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Jamie Gelfman Named to Health Law Lee Health Welcomes New
Executive Council, Selected for Chief Human Resources Officer

Leadership Broward Michael Wukitsch has joined Lee Health as Chief Human
Resources Officer. Wukitsch most recently served as the Vice
Broad and Cassel LLP, which will combine with Nelson President of Human Resources for Northwestern Memorial
Mullins on Aug. 1, announced Fort Lauderdale Associate Jamie Healthcare in Chicago. Before that, Wukitsch served as the
Gelfman has been voted on to the Florida Bar Health Law Executive Vice President, Human Resources for Cadence
Section Executive Council. Gelfman currently serves as the Health in the Chicago area, and Vice President and Chief
editor-in-chief of Health Law Updates for The Florida Bar. Jamie Gelfman Human Resources Officer for Children’s Hospital Colorado, Michael Wukitsch
Additionally, Gelfman has been selected as a participant in located in the Denver metro area. He also served as Director of
Leadership Broward Class XXXVII. Leadership Broward offers programs that help emerg- Human Resources – Operations for Coors Brewing Company
ing and recognized leaders expand their skills and enhance their knowledge of local and in Golden, Colorado. Wukitsch has an MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School
state issues, as well as leverage their individual passion to make positive changes in the of Business and is completing his Ph.D. in Organizational Learning, Performance and
community. Certified in Health Care Compliance (CHC) by the Health Care Compliance Change at Colorado State University.
Association (HCCA), Gelfman practices in the arenas of administrative and regulatory
law serving as a member of the Health Law Practice Group.
Tom Piszczatoski Joins Catholic
Broward Health North Names Health Services as VP of Human

Kim Braxl Cole New Chief Resources
Financial Officer Officials at Catholic Health Services welcome Thomas J.

Piszczatoski, SPHR, as the new Vice President of Human
Broward Health has named Kim Braxl Cole, CPA, as chief Resources and Corporate Compliance Officer. Piszczatoski
financial officer of Broward Health North. With more than 20 comes to CHS with almost 30 years of innovative human
years of financial experience in the healthcare services indus- resources experience, mostly in healthcare, including key lead- Tom Piszczatoski
try, Cole most recently served as controller of Delray Medical ership positions with Tenet and Tallahassee Memorial
Center. Prior to that, Cole served as vice president and con- Kim Braxl Cole Healthcare systems. He is a native of New Jersey and earned his BBA at William Patterson
troller at CareGuide in Coral Springs and was also manager of University in Wayne, NJ. Certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources, he is a
financial services at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale. Lean Practioner and Associated Safety Professional, in addition to his affiliations with the
American Society for Healthcare HR Administration and the Society of HR Management.
During Tom’s career he has designed and implemented numerous programs that have
Komen South Florida® Leads resulted in significant cultural change, established processes for identifying high permor-
mance, increased effectiveness in organizational structure and process, improved reten-
Nation in Deploying Breast Health tion and turnover while also improving employee engagement.
Navigator to Change Odds for New Chief Information Officer

Women of Color
Joins Jupiter Medical Center

Susan G. Komen® South Florida announced the appoint-
ment of Melissa Dixon, Breast Health Navigator. The position Jupiter Medical Center is pleased to welcome Thomas R.
is a first-of-its-kind in the nation to support the new Melissa Dixon Schoenig as the organization’s new chief information officer.
Community-Based Breast Health Navigator Pilot Program for Schoenig, a 30-year industry veteran, comes to the medical
the global Susan G. Komen organization. Dixon is located in Delray Beach, Florida to center from Altamonte Springs, FL where he served as the
provide education and patient navigation services to primarily African American women regional chief information officer for Adventist Health System.
wh o are at greater risk for triple negative breast cancer—an aggressive form of the dis- Schoenig was a member of the Adventist senior leadership
ease—and have a 40% higher mortality rate than white women. Dixon has a personal team and led technology service delivery for two regions with- Thomas R. Schoenig
connection to the women she will reach as an African American breast cancer survivor in Adventist - first, over the Midwest region which included
herself. Dixon spent nearly a decade with Planned Parenthood of South, East, and North five acute care facilities in Illinois and Wisconsin. In his last two years with Adventist,
Florida as a breast health navigator and supporting employee relations and training in Schoenig moved to the Dallas/Fort Worth area and oversaw the technology service deliv-
her last role as HR Manager. She possesses a Master’s Degree in Health Care ery for the four acute care facilities, two nursing and rehabilitation centers, and numer-
Administration as well as a Master of Business Administration, and is an alumna of Non ous physician practices located around the Dallas/Fort Worth area, extending south to
Profits First Rising Leaders. central Texas.
In addition to Adventist, Schoenig has held senior IT leadership positions at hospitals
and health care systems across the country from Wyoming to Las Vegas to the greater
Palm Healthcare Foundation’s Dallas area. He holds a BA in Chemistry from Monmouth College in Illinois.
Vice President of Grants and

Community Investments Named University Plaza Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation
a 2018 Terrance Keenan Welcomes New Director of Nursing

Institute Fellow University Plaza Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center,
part of the Plaza Health Network, welcomes Francisco (Frank)
Abigail Goodwin, vice president of grants and community Alfonso as its new director of nursing.
investments at Palm Healthcare Foundation, Inc., has been Abigail Goodwin Alfonso, formerly the director of nursing at Plaza Health
honored with a fellowship from the Terrance Keenan Institute Network's Ponce Plaza Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation
for Emerging Leaders in Health Philanthropy. Center, brings his extensive experience and wealth of knowl-
Fellows will gather at a retreat in Washington, D.C., on October 10-11, 2018 to net- edge to University Plaza, a facility equipped to provide suba-
work with other fellows, participate in leadership development sessions and connect cute and critical care as well as rehabilitative services, located
with seasoned leaders from the field of health philanthropy, many of whom are past fel- in the heart of Miami's medical district.
lows. The criteria for becoming a fellow was based on a number of factors including cre- Alfonso was a medical doctor in Cuba before coming to the
ativity, critical thinking, innovation, leadership skills and contributions to their respec- United States. He has worked in various specialized health care
tive foundations. settings such as an emergency room, intensive care unit, and Francisco Alfonso
rescue setting making him a top choice to help manage the existing relationship between
Plaza Health Network and Jackson Health System/Miami Transplant Institute.

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