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Holy Cross Health in Fort Lauderdale Dr. John Afshar and
Names New Chief Medical Officer Dr. John Robinson, Jr.
Return to the Stuart
Holy Cross Health in Fort Lauderdale has named José J.
López, M.D., MBA, FACEP as Chief Medical Officer. Most Community and
recently, Dr. López served as Chief Executive Officer at
Healthpoint Hospital in Abu Dhabi, where he positioned Open Neurosurgery
the hospital as a dominant provider in the local market Office
serving nearly 1,700 patients daily. Previously he estab-
lished and was Chief of the award-winning Emergency
Medicine Institute at Cleveland Clinic in Abu Dhabi. John Afshar, M.D., and John
Board-certified by the American College of Emergency Dr. José J. López Robinson, Jr., M.D., FAANS, Dr. John Afshar Dr. John Robinson, Jr.
Medicine, Dr. López earned his M.D., completed his resi- two of the areas highly-experi-
dency, and was chief resident in emergency medicine the University of Massachusetts. enced neurosurgeons announce they have returned to the Treasure Coast and opened
He received an MBA in Medical Services Management from John Hopkins University a Palm Beach Neuroscience Institute (PBNI) neurosurgery office in Stuart.
and holds certificate in managing health care delivery from Harvard Business School. Dr. Afshar is a board-certified and fellowship-trained neurosurgeon specializing in
Dr. López graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Tufts University. minimally invasive surgery for the spine and brain including neck and low back pain,
spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease, herniated discs, disc replacement/arthro-
plasty, minimally invasive microsurgery, nonfusion surgery, neck and low back
Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine fusion, brain tumors, trigeminal neuralgia and stereotactic radiosurgery/CyberKnife.
Physician Andres Santiago Endara- He is a Diplomate of the prestigious American Board of Neurologic Surgery.
Dr. Robinson is a board-certified double fellowship-trained neurosurgeon special-
Bravo, MD, Joins Cleveland Clinic izing in computer guided minimally invasive microsurgical treatments for the spine
and brain including neck surgery, minimally invasive lumbar surgery, herniated disc,
Indian River Hospital spinal stenosis, brain and pituitary tumors, spine tumors, CyberKnife Radiosurgery
and laser brain tumor treatment. He is a member of the American Association of
Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital welcomes Neurologic Surgeons and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Neurological
board-certified pulmonary and sleep medicine specialist Surgery.
Andres Santiago Endara-Bravo, M.D. Dr. Endara will also Dr. Afshar and Dr. Robinson are on-staff at St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm
serve as the Director of the Indian River Hospital Sleep Beach as well as Laser & Surgery Center of the Palm Beaches, an affiliate of United
Center. Dr. Endara earned his doctorate of medicine from Surgical Partners International (USPI).
The Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador. He com- Dr. Andres Santiago
pleted additional training in pulmonary and critical care Endara-Bravo
medicine at Tulane University Hospital in New Orleans,
and sleep medicine at University of Miami. Prior to joining Indian River Hospital, Dr. E-mail Your Announcements to
Endara served as a pulmonary/sleep medicine/critical care physician in North editorial@southfloridahospitalnews.com
Carolina and in Mississippi. He also serves in the United States Army Reserve.

Head and Neck Surgeon Brian Burkey,

MD, MEd, FACS, Joins Cleveland Clinic
Indian River Hospital

Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital welcomes Brian
Burkey, M.D., MEd, FACS, as the inaugural Chair of the
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. In
addition to seeing patients, he also serves as the Institute
Chair of Surgical Specialties for the Cleveland Clinic
Florida region. Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic in
Florida, Dr. Burkey served as Vice Chairman and Section Dr. Brian Burkey
Head of the Section of Head and Neck Surgery and
Oncology at the Cleveland Clinic Head & Neck Institute in Ohio. Dr. Burkey came
to Cleveland Clinic after almost twenty years at Vanderbilt University Medical
Center, rising to Professor of Otolaryngology and Vice Chairman within that depart-
ment. He earned his medical degree at the University of Virginia School of Medicine.
He completed otolaryngology residency training at the University of Michigan and a
fellowship in microvascular and facial plastic and reconstructive surgery at the Ohio
State University.

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