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Internal Medicine Physician Richard Dr. Gary Shifrin Joins Mount Sinai Heart
Wyderski, MD, Joins Cleveland Clinic New York in Palm Beach
Indian River Hospital
Gary Shifrin, M.D., FACC, has joined Mount Sinai Heart
New York in Palm Beach to provide general and preventative
Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital welcomes board- cardiovascular care. Dr. Shifrin is a board-certified clinical
certified internal medicine physician Richard J. Wyderski, cardiologist. Prior to joining Mount Sinai Heart NY Palm
M.D., MMM, FACP. Dr. Wyderski earned his doctorate of Beach, he worked at Cleveland Clinic Florida and helped
medicine from University of Cincinnati College of Medicine establish their Wellington office. Dr. Shifrin was an Affiliated
and his Master of Medical Management degree from Assistant Clinical Professor of the Miller School of Medicine
University of Southern California. He completed his resi- of the University of Miami. He is a Fellow of the American
dency and fellowship in Internal Medicine at University of Dr. Richard Wyderski College of Cardiology and American Heart Association. Dr. Dr. Gary Shifrin
Cincinnati Medical Center. Prior to joining Indian River Shifrin is a member of the Council of Clinical Cardiology of the American Heart
Hospital, Dr. Wyderski was the Medical Director of the Acute Care for Elders Unit at Association and has served on the Board of Directors of the Palm Beach County Chapter.
Wake Forest Baptist Davie Medical Center in North Carolina. Dr. Wyderski has taught In addition, he served as a Counselor for the Florida Chapter of the American College of
and mentored US and international residents and students throughout his career, includ- Cardiology. Dr. Shifrin received his undergraduate and Master of Science degrees from
ing as a member of the Affiliate Faculty for the Wake Forest School of Medicine Office Northwestern University where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his medical
of Global Health. He has also volunteered and has served as an officer for a number of degree at State University of New York, Health Sciences Center, in Brooklyn. He complet-
community and professional organizations including the Dayton and Winston-Salem ed his internship and residency training in Internal Medicine at Montefiore Medical
Units of the NAACP, Epilepsy Foundation of Western Ohio, Ohio and North Carolina Center in the Bronx and his Fellowship training in Cardiovascular Disease at Albert
Medical Societies, and founded the Domestic Abuse and Violence Institute of Dayton. Einstein College of Medicine.

Cardiac Surgeon Mariano Brizzio, MD, Holy Cross Medical Group
Joins Cleveland Clinic Welcomes Pulmonologist
Indian River Hospital
Holy Cross Medical Group announces the addition of pul-
Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital welcomes board- monologist Felix Hernandez, M.D. Dr. Hernandez joins
certified cardiac surgeon Mariano Brizzio, M.D. Dr. Brizzio Holy Cross Health from Aventura Pulmonary Institute in
earned his doctorate of medicine from Universidad de Miami where he was director of advanced diagnostic bron-
Buenos Aires and his doctorate of philosophy from choscopy. Dr. Hernandez is also assistant professor of medi-
Universidad del Salvador in Argentina. He completed resi- cine at the Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel
dencies in general surgery and cardiac and vascular surgery College of Allopathic Medicine. He was previously associate Dr. Felix Hernandez
at Complejo Medico Churruca-Visca and Instituto Sacre- program director of the pulmonary and critical care medi-
Coeur, respectively. He completed a fellowship in cardiotho- Dr. Mariano Brizzio cine fellowship program at Aventura Hospital & Medical
racic surgery at Cleveland Clinic. Prior to joining Indian Center and was awarded the teaching attending of the year award for the 2019-2020 aca-
River Hospital, Dr. Brizzio has served as an attending cardiac surgeon at The Valley- demic year. Dr. Hernandez received a B.S. Microbiology and Immunology from
Columbia Heart Center in New Jersey and Clinical Assistant professor of Cardiothoracic University of Miami, where he was also a post-graduate research fellow at the Miller
Surgery at Icahn School of Medicine in New York. He is an Associate Fellow in the School of Medicine, Department of Psychology. He earned his M.D. from Ross University
American College of Cardiology and a member of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, School of Medicine in Portsmouth, Dominica.
among other organizations.
Interventional Cardiologist Carlos
Neurosurgeon Juan Uribe Villa, MD, Gonzalez, MD, Joins Cleveland
Joins Cleveland Clinic Indian River Clinic Indian River Hospital

