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Lakeside Medical Center

to Graduate 9th Class of Family Broward Health Hospital

Medicine Residents Reflects on Stonewall Parade

(l-r) Dr. John D. Adame, Dr. Quanecia Beasley, Dr. Christal Landeros,
Dr. Sonya Dusseault, and Dr. Kerlan St. Prix

Five physicians in Lakeside Medical Center’s Family Medicine Residency Program
recently graduated in a virtual following three years of intense training during an
unprecedented time in healthcare. The teaching hospital is located in the heart of Broward Health Imperial Point joined the celebra-
Palm Beach County’s rural, western communities, which in 2020 was considered a hot tion of diversity, inclusion and love at Stonewall
spot for COVID-19. Parade and Street Festival in Wilton Manors.
“I commend this class of residents for their dedication to our hospital’s patients Caregivers and team members educated the commu-
while serving on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Darcy J. Davis, CEO nity on sign and symptoms of stroke and the health
of the Health Care District of Palm Beach County. “Their commitment and care have services the hospital offers such as bariatric surgery
helped improve the health of the Glades community,” and Level 1 Adult Cardiovascular care.
The graduates, John D. Adame, D.O., Quanecia Beasley, D.O., Sonya Dusseault, Randy Gross,
D.O., and Chief Residents Christal Landeros, D.O., and Kerlan St. Prix, D.O., com- CEO, Broward Health
pleted a rigorous three-year curriculum. Their rotations included emergency medi- Imperial Point
cine, critical care, women’s health, behavioral health, general surgery, inpatient, out-
patient and community medicine, musculoskeletal and sports medicine, cardiology,
geriatrics, and pediatrics.
“I have had the enormous pleasure of sharing the journey of these fine physicians,”
said Seneca Harberger, M.D., Family Medicine Residency Program Director at
Lakeside Medical Center. “They’ve been through a lot of extra trials and have truly
found ways to learn and grow from all of them. I’m proud to know them and look for- New FAU Degree Programs
ward to all the great work I’m sure they will do for their patients.”
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