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Fellowship-trained Pediatric Experienced Vascular and
Orthopedic Surgeon Joins Paley Endovascular Surgeon Joins Tenet

Orthopedic & Spine Institute Florida Cardiovascular Care in West
Palm Beach
Tenet Florida Physician Services (TFPS) is pleased to
announce Claire E. Shannon, M.D., a pediatric orthopaedic Manuel Vicente Mendez, M.D., a vascular and endovascular
surgeon, is opening her new practice at the Paley Orthopedic surgeon, has joined Tenet Florida Cardiovascular Care
& Spine Institute in West Palm Beach. (TFCC) in his practice in West Palm Beach, FL.
Prior to joining TFPS and Paley Orthopedic & Spine Dr. Claire E. Shannon Prior to joining TFCC, Dr. Mendez worked in private prac- Dr. Manuel Vicente
Institute, Dr. Shannon served as an assistant professor of tice as a vascular and endovascular surgery specialist at Palm Mendez
orthopedic surgery in the division of pediatric orthopedic sur- Beach Endovascular in West Palm Beach, FL for the last 20
gery at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine located in Baltimore, MD. Dr. years. While serving the West Palm Beach community, he
Shannon is affiliated with Johns Hopkins as honorary faculty. directed a non-invasive vascular laboratory. Earlier in his medical career, Dr. Mendez
For her education and training, Dr. Shannon completed a fellowship in pediatric ortho- cared for the health needs of a countryside community as a primary care physician at
pedic surgery at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. Dr. Shannon finished Bauxiven Primary Care/Rural Clinic, Los Pijiguaos, Estado Bolivar, Venezuela.
her residency and internship in orthopedic surgery at Case Western/ University Hospitals For his education and training, Dr. Mendez completed a Vascular Surgery Fellowship
Case Medical Center in Cleveland, OH. She graduated medical school from the at Boston Medical Center and the Boston University School of Medicine. In addition, Dr.
University of Rochester School of Medicine in Rochester, NY. Mendez also completed an Endovascular Fellowship at Instituto Cardiovascular Buenos
Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Dr. Mendez finished his general surgery residency pro-
gram at UMass Medical Center, Worcester, MA. He graduated medical school from
Neurosurgeon Joins the Advanced Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela.

Neuroscience Network in West Dr. Lori Posk Joins Cleveland Clinic
Palm Beach and Hialeah Indian River Hospital

Tenet Florida Physician Services (TFPS) is pleased to Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital welcomes internal
announce Dr. Raghuram Sampath, an experienced neurosur- medicine physician Lori Posk, M.D., FACP. Dr. Posk earned
geon, has joined the Advanced Neuroscience Network her doctor of medicine from Michigan State University and
Physicians (ANNP) practice in Hialeah and the Palm Beach completed her internal medicine residency at Cleveland
Neuroscience Institute (PBNI) in West Palm Beach. Dr. Raghuram Clinic Foundation in Ohio. She is board certified in internal
Prior to joining TFPS, Dr. Sampath worked as an attending Sampath medicine and clinical informatics. Dr. Posk served as Chief
neurosurgeon at Geisinger Health System in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Medical Resident at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation prior
In addition, Dr. Sampath instructed future neuroscientists as an associated faculty mem- to becoming Medical Director for MyChart at Cleveland Dr. Lori Posk
ber in the Neuroendovascular Surgery Fellowship Program at the Geisinger Clinic and Medical Director at the Twinsburg Family Health and Surgery Center. She
Commonwealth School of Medicine. joined the MyChart Team in July 2012 and led the team in several initiatives including
For his education and training, Dr. Sampath completed fellowships in cerebrovascular Open Notes, electronic messaging, patient access and test result release.
surgery from the Swedish Neuroscience Institute in Seattle, WA, and in skull base surgery
from the University of Colorado, Denver, CO. He completed a residency in neurosurgery Internist Opens Practice
at St. Louis University Hospital, St. Louis, MO, and an internship in general surgery from
New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia/Cornell, New York, NY. Dr. Sampath com- in Boca Raton with Tenet Florida
pleted medical school at the University of Delhi, Delhi, India
Physician Services
Dr. Jorge Requena-Penenori Jessica Schwartz, D.O., an internist dedicated to providing

Joins Cleveland Clinic Indian the community with preventive and primary care has joined
River Hospital the practice of Mitchell Goldstein, D.O., family practitioner
and Elizabeth Polsinelli, D.O., internist, with Tenet Florida
Physician Services (TFPS) in Boca Raton.
Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital welcomes infectious Prior to joining TFPS, Dr. Schwartz finished residency and Dr. Jessica Schwartz
disease physician Jorge Requena-Penenori, M.D. Dr. Requena- internship training in the Internal Medicine Program at
Penenori earned his medical degree at the Instituto Superior Broward Health Medical Center located in Fort Lauderdale. Dr. Schwartz completed
de Ciencias Medicas de la Havana in Havana, Cuba. He com- medical school at the Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine in
pleted a family medicine residency at Comandante Manuel Davie, FL.
Fajardo Teaching Hospital in Havana, Cuba and an internal Dr. Jorge Requena-
medicine residency at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Penenori Experienced Vascular Surgeon
Brooklyn, NY, as well as a fellowship in infectious disease at
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. Joins Tenet Florida Cardiovascular
Dr. Requena-Penenori traveled the world as a primary care physician for the Ministry
of Public Health of Cuba (MINSAP). In underprivileged Venezuelan communities, he Care in West Palm Beach
provided comprehensive medical care and assisted in the prevention and treatment of
diseases. In Cuba, he worked for MINSAP at Enrique Cabrera General Hospital. He Keith Jones, M.D., FACS, RPVI, a vascular and endovascular
served patients in general wards, intensive care units and outpatient departments. Dr. surgeon, has joined Tenet Florida Cardiovascular Care
Requena-Penenori also traveled to Ecuador and performed preoperative evaluations for (TFCC) and opened his practice in West Palm Beach, FL.
patients undergoing ocular surgeries through a humanitarian project developed for Prior to joining TFCC, Dr. Jones worked as a vascular sur-
underserved populations. He provided preventative medical care for individuals and fam- geon at Mercy Medical Group, a service of Dignity Health
ilies in the area. Foundation located in Carmichael, CA. Dr. Keith Jones
While in Winston-Salem, Dr. Requena-Penenori practiced at W. G. Hefner VA Medical For his education and training, Dr. Jones completed a vas-
Center and provided care at several outpatient clinics. An inpatient consultant in Wake cular surgery fellowship at Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY. In addition, Dr. Jones also
Forest Baptist Medical Center’s general wards and intensive care units, he also cared for finished his residency in general surgery at Loyola University Medical Center located in
post-transplant and other immunocompromised patients. Maywood, IL. He graduated medical school from the University of Connecticut School
of Medicine, Farmington, CT.

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