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Lisa Boccard Breast Cancer Fund St. Mary’s Medical Center and

Race for Women’s Wellness Palm Beach Children’s Hospital
Celebrate Doctors Day

Lisa Boccard herself always stands at the starting Michelle Loberfeld, RN and BHCS ER Nurse
line cheering on all the runners formed her own group, Michelle’s March, in
honor of her fight with cancer. By her side, in
Broward Health Coral Springs held their her arms, is her 2-year-old daughter. (l-r) Dr. Anne Fischer, Dr. Chad Sanborn, Dr. Ali Malek, Dr. Robert Borrego
annual Half Marathon and 5KRace for
Women’s Wellness—all in the name of breast cancer, Start your engines! St. Mary’s Medical Center and the Palm Beach
with proceeds benefitting the Lisa Boccard Breast Children’s Hospital recently revved up its Annual Doctor’s Day with a racing
Cancer Fund. The event raised funds for women theme celebration. The physicians enjoyed an appreciation luncheon, com-
who cannot afford mammograms and proceeds go plete with the most popular foods from every track venue. Awards were
directly to patients’ needs. Since its inception, the given out to four doctors who were selected by the hospitals’ employees,
fund has screened more than 2,000 women, of recognizing them as top contenders for their contributions to the hospitals.
which 90 tested positive for cancer. These women Award Winners:
are still alive today, thanks in part to the early screen- Rookie of the Year –Anne Fischer, M.D., Ph.D., the "pit crew's" favorite
ing made possible by the Lisa Boccard Fund and the new physician added to the team
additional services they received within the Broward Sportsman of the Year –Chad Sanborn, M.D., for his professionalism,
Health system. This year, more than $42,000 was positive attitude and sportsmanship among all crew members
raised and had a sold-out crowd with more than Driver of the Year –Ali Malek, M.D. ,for leading the Comprehensive
3,000 participants, spectators, vendors, and volun- Father/son duos take on the race. (l-r) Stroke Center team in achieving the monumental milestone of over 2,500
teers. The race, founded in 2006 by two Broward neurointerventions
Health Coral Springs physicians, Dr. David Silver Dr. Nasheer Azeem with father Dr. Azeem Moment of the Year –Robert Borrego, M.D., for his critical role in part-
and Dr. Mark Shachner, began as a small 5K run on Sachedina and BHCS CEO Drew Grossman nering with Florida Atlantic University to start the first physician residency
the Broward Health Coral Springs hospital campus. and Rocky Grossman. program at St. Mary’s Medical Center and the Palm Beach Children’s
It has grown to include a half marathon thanks to a Hospital.
partnership with the City of Coral Springs.

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