Hospital
Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital welcomes board-
Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital welcomes neuro- certified interventional cardiologist Carlos Andres Gonzalez
surgeon Juan Uribe Villa, M.D. Dr. Uribe is a member of the Lengua, M.D. Dr. Gonzalez earned his doctorate of medicine
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the American from Universidad National de Colombia School of Medicine.
Association of Neurological Surgeons, the American Society He completed fellowships in Cardiac CT/MRI at the Icahn
for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, and the World School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, cardiovascular
Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery. His disease and interventional cardiology at Mount Sinai Dr. Carlos Andres
professional interests include functional and stereotactic Dr. Juan Uribe Villa Hospital, Mount Sinai St. Luke’s and Mount Sinai Beth Israel Gonzalez Lengua
neurosurgery, deep brain stimulation and gamma knife hospitals and a structural heart disease fellowship at New
stereotactic radiosurgery. Dr. Uribe developed the Deep Brain Stimulation Program and York University School of Medicine (NYU Langone medical center). Prior to joining
the Neurosurgery Functional and Stereotactic Service at the University of Mississippi Indian River Hospital, Dr. Gonzalez has served as an attending physician at NYU
Medical Center. H also served as the neurosurgical liaison to the trauma committee. Dr. Langone Medical Center and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital.
Uribe earned his doctorate of medicine from Universidad CES in Medellin, Colombia. He
completed his neurosurgical residency at the University of Mississippi Medical Center Dr. Fernando Bayron Completes
and his functional and stereotactic neurosurgery fellowship at Cleveland Clinic.
2,000th Robotic Surgery Case
Jupiter Medical Center Welcomes at Florida Medical Center

Treasure Coast Region’s Top Cardiac Tenet Florida Physician Services (TFPS) congratulates
Fernando Bayron, M.D., FACS, for completing his 2,000
Surgeon robotic surgery case, an exemplary feat in general surgery
Jupiter Medical Center welcomes Arthur Katz, M.D., as care. Dr. Bayron performs robotic-assisted abdominal proce-
the medical director of cardiac surgery at the Robson Heart dures using the da Vinci XI Surgical System by Intuitive at
& Vascular Institute and Timothy and Jayne Donahue Florida Medical Center. In addition, Dr. Bayron is a proctor
Cardiac Surgery Program at Jupiter Medical Center. Dr. Katz for surgeons training on the da Vinci Surgical System, and Dr. Fernando Bayron
graduated with honors from New York Medical College and Florida Medical Center is an Intuitive approved epicenter
completed his residency in general surgery at NYU Medical visit site. “Robotic surgery technology helps to correct any human limitations in regards
Center. Following his residency, he remained at NYU to movement and visualization including an augmented reality where contrast, colors
Medical Center for a fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery. Dr. Arthur Katz and organs are easier to conceptualize,” said Dr. Bayron. Dr. Bayron performs numerous
Dr. Katz is board certified by the American Board of general surgery procedures robotically including inguinal and ventral hernia repairs,
Thoracic Surgery and a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the Alpha gallbladder surgery, reflux surgery and colon resection surgery. Dr. Bayron uses the robot-
Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Prior to joining Jupiter Medical Center, Dr. Katz ic surgical system for gastric sleeve, gastric bypass and revisional bariatric surgery proce-
worked as a cardiothoracic surgeon at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center and Boca dures.
Raton Regional Hospital.

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