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PLA of SFL Graduates Second Class
A Special Thank

You to the May

2018 Host of the

South Florida

Healthcare

Networking Group

Seated (l-r): Dr. Gazelle Aram; Dr. Barbara Montford; Dr. Martha Rodriguez; Dr. Tarannum Kahn; Dr. Anjali Bhasin; Dr. Jennifer HIALEAH
Capezzuti Standing (l-r) Jim Sugarman, PLA Facilitator; Dr. Ralph Nobo; Cynthia Peterson, CEO-BCMA; Dr. Manual Torres; Dr. Shady HOSPITAL
Salib; Dr. Ramon Cuevas-Trisan; Dr. Bill Slomka; Dr. Rafael Fernandez; Dr. Claude Jones; Dr. Bharat Gupta; Dr. Brandon Luskin, President-
PBCMS; Dr. Zubin Panthaki; Dr. Abby Berens, BCMA Board Representative; Dr. David Coradin; Dr. Rudy Moise; Dr. James Goldenberg,
PLA-Advisory Council Chair; Tenna Wiles, CEO-PBCMS; Patricia Handler, EVP-DCMA; Dr. Eduardo Martinez, DCMA Board For information about
Representative; Dr. Ronald Giffler (Dr. William Gans and Dr. Jorge Marcos, graduates not in photo)
our next meeting of
The Physician Leadership Academy of South Florida (PLA), under the auspices of the Palm Beach County Medical Society SFHNG,
(PBCMS) and held in collaboration with the Broward County Medical Association (BCMA) and Dade County Medical Association
(DCMA) held its 2018 graduation on Saturday, May 21. please email
Prior to the graduation ceremony Leadership Projects were presented on the following topics: Understanding the Business of charles@
Medicine, Maximizing Physician Income, Developing Awareness of and Appreciation for the DC Medical Association by Its
Members and Nonmembers Which Will Help It Increase Both Its Visibility and Its Membership, Promoting the Roles of southfloridahospitalnews.com
Physicians as Healers, Leaders and Partners Which Will Create Newfound Quality and Safety for Our Patients and Our
Communities, Increasing Physician Education on Payment Models and Developing Innovative Membership Engagement
Opportunities.
Eighteen physicians from the three counties graduated from the PLA. Along with the guests of family members, colleagues and
friends were Ralph Nobo, M.D., and Ronald Giffler, M,D. The PLA is funded by a grant from The Physicians Foundation and has
been endorsed by the Florida Medical Association, which also provided CMEs to all attendees.

THE REGION’S MONTHLY NEWSPAPER FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS & PHYSICIANS

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June 6 toddlers 18 months to five years of age
BARC Ribbon Cutting on the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile
Saltz Michelson Architects will host on June 15 from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
the Broward Addiction Recovery Center the Family Health Center, 2256 Specializing in Medically
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Heitman Street, Fort Myers. To schedule
Wednesday, June 6 from 10 a.m. to 12 a screening, call (239) 343-6838. Complex Patients
p.m. at 325 SW 28th Street, Fort
Lauderdale. June 21
South Florida Healthcare Kindred Hospitals are owned by Kindred
June 13-14 Networking Group Meeting Healthcare, Inc., a national network of Long Term
SFHHA Healthcare Summit: You are invited to the monthly meet- Acute Care Hospitals (LTACH's).
Emergency Management Response ing of the South Florida Healthcare Kindred Hospitals provide specialized, high quality
The South Florida Hospital & Networking Group (SFHNG) hosted by care for acutely ill patients. For more than a decade,
Healthcare Association will present its Wellington Regional Medical Center on we have fine-tuned the art of medically complex care.
Annual Healthcare Summit June 13-14 Thursday, June 21 from 7:45 to 10 a.m.
at the Signature Grand, Davie, FL. For Call (561) 368-6950 or download the Our services range from complex catastrophic
general registration, visit reservation form at the website illnesses that require intensive care, post-surgical medical
https://sfhha2018summit.eventbrite. www.southfloridahospitalnews.com. rehabilitation to patients suffering from chronic diseases requiring respiratory and
com. Contact info@sfhha.com for more rehabilitative therapies. Kindred Hospitals provide outcome-oriented
information. June 29-July 1 cost effective care for patients with a wide spectrum of
Primary Care Focus Symposium medical conditions.
June 15 The 17th Annual Primary Care Focus
Free Autism Screening Symposium will be held June 29 - July Admissions to Kindred Hospitals may be
Golisano Children’s Hospital of 1 at Ocean Reef Club, Key Largo. For recommended by physicians, acute-care hospitals,
Southwest Florida, in partnership with more information, visit the website rehabilitation hospitals, managed care providers, case
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