his osteopathic medical degree from New
The Holy Cross Medical Group York College of Osteopathic Medicine in Old Westbury, NY. He completed his internal
has added three new doctors who medicine residency and chief residency at Cleveland Clinic’s Weston hospital. Dr. Erim
will be practicing at Holy Cross also completed a gastroenterology fellowship at Cleveland Clinic and Advanced
facilities in Fort Lauderdale. Dr. Willy G. Davila Dr. Logan Kaleta Endoscopy training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School
Willy G. Davila, M.D., joins the in Boston, MA.
team at the Holy Cross Dorothy
Mangurian Comprehensive Women’s Center as a specialist in Holy Cross Medical Group
urogynecology and reconstructive pelvic surgery. Dr. Davila
was the chairman of the department of gynecology at Adds Two Neurologists
Cleveland Clinic Florida, where he was also the director of the
pelvic floor center. Dr. Davila is an affiliate professor at the Two neurologists have joined the Holy Cross Medical
Florida Atlantic University School of Medicine and a clinical Group.
associate professor at the University of South Florida. Gustavo J. Alameda, M.D., joins the Holy Cross Medical
Logan Kaleta, PsyD., joins the Holy Cross Orthopedic Group as a neurologist at the Phil Smith Neuroscience
Institute from Emory Rehabilitation Hospital in Atlanta, where Institute, where he specializes in spinal cord injuries, spinal
he served as the attending inpatient rehabilitation psycholo- cord disorders and multiple sclerosis. He is board-certified in
gist and an assistant professor of rehab medicine in the divi- neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Dr. Gustavo J. Alameda
sion of rehabilitation neuropsychology at Emory University’s Dr. William Ward Jr. Neurology. Prior to joining Holy Cross, Dr. Alameda served as
School of Medicine. a neurologist at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Miami
William Ward Jr., M.D., joins the Holy Cross Orthopedic Institute from the University and as the director of the facility’s Multiple Sclerosis Center.
of Miami Miller School of Medicine/Jackson Memorial Hospital, where he received his Dr. Alameda received his bachelor’s degree from Cornell
medical degree and completed his residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation. University in Ithaca and his medical degree from the
Prior to his time at the University of Miami, Dr. Ward received a Bachelor of Science University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Alameda
degree in microbiology and cell science, cum laude, from the University of Florida. then completed his internship, residency and fellowship at

Jackson Memorial Hospital and the Miami Veterans Affairs
Cardiac Surgeon Jose Navia, MD, Medical Center. In addition to his role at Holy Cross, Dr.
Alameda also volunteers as an assistant professor at the
to Lead Cleveland Clinic Weston’s University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s department
of neurology.
Heart and Vascular Center Richard N. Kishner, M.D., joins the team at the Holy Cross Dr. Richard N. Kishner
Phil Smith Neuroscience Institute as a neurologist specializing in headaches, movement
Cardiac surgeon Dr. Jose Navia, has been appointed disorders and peripheral nerve injury after spending almost 40 years in private practice.
Chairman of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Center Director of Dr. Kishner received his Bachelor of Science degree and his medical degree from the
Cleveland Clinic Weston’s Heart and Vascular Center. University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa followed by several months of a psychi-
Dr. Navia joins Cleveland Clinic Weston from Cleveland atry residency at Johannesburg General Hospital. He then completed his residency in
Clinic in Ohio where he was a cardiothoracic surgeon and neurology at Bellevue Hospital in New York. Dr. Kishner is board-certified in neurology
Vice Chairman for Innovations at the Heart and Vascular Dr. Jose Navia by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Institute and the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery. He
was also Professor of Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of
Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH.
Dr. Navia received his medical degree from the School of Medicine at the National
University of La Plata in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He completed internships and res- E-mail Your Physician Appointments to
idencies in general surgery, cardiovascular surgery and cardiothoracic surgery in
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