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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HEALTH SYSTEM
CLEVELAND CLINIC FLORIDA

Kimberly Leon Jessica MacIntyre, MSN, ARNP
RN, BSN
Jessica MacIntyre, M.S.N., ARNP , has practiced at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer
Center, part of the University of Miami Health System, for more than 15 years. “The most
Kimberly Leon is an
invasive cardiology important thing that brought me into oncology was my personal experience with a family
Catheterization/Elec - member,” says MacIntyre, who is Sylvester’s Director of Clinical Operations. “There is so
tro physiology Lab staff much we as nurses can do, including in the research arena, to help cure this disease.”
nurse at Cleveland She is co-director of Sylvester’s new oncology fellowship program for nurse practition-
Clinic Florida, where ers - the first in Florida - to help them provide specialized, comprehensive care for cancer
she provides outstand- patients. She also developed the cancer center’s first Patient and Family Advisory
ing pre, intra and post Council.
procedural nursing A past president of the Miami-Dade Chapter of the Oncology Nursing Society,
care. She embodies the MacIntyre is an avid speaker on topics concerning supportive care for the oncology
Cleveland Clinic phi- patient.
losophy of “Patients First,” and continuously goes the “Nursing has grown exponentially since I started,” MacIntyre says. “We’re becoming
extra mile to support her colleagues and mentor the forefront of care for patients and their families.”
younger nurses.
Kimberly has been a member of the Cleveland Belkis Dominguez, RN, BSN
Clinic team since 2009, and started in the Robert and
Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiology. Over the Improving the quality of patients’ lives by enhancing their vision is deeply rewarding
years, Kimberly has been fortunate to work in various for Belkis Dominguez, R.N., B.S.N., an outpatient retina nurse at Bascom Palmer Eye
nursing roles and departments, including Emergency Institute, part of the University of Miami Health System.
Room, providing hyperbaric oxygen therapy, Trauma “I have great passion, integrity and energy for my work,” says Dominguez, whose path
ICU and Telemetry. to Bascom Palmer included earning Certified Ophthalmic Technician (COT) certifica-
Kimberly graduated from Broward College with an tion, and certification as a registered nurse in ophthalmology (CRNO).
Associate of Science in Nursing. In 2014, she received Viviane Leveille-Charles, BSN, MPH, Director of Nursing for Outpatient Services at
a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Grand Bascom Palmer, praises Dominguez’s drive and risk-taking. “She has demonstrated such
Canyon University. initiative in her attempts to grow and develop, taking classes on Saturdays to improve
her English and volunteering to present to Big Brothers/Big Sisters about the virtues of
the nursing profession,” Leveille-Charles says. “She is also very spiritual and humble.”
The opportunity to work as a nurse at Bascom Palmer, ranked the Number One eye
hospital in the nation 15 times by U.S. News & World Report, proves to Dominguez that

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