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SALUTE TO PHYSICIANS
PALMETTO GENERAL HOSPITAL PALM BEACH GARDENS MEDICAL CENTER
Monica Mejia–Acosta, MD Sean Sawh, MD
Dr. Monica Mejia–Acosta is a neurologist on the med- Dr. Sean L. Sawh is a Urologist specializing in general
ical staff at Palmetto General Hospital and a member of urology, urologic oncology, endourology and stone disease.
the Comprehensive Stroke Center team. Her areas of Dr. Sawh is originally from Trinidad and Tobago, and as the
interest include neurointensive care, epilepsy and status eldest son of the Caribbean's a prominent urologist, it was
epileptics and stroke. Dr. Mejia–Acosta has been a practic- very natural for him to follow in his father's footsteps. Dr.
ing neurologist for nearly 15 years. Dr. Mejia–Acosta Sawh graduated from University College Dublin where he
attended medical school at the University of Rosario received his Bachelor of Medicine (MB), Bachelor of Surgery
School of Medicine in Bogota, Colombia. She completed (BCh) and Bachelor in the Art of Obstetrics (BAO) degrees.
internships at Kennedy’s Hospital in Bogota, Colombia He completed his medical education and general surgery
and Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn, NY. She is training at the prestigious Harvard Medical School. He
board certified by the American Board of Neurology and underwent sub-specialist training in minimally invasive and
has a sub-specialty board certification in neurocritical robotic surgery at Henry Ford Hospital then completed res-
care. idency in urologic surgery at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill.
Ritesh Kaushal, MD Shady Salib, MD
Dr. Ritesh Kaushal, interventional neurologist, serves as Dr. Shady Salib, internist, joins the leadership team at Palm
the medical director of Palmetto General Hospital’s Beach Gardens Medical Center as the Chief of Staff. He has
Comprehensive Stroke Center. In his role, he oversees a earned the respect of his peers culminating in his election to
team of interventional neurologist, neurosurgeons, clini- this position by the hospital’s medical staff. As Chief of Staff,
cal neurologist and other medical staff who care for Dr. Salib will lead the hospital’s medical staff and will serve
Palmetto’s stroke patients. Dr. Kaushal completed his as a member of the hospital’s board of directors. Dr. Salib will
internship in internal medicine at Weiss Memorial serve as a liaison between the hospital’s administrative staff
Hospital in Chicago, Illinois and his residency in neurol- and its medical staff members. He will also play a key role in
ogy at the University of Chicago Medical Center. He com- making continuous quality improvements, as well as provide
pleted his fellowships in stroke-neurocritical care and medical staff input for all major expansion and renovation
endovascular-interventional neurology at St. Louis projects. Dr. Salib earned an executive MBA degree in
University Hospital in St Louis, Missouri. Dr. Kaushal is a healthcare management from the University of Miami. He
member of the American Heart/Stroke Association, attended and graduated from medical school at Ain Shams
American Neurology Association, and Society of Vascular University in Cairo, Egypt. Dr. Salib did his residency in
and Interventional Neurology. internal medicine at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, PA. Dr. Salib is an associate of
both the Society of General Internal Medicine and the American College of Physicians.
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