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Dr. Lyssette Cardona Family Medicine Physician,
Appointed CWO Matthew Goldman, MD, Joins

Cleveland Clinic in Florida
Lyssette Cardona, M.D., has been appointed Chief
Wellness Officer for Cleveland Clinic Florida.
Dr. Cardona joined Cleveland Clinic in 2002 and has Matthew Goldman, M.D., is now a practicing family
worked at both the Weston and Abu Dhabi sites. She medicine physician at Cleveland Clinic Florida Coral
brings a valuable skill set and extensive experience to her Springs. Dr. Goldman is a board-certified family physi-
new position, having served as Chief of Caregiver cian, who has been with Cleveland Clinic in Ohio since
Wellbeing and Medical Director of Occupational Health at 2017. Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic in Florida, Dr.
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi from 2014-2020. In addition Dr. Lyssette Cardona Goldman was a family medicine physician at Cleveland Dr. Matthew Goldman
to her current role as Chair of Infectious Diseases at Clinic Medicine Institute in Cleveland, OH. Additionally,
Cleveland Clinic Martin Health, she serves as Chair of Occupational Health and he is a Clinical Affiliate Assistant Professor at Charles E.
Wellness there and at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital. Schmidt College of Medicine in Florida, as well as an Assistant Professor at the
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine in Ohio. Dr. Goldman earned his med-
ical degree at Ross University School of Medicine in Miramar. He completed his resi-
dency in family medicine at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
Lee Health Announces
Dr. Ryan Brown as Lee Memorial Four 2021 UM
Hospital’s Chief Physician Hospice-Palliative

and Operations Executive Medicine Fellows
Join VITAS
Ryan Brown, M.D., SFHM, FACP, has been named chief
physician and operations executive for Lee Memorial Healthcare
Hospital.
Dr. Brown comes to Lee Health with more than 20 years
of healthcare leadership experience. Dr. Ryan Brown Four physicians who recent-
Most recently, Dr. Brown held leadership positions with Atrium Health in ly completed fellowships in hos- Dr. Angelica G. Torres- Dr. Orly R. Hadar
Charlotte, NC, including specialty medical director for hospital medicine and medical pice and palliative medicine at Morales
director for acute care health informatics. He also previously served in leadership the University of Miami Miller
roles with Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast in Concord, NC, and the Naval School of Medicine have joined
Hospital Corpus Christi Health Care System in Corpus Christi, TX. VITAS® Healthcare in leader-
Dr. Brown earned his medical degree from the University of North Carolina at ship roles throughout Florida.
Chapel Hill and completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at the This partnership with UM is a
National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD. testament to the company’s
investment in and commitment
to the advancement of end-of-
Holy Cross Health life care as both an opportunity-
rich career path and medical
Adds Family Practice Physician specialty:
• Angelica G. Torres-Morales,
Paulna Lorimaire, M.D., has joined the Holy Cross M.D., home care and inpatient Dr. Valerie Hart Quezada Dr. Kamal Wahab
Medical Group. unit physician for VITAS in
Dr. Lorimaire was most recently a resident physician Broward County
with The Medical Center, Navicent Health in Macon, GA, • Orly R. Hadar, M.D., VITAS inpatient and palliative care physician at the Cleveland
where she also served on the Medical Staff Utilization Clinic in Weston
Management Committee. Previously she was a resident • Valerie Hart Quezada, M.D., team physician for VITAS in Miami-Dade and Monroe
physician at Family Health Center in Macon. counties
Dr. Lorimaire received a Bachelor of Science in Biology Dr. Paulna Lorimaire • Kamal Wahab, M.D., associate medical director for VITAS in Gainesville
from the University of Central Florida and a Master of All four credit the personalized, patient-centered care they witnessed, along with the
Science in Medical Sciences from University of South Florida. Dr. Lorimaire earned professional expertise of VITAS physicians and mentors who were involved in their train-
her medical degree from the American University of the Caribbean School of ing, as factors that influenced them to pursue full-time positions with the nation’s leading
Medicine in St. Maarten. provider of end-of-life care. The four 2021 physicians represent the most UM fellows
from any graduating class to accept job offers in the company’s 10-year sponsorship of
the fellowship program.

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