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Integrative Medicine Dr. Antonucci Joins Board
Specialists Now of Directors of Safety Net
in Cape Coral Hospital Alliance of Florida

Lee Physician Group Integrative Larry Antonucci, M.D., MBA, Lee Health’s President and
Medicine specialists now offer hours CEO, was elected and installed to the Safety Net Hospital
at the Wellness Center – Cape Coral. Alliance of Florida’s (SNHAF) Board of Directors. The SNHAF
Heather Auld, M.D., and Teresa Dr. Heather Auld Dr. Teresa Spano advocates on behalf of Florida’s 14 safety net hospital systems.
Spano, N.D., CNS, Naturopathic Dr. Antonucci has nearly 35 years of leadership experience -
Consultant, are available for consults both as a practicing obstetrician/ gynecologist (OB/GYN) and Dr. Larry Antonucci
at the Wellness Center. Renee Sarra, A.P., D.O.M., who as a health care executive.In 2007, Dr. Antonucci joined Lee
joined the Integrative Medicine practice last year, offers Health as Chief Administrative Officer for Cape Coral Hospital. By 2009, he was appoint-
acupuncture. ed Chief Operating Officer of Hospital Services for the health system and assumed the
Dr. Auld is board certified by the American Board of responsibility for Physician Services in early 2010. In October 2011, Dr. Antonucci was
Physician Specialties in Integrative Medicine and the named Chief Operating Officer for the health system, and assumed the role of President
American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Spano has and Chief Executive Officer in June 2017.
her doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine from the University
of Bridgeport, College of Naturopathic Medicine. Dr. Sarra is Dr. Renee Sarra Palmetto General Hospital
a Doctor of Oriental Medicine.
Names Physician of the Month
Board-certified Endocrinologist
Palmetto General Hospital proudly honors Dr. Janet
Opens Practice in Fort Lauderdale Kowalsky, pediatric hospitalist, as the hospital’s Physician of the
Month for January 2018. Dr. Kowalsky was nominated because
Andres Palacio, M.D., a specialist in endocrinology, metab- her colleagues describe her as highly engaged and is beloved by
olism and lipids, has opened a Fort Lauderdale based practice both staff and patients. Dr. Kowalsky was presented with a
with Tenet Florida Physician Services (TFPS). Dr. Palacio is plaque in recognition of her outstanding service, commitment
on-staff at Florida Medical Center, a campus of North Shore. and dedication to caring for others.
Prior to joining TFPS, Dr. Palacio worked as an endocri- Dr. Janet Kowalsky
nologist at Clinica Integral de Diabetes in Medellin,
Colombia. His practical experience includes four additional E-mail Your Physician Appointments
positions, two as an endocrinologist in Medellin, one as a Dr. Andres Palacio
primary care physicians and another as attending physician
in the emergency department of Pablo Tobon Uribe Hospital. In addition, Dr. Palacio’s to editorial@southfloridahospitalnews.com
worked as an endocrinologist at The Jones Center for Diabetes and Endocrine
Wellness in Macon, GA.
Dr. Palacio completed an internal medicine internship and residency in endocrinol-
ogy, metabolism and lipids at the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta,
GA. He finished medical school at Universidad CES Science and Health Institute
School of Medicine in Medellin.

Daneshmand Promoted to Lead
Quality and Safety at Lee Health

K. Alex Daneshmand, D.O., MBA, has been promoted to
Lee Health’s Vice President for Quality and Safety.
Prior to this promotion, Dr. Daneshmand served as the
Acute Care Medical Officer for Golisano Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Daneshmand joined Golisano Children’s Hospital in 2007
as a physician in the pediatric intensive care unit. During his
tenure with the hospital, he also served as founder and med-
ical director of the pediatric procedural sedation center, on Dr. K. Alex
the oversight system medical staff quality services commit- Daneshmand
tee and as chairman of the pediatric medical staff quality
committee. Dr. Daneshmand assumed the role of medical director of quality and safe-
ty at Golisano Children’s Hospital in August 2015.
Prior to joining Golisano Children’s Hospital, Dr. Daneshmand served as director of
pediatric intensive care quality utilization, co-medical director of the pediatric inten-
sive care unit and pediatric intensive care assistant professor at UF Health at Shands
Children’s Hospital in Gainesville.

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