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SALUTE TO PHYSICIANS




                                  MARTIN HEALTH                                                 GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER

        Evan Collins, MD
                                                                                  Kathleen Minnick, MD
          Dr. Evan Collins is an obstetrician/gynecologist with
        Women’s Health Specialists in Jensen Beach and Port St.                     Dr. Kathleen Minnick is a Board-Certified female breast
        Lucie. He joined the practice in 1990 after obtaining his                 surgeon on the medical staff of Good Samaritan Medical
        undergraduate and medical school degrees from the                         Center. She completed her residency program at
        University of Tennessee and completing a residency in                     Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine at the
        obstetrics and gynecology at the University of South                      Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Dr. Minnick special-
        Florida in Tampa.  When Dr. Collins first served on the                   izes in the care of benign and malignant breast disease.
        Martin Medical Center Board of Directors as president of                  Through her interactions with the community as a physi-
        the Martin Health Medical Staff in 2011, he strongly advo-                cian, public speaker, local organizations, and an active
        cated for the innovative DaVinci surgical system. Collins                 participant in local breast cancer support groups, she rec-
        had been trained on the DaVinci system in 2007 and knew                   ognizes the surgical care of patients with breast disease
        it would eventually become a standard for every hospital                  does not begin and end at the operating room doors.
        system. He was instrumental in Martin Health’s purchase                     Dr. Minnick participates in the Mastery of Breast
        of the surgical system in 2012.  Dr. Collins has served on the Martin Medical Center  Surgery Pilot Program. She completes numerous hours of continuing medical education
        Board of Directors since 2011.                                            courses and attends national meetings on a yearly basis. She is an active participant in
                                                                                  local breast cancer support groups and serves as an active board member for Your Bosom
        Benjamin Ngo, MD                                                          Buddies II, Inc.
          Benjamin Ngo, M.D., followed in his father’s footsteps as               Thomas Klein, MD
        a gastroenterologist in Stuart. He worked side-by-side with
        his father, Domingo Ngo, M.D., who had a solo practice for                  Dr. Thomas Klein is a Radiation Oncologist on the
        30 years. Prior to partnering, the father and son sold their              medical staff of Good Samaritan Medical Center. Dr. Klein
        practice to Martin Health System in 2011. The elder physi-                graduated with honors from Duke University and
        cian retired in 2016, but Dr. Benjamin Ngo has continued                  received a PhD in Molecular Genetics from Mount Sinai
        to operate the practice as part of Martin Health Physician                School of Medicine. He then went on to earn his medical
        Group.  Dr. Ngo obtained his medical degree from the                      degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York
        University of Miami School of Medicine and completed his                  City where he was honored with the prestigious Alpha
        residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in                      Omega Alpha Medical Honors Society award. He did his
        Philadelphia. He followed his residency with a fellowship                 internal medicine residency at Georgetown University
        in gastroenterology at Lankenau Hospital in Wynnewood,                    Medical Center in Washington, D.C. and then did his res-
        PA. Last year, Dr. Ngo was honored with the Physician                     idency for Radiation Oncology training at the Yale School
        Citizen of the Year Award by Martin Health associates for demonstrating excellence and  of Medicine, where he was named chief resident. He spe-
        professionalism, as well as compassion and respect, for patients, their families, and the  cializes in most cancers, including, breast, head and neck, prostate, lung and skin.
        entire Martin Health System patient care team.









                                   National Doctor’s Day

                                Thursday, March 30, 2017




                   For Listening, Hearing

                          and Responding,



                VITAS THANKS YOU.




                            On National Doctor’s Day, we thank

                         the compassionate physicians who not only

                           lend an ear to VITAS’ patients and their

                       families but respond to their wishes and needs.










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