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Delray Medical Center
Graduation of the Inaugural Class of the PLA First Hospital in South

The Physician Leadership Academy of South Florida (PLA), under the auspices of the Palm Beach Florida to Perform the
County Medical Society (PBCMS) and held in collaboration with the Broward County Medical Edwards SAPIEN 3 Valve
Association (BCMA) and Dade County Medical Association (DCMA) held its graduation in May. The
PLA is funded by the Physicians foundation and has been endorsed by the Florida Medical Association, for Mitral Valve-In-Valve
which also provided CMEs to all attendees.
Pictured is the Inaugural Class of the PLA at their Graduation: (seated l-r) Dr. Ekaterina Replacement
Kostioukhina, Dr. Anele Manfredini, Dr. Geetika “Nikki” Klevos, Dr. Barbara Pena, Dr. Daniela
Botoman, Dr. Vasana “Annie” Cheanvechai, Dr. Shahnaz Fettah, and Dr. Vania Fernandez (standing l- Delray Medical Center is the first hospital in the
r) Jim Sugarman PLA Facilitator, Dr. Krishna Kishor, Dr. Henry Haire, Dr. James Heron, Dr. Keyvan South Florida to use the Edwards SAPIEN 3 tran-
Nouri, Dr. Oleksandr “Alex” Kryvenko, Dr. Hitesh Kapupara, Dr. Abby Berens, Dr. Andrew Sherman, scatheter heart valve for mitral valve replacement
Dr. Kleper De Almeida, and Dr. Jose Rosa-Olivares
inside a failed surgical valve. This treatment, is for
both aortic patients and mitral patients who are at
high risk for subsequent open heart surgery to
replace their bioprosthetic valve. The SAPIEN 3 valve
is the only valve approved for valve-in-valve proce-
Snapshots FDA in 2015 for severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis
dures due to failure of a surgical mitral valve.
The Edwards SAPIEN 3 valve was approved by the
patients at high risk for open-heart surgery, and, in
2016, received approval for the treatment of patients
who are at intermediate risk for open-heart surgery.
The SAPIEN 3 valve builds on Edwards' decades of
experience in the development of tissue heart valves,
E-mail Your Editorial Submissions to and the proven benefits of the Edwards SAPIEN
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