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Martin Health Bariatric Program New Stroke Coordinator
Welcomes New Director at Broward Health North

Martin Health System is pleased to announce that Amy Broward Health North’s Comprehensive Stroke Center
Longar, R.N., M.S.N., is the new director of the Health and welcomes Maida Castillo, RN, BSN, CNRN, SCRN, to her
Healing program and bariatric services. Longar has been new position as Clinical Specialist/Stroke Coordinator.
employed at Martin Health for 12 years and was formerly Maida has been a Neuroscience Nurse for 10 years and
the director of patient throughput and staffing. Assistant Nurse Manager for the last 6 years on the Stroke
In her new role, Longar will oversee services designed to Unit. Maida is also an instructor for the BHN Advance Stroke
help keep people well by providing diabetes and nutrition Life Support Training Center. Maida is President, Gold Coast
education, nutritional counseling, weight management and Amy Longar Chapter, AANN. Maida Castillo
tobacco cessation. The Health and Healing program at
Martin Health is designed to address chronic diseases such as diabetes, obesity and
lung cancer. Broward Health North Welcomes
Longar is very excited to be working with the Center for Bariatric and Metabolic
Surgery at Martin Health as she has had personal experience with this service line. In New Rehabilitation Services Manager
2015, she underwent sleeve gastrectomy and has had great success in making signif-
icant lifestyle changes and losing weight. Genevieve Cua Boucher, PT, DPT, CWS, has been named
Regional Manager of Rehabilitation Services at Broward
Health North. Genevieve began her career at Broward Health
John Chomeau Joins Lee Health as North in 2000 working as a staff physical therapist. In 2009,
Genevieve became the Coordinator of the Wound Care
Chief Population Health Officer Center before helping to create the Wound and Hyperbaric
Center. In addition to her new role as manager of Genevieve Cua
Lee Health is proud to welcome John Chomeau, chief pop- Rehabilitation Services, Genevieve will remain as Regional Boucher
ulation health officer. Manager of the Wound and Hyperbaric Center. Genevieve
In his career, Chomeau served as the president of Magellan received her Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy from the University of the
Health where he managed the Commercial Division and led Philippines, Manila and received her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from A.T. Still
the transformation of the organization to deliver population- University in Arizona.
specific, risk-bearing clinical solutions through integrated
behavioral, medical and pharmacy protocols. He formerly
served as president and chief operating officer/head of John Chomeau Bethesda Health Names
Medicare of Aetna where he repositioned the Medicare seg-
ment for record growth and restored the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Shawn Franklin Executive Director
(CMS) post-sanction relationship for Aetna’s future success. He also served as the vice
president/general manager of Medica where he led the Center for Healthy Aging, the of Integrated Networks
Medicare and individual and family divisions and was an officer of Medica.
Bethesda Health is pleased to announce Shawn Franklin as
the Executive Director of Integrated Networks.
Good Samaritan Medical Center Franklin was most recently the Executive Director of Holy
Cross Physician Partners, LLC, in Fort Lauderdale where
Appoints New Chief Nursing Officer since 2012, he led efforts to establish one of Southeast
Florida’s first Clinically Integrated Networks. Shawn Franklin
Good Samaritan Medical Center welcomes Cheryl Wild, Prior to his tenure at Holy Cross, Franklin was Chief
RN, MSN, MBA, as its new chief nursing officer. Operating Officer of Medical Specialists of the Palm Beaches (MSPB). Franklin also
Cheryl has nearly 30 years of healthcare experience. She served as the Compliance Officer and interim CEO for the organization. Prior to
has held a variety of executive nursing positions throughout MSPB, Franklin held senior management positions with Blue Cross Blue Shield of
her career, most recently serving as the interim director for Florida for nearly ten years.
Clinical Research in south Florida; Coastal Region and for
four years as the assistant chief nursing officer at sister hos- Cheryl Wild
pital, Delray Medical Center. Previously, Wild worked as Lee Health Board of Directors
Delray’s director of cardiac telemetry services and director of medical oncology and
medical surgical services. Elects 2017 Officers
Wild earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Trenton State College and
earned her Master of Business Administration from Trinity University. Wild then Lee Health is pleased to announce the newly elected offi-
earned her Master of Science in Nursing Leadership and Health Systems Management cers of its Board of Directors for 2017.
from Drexel University. Sanford N. Cohen, M.D., will continue to serve as Board
Chairman. He is former Chair of the Pediatrics Department
at Wayne State University School of Medicine and Chief of
Quantum Foundation Welcomes Pediatrics for the Children’s Hospital of Michigan. He also
served as dean and the university’s provost before retiring as
Donna Mulholland as New Chair a professor. Dr. Sanford N. Cohen
Donna Clarke will serve as Vice Chairman. She is a for-
At Quantum Foundation’s first board meeting of the year, mer Florida State Representative and has served as an adjunct professor with State
Palm Beach resident Donna Mulholland assumed the posi- College of Florida.
tion of Chair of the Board of Trustees for the next two years. David F. Collins will continue to serve as Treasurer. He has been a mortgage banker
Mulholland has served as a board member for the local pri- for over 20 years.
vate health foundation since 2008 and has served as Chair Therese Everly will serve as Board Secretary. She is a Registered Respiratory
of the organization’s Grants Committee since 2000. Therapist and licensed Florida Realtor.
Quantum Foundation also welcomes new Board member, Donna Mulholland In addition to the officers, other Board members include: Steve Brown, M.D.; Diane
well-known local pediatrician Dr. Ronald Romear, joins the Champion;
organization as a full trustee after serving for a year on the Grants Committee. Jessica Carter Peer; Chris Hansen; Nancy McGovern, R.N., M.S.M.; and Stephanie
Ethel Isaacs Williams assumes the role of Grants Committee Chair with Daniel Meyer, B.S.N., R.N.
Alberttis as Secretary/Treasurer and Michael Dixon as the Chair of the Finance &
Investment Committee.

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