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Former Federal Prosecutor Broward Health Expands

Benton Curtis Named Partner Compliance Program;
at Broad and Cassel Names Nicholas Hartfield

Statewide law firm Broad and Cassel LLP announced Benton Vice President, Chief Compliance
Curtis has been named a partner in the firm’s Miami office. A
former federal prosecutor for 10 years, Curtis focuses his prac- and Privacy Officer
tice on white collar criminal and civil matters and complex civil
litigation, government investigations and compliance counsel- Benton Curtis Broward Health announced the expansion of its Compliance Nicholas Hartfield
ing, with an emphasis in the health care industry. He is a mem- Program and the promotion of Nicholas Hartfield to the posi-
ber of the firm’s Health Law and White Collar Defense and Compliance practice groups. tion of Vice President, Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer.
Hartfield previously served as Broward Health’s director of focused arrangements, com-
prised mainly of Broward Health’s contracts with its physician providers. He also oversaw
Jamie Gelfman Named Editor of the review of all contracts as part of compliance with the Corporate Integrity Agreement.
Prior to joining Broward Health, he was director of auditing, monitoring and investiga-
Florida Bar Health Law Publication tions in the Office of Compliance & Ethics at Jackson Health System in Miami, Florida.
Hartfield was also a special agent for the Jefferson Parish Office of Inspector General
Jamie Gelfman, an associate in Broad and Cassel’s Health in Jefferson, LA. He was also a lead investigator with the Centers for Medicare &
Law Practice Group, was recently appointed Editor-in-Chief of Medicaid Services, Zone 7 Program Integrity Contractor for the State of Florida, based in
The Florida Bar Health Law Updates, a monthly e-publication Miramar.
to Health Law Section members with articles highlighting
recent news and significant developments in health law.
Gelfman is a recent addition to the Broad and Cassel’s nation- Leading Addiction Researcher
ally recognized Health Law Practice Group and practices in the Jamie Gelfman
areas of administrative and regulatory law. Her regulatory prac- and New Drug Discovery
tice includes advising health care providers on compliance and fraud and abuse matters
under federal and state laws, including Medicaid and Medicare regulations, anti-kick- Scientist Joins FAU
back, physician self-referral laws and HIPAA. She holds a bachelor’s in journalism from
the University of Florida and received her juris doctor from the University of Florida Lawrence Toll, Ph.D., a renowned scientist whose research
Levin College of Law. focuses on the management of pain and drug addiction
through pharmacology and new drug discovery, recently
joined Florida Atlantic University as a professor in the
Diana Forst Elected Vice Chair of Department of Biomedical Science in the Charles E. Schmidt
College of Medicine and as an investigator in the FAU Brain Dr. Lawrence Toll
Florida Board of Nursing Institute.
Toll’s ground-breaking research on opioid-related systems, and nicotinic acetylcholine
The Florida Board of Nursing recently elected its officers for receptors, as well as his identification and characterization of endogenous neuropeptides,
the 2018 calendar year and among them was Diana Forst, an have opened new avenues of research and identified novel drug targets. He is internation-
iFlex nurse with Martin Health System. Forst was elected vice ally recognized as the co-discoverer of the endogenous neuropeptide, nociception, which
chair of the board. She has worked in the nursing field for 22 plays a role in the regulation of reward and motivation pathways related to substance
years, in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Forst was first abuse.
appointed to the Board of Nursing in June 2014 by the Prior to joining FAU, Toll served as the director of the neuropharmacology program at
Governor. In addition to her new responsibilities as vice chair, Diana Forst Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies. He is a member of the Society for
Forst will serve as chair of the education committee and board Neuroscience and American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
editorial liaison to the Florida Nursing Quarterly, represent the board at meetings of the and serves as vice president/treasurer and president elect (term to begin in June) of the
National Council of State Boards of Nursing and the NCLEX Item Review Subcommittee, International Narcotics Research Conference. He is the current chair of the Opioid
and work on probable cause panels. Receptor Subcommittee of the nonprofit International Union of Basic and Clinical
Pharmacology.
Good Samaritan Medical Center
Broward Partnership
Appoints New Administrative Welcomes Board

Director of Clinical Operations
Members Campillo

Good Samaritan Medical Center promotes Melissa Leamon
to the position of Administrative Director of Clinical and Hetlage
Operations. Prior to her most recent appointment at Good
Samaritan, Leamon served as the director of the intensive care The Broward Partnership
unit. Before joining the team at Good Samaritan, Leamon was Melissa Leamon announces the election of Richard
the clinical manager of the neuro ICU at sister hospital Delray Campillo and C. Kennon Hetlage to Richard Campillo C. Kennon Hetlage
Medical Center. Leamon received her AS in Nursing at Palm Beach Community College. its Board of Directors.
She then received her BSN in Nursing from Florida Atlantic University. Leamon is certi- Campillo is the Managing Director of XY99 Advisory where he works with a wide
fied in both stroke care and adult critical care. range of organizations from fast growth companies to nonprofit organizations. He assists
his clients with Strategic Planning, Product and Business Development, and Management
Team coaching and mentoring. Previously, Campillo had a successful 24 year internation-
al career at Nestlé S.A. In his last position he was Vice President for Zone Americas and
Ice Cream Strategic Business Unit in Switzerland.
Hetlage serves the Executive Vice President for West Operations for Memorial
Healthcare System, where he provides corporate executive leadership for three acute care
hospitals, construction services, property management and the Memorial Cancer
Institute. Before holding his current position, Hetlage was Administrator and Chief
Executive Officer for four different hospitals in the Memorial Healthcare System.

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