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SALUTE TO PHYSICIANS

ST. MARY’S MEDICAL CENTER FLORIDA MEDICAL CENTER

David Feldman, MD Dr. Jessica F. Okun,
DO, MS
Dr. David Feldman is an orthopedic surgeon on the medical staff
at the Palm Beach Children’s Hospital. Dr. Feldman joined the Paley Dr. Jessica Okun is a member of the
Institute to lead the spine deformity center and hip preservation cen- medical staff at Florida Medical Center.
ter. Dr. Feldman was previously the chief of pediatric orthopedic sur- Dr. Okun is a neurological surgeon that
gery and a professor of orthopedic surgery and pediatrics at NYU specializes in brain and pituitary tumors,
Langone Medical Center/ NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases. Dr. epilepsy surgery, including endoscopic
Feldman specializes in pediatric orthopedic surgery and subspecial- approaches as well as cranial and spine
izes in children with scoliosis and severe limb and hip deformities as trauma. She is a member of the American
well as advanced joint preservation techniques in children and College of the Osteopathic Surgeons,
adults. After graduating from the Albert Einstein School of Medicine American Osteopathic Association, North
in 1988, Dr. Feldman interned in general surgery at NYU Langone American Spine Society and Walter E.
Medical Center. He completed his residency in orthopedic surgery in Dandy Neurological Society. Dr. Okun has
June 1993 and spent the next year in fellowship at The Hospital for several neurological and spinal research articles in medical journals
Sick Children in Toronto with a special interest in pediatric orthopedic surgery and pediatric spine and she has participated as an invited lecturer on diverse neurological
surgery. Dr. Feldman brings over 20 years of experience in pediatric orthopedics, spinal deformity topics. She finished her neurosurgery training in 2016.
and joint preservation.
Albert Nayeri, MD
Lawrence Lottenberg, MD
Dr. Albert Nayeri is Board Certified in
Dr. Lawrence Lottenberg is a trauma surgeon and the director of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular
trauma research and education at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Dr. Medicine and Clinical Cardiac
Lottenberg’s duties include coordinating the research initiatives and Electrophysiology Medicine and is on
education at St. Mary’s level I trauma center. He also provides surgi- staff at Florida Medical Center. He is a
cal critical care to the most severe trauma cases brought to the hos- member of the American College of
pital. Prior to his time at St. Mary’s, Dr. Lottenberg worked at the Cardiology and the Heart Rhythm Society.
University of Florida as an Associate Professor of Surgery and He received his undergraduate degree in
Anesthesiology. Dr. Lottenberg received his bachelor’s degree from neurobiology and psychology from
the University of Florida where he graduated with honors with a Cornell University. Dr. Nayeri attended
degree in chemistry. Dr. Lottenberg continued his education at the medical school at Suny Upstate Medical
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine. His res- University where he graduated cum laude in 2004, and was inducted
idency was completed at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. Dr. into the prestigious medical honor society, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Lottenberg is a member of the American College of Surgeons.

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