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GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER SUNRISE MEDICAL GROUP

Elliott Ellis, MD Jessica Okun, DO, MS

Dr. Elliot Ellis is a gastroenterologist and section chief of gastroenterology at Good Jessica Okun, DO,
Samaritan Medical Center. After receiving his undergraduate and medical school MS, is a neurological
degrees at the Ivy League's University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Ellis completed his Internal surgeon with
Medicine residency at Yale University. Dr. Ellis went on for fellowship training in Advanced
Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Mount Sinai Hospital of New York. Neuroscience
While at Yale University's New Haven Hospital, Dr. Ellis received the Chief Resident Network Physicians
Recognition Award given to a senior resident with exceptional leadership, work ethic, in Sunrise. She excels
professionalism and commitment to patient care. in leadership, by ded-
Dr. Ellis spent his third year of fellowship as the "advanced endoscopy fellow" dedi- icating her time to
cated to endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and fine needle aspiration techniques. He was community service.
certified by Mount Sinai School of Medicine in EUS and is the first physician at Good She has volunteered
Samaritan Hospital to perform EUS. at the REACH Health
Dr. Ellis specializes in managing patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease including Ulcerative Colitis and Fair in Belle Glade
Crohn's Disease. He serves on the medical advisory committee to the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation's South and spent time work-
Florida Chapter. In 2018 Dr. Ellis was awarded the "Top Doctor" designation by Palm Beach Illustrated. ing with the Arts in Medicine projects for
Children & the Elderly at Nova Southeastern
Hayder Al-Azzawi, MD University College of Medicine.
Dr. Okun’s diverse background includes spe-
cializing in brain and pituitary tumors, epilepsy
Dr. Hayder H. Al-Azzawi, is a colorectal surgeon on staff at Good Samaritan Medical
Center. As a colorectal specialist, Dr. Al-Azzawi specifically concentrates on anal, colon surgery, endoscopic approaches, degenerative
spinal pathology, and minimally invasive and
and rectal cancer, diverticulitis, inflammatory bowel disease, rectal prolapse, fecal complex approaches. She’s also skilled in
incontinence and benign anorectal diseases and hernias. Dr. Al-Azzawi is board-certi- peripheral nerve and carotid diseases, and has
fied in general surgery and colorectal surgery. training in cranial and spine traumas.
Dr. Al-Azzawi completed his Colorectal Surgery Fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Dr. Okun completed a neurological surgery
Florida in Weston, Florida. Prior to that, he finished his residency and internship in residency at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic
general surgery at Indiana University in Indianapolis, Indiana. While he was a General Medicine and an osteopathic neurosurgical
Surgery Resident at Indiana University in 2009, Dr. Al-Azzawi won the Willis D. Gatch internship from Mercy Health System, both
Award from the American College of Surgeons- Indiana Chapter. The Willis D. Gatch located in Philadelphia, PA.
Award is given each year to the top-four surgical resident written research papers and
oral presentations from Indiana University. Dr. Al-Azzawi attended medical school at
the Baghdad University, College of Medicine in Baghdad, Iraq. He is also bilingual in Arabic and English.

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