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OB-GYN Joins Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center
Holy Cross Medical Group Names Physician of the Quarter

Gynecologist and obstetrician Daniel Gomez, M.D., Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center awarded Urologist Dr.
FACOG, has joined the Holy Cross Medical Group. Sean Sawh, with its Physician of the Quarter award. Dr. Sawh
Dr. Gomez was most recently assistant professor of obstet- was nominated by his peers for going the extra mile for his
rics and gynecology and co-director of the Surgical Care patients. Co-workers say he’s always available and greets each
Clerkship at the University of South Florida Morsani College patient with a smile. Dr. Sawh is also known to draw pictures
of Medicine in Tampa. He served as the OBGYN representative for patients so that they can understand their diagnosis and the
of the Morsani College of Medicine Faculty Council, taught procedure they are going to have in better detail. His bedside
Fundamentals of Gynecologic Surgery and was the attending Dr. Daniel Gomez manner has been described as top notch and very personable. Francy Sawh and
for the Primary Care Clerkship. Dr. Sean Sawh

Cleveland Clinic Florida Names Expert in Vascular and
Roberto J. Cubeddu, MD, Chairman Endovascular Surgery Joins
of the Department of Cardiology in Tenet Florida Physician Services

the Heart & Vascular Institute
Tenet Florida Cardiovascular Care (TFCC) (a Tenet Florida
Physician Services (TFPS) practice) welcomes Jordan Sasson,
Roberto J. Cubeddu, M.D., has been appointed Chairman of M.D., a vascular surgeon, to the TFPS multispecialty physician
the Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiology in group. Dr. Sasson graduated medical school from the Sophie
the Heart & Vascular Institute at Cleveland Clinic Florida. Dr. Davis School of Biomedical Education in New York, NY, and
Cubeddu joined Cleveland Clinic Florida in 2015 as Section New York Medical College in Valhalla, NY. He performed a Dr. Jordan Sasson
Head of Structural Heart Disease and Director of the Dr. Roberto J. Cubeddu general surgery internship at North Shore – Long Island
Multidisciplinary Valve Clinic. Dr. Cubeddu received his med- Jewish Health System in Manhasset, NY, and his residency in general surgery at St. Luke’s
ical degree from the Central University of Venezuela School of Medicine and graduated – Roosevelt Hospital, Mount Sinai Health System, in New York, NY. He has extensive fel-
with honors. He completed his residency in internal medicine and was chief resident and lowship training having completed a fellowship in vascular surgery at the Jackson Health
completed a fellowship in cardiology at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami. Dr. System / University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami.
Cubeddu also completed fellowships in interventional cardiology and structural and
adult congenital heart disease at Massachusetts General Hospital at Harvard School of
Medicine in Boston. Dr. Eric Goldsmith Earns
Distinguished Surgeon Award
Highly Experienced Cardiologist
Joins Tenet Florida Physician Services Ballinger Distinguished Osteopathic Surgeon Award from the
Eric Goldsmith, D.O., was recently awarded the Charles L.
in Fort Lauderdale American College of Osteopathic Surgeons (ACOS). This award
recognizes ACOS members for their outstanding accomplish-
Tenet Florida Physician Services (TFPS) is pleased to ments as a surgeon, educator and/or researcher. Dr. Goldsmith
announce David E. Perloff, M.D., FACC, FACP, a board-certified balances roles as both a general and oncologic surgeon with Lee
cardiologist, has joined the TFPS multispecialty physician group Physician Group and the Medical Director of Academics and Dr. Eric Goldsmith
with an office located in Fort Lauderdale. Dr. Perloff, the former Medical Education for Lee Health.A graduate of the University
president of the Broward County Medical Association, is an Dr. David E. Perloff of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences in D es Moines, IA, Dr. Goldsmith complet-
award-winning and highly skilled cardiologist dedicated to ed a general surgery residency at Metropolitan Hospital in Springfield, PA and oncologic
providing top-tier heart care to residents across South Florida. He is a fellow of both the surgery training at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY. He is
American College of Cardiology and the American College of Physicians, is a Charter board certified in general surgery.
Member of the Southeast Lipid Association and a Member of the Florida Medical
Association. Dr. Perloff is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Memorial Healthcare System Medical
Cardiovascular Disease and is on staff at Florida Medical Center, a campus of No rth
Shore.Dr. Perloff has been practicing medicine in South Florida since 1991 and in 1997 Director Honored for Community
opened a successful cardiology office in Fort Lauderdale. Dr. Perloff worked as the Work on HIV Prevention, Education
Director of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program at Broward Health Medical Center and
was a Chair member of the Department of Medicine at the hospital. Among Hispanics

Dr. Vivek Narendra Patel Joins Paula Eckardt, M.D., of Memorial Healthcare System, is the
Holy Cross Medical Group recipient of the distinguished Louis Curbelo Leadership Award,
an honor recognizing the Medical Director of the Division of
Infectious Disease for playing a vital role in raising awareness Dr. Paula Eckardt
Dr. Vivek Narendra Patel has joined the Holy Cross Medical of HIV and AIDS in Broward County’s Latino community.
Group.Dr. Patel completed his residency in internal medicine at Dr. Eckardt is board certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases. She earned
JFK Medical Center in Atlantis, FL, and received his medical her medical degree in 1997 from Universidad del Norte, in Barranquilla, Colombia. She
degree from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, completed an internship in internal medicine in 2000 at Jackson Memorial Hospital/VA
where he also graduated with honors with a B.S. in biology. Dr. Medical Center through the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, where she
Patel was formally a medical resident in the department of also completed her residency in internal medicine in 2002 and a fellowship in infectious
radiation oncology at the University of Miami. Dr. Vivek Narendra diseases in 2004. She has served as a primary care physician and infectious disease con-
Patel
sultant since 2004.
In 2008, she joined Memorial Healthcare System as an infectious disease consultant,
HIV/AIDS specialist and primary care physician and later joined as a member of
Memorial Physician Group. Since 2011, Dr. Eckardt has served as a clinical assistant pro-
fessor of medicine at Florida International University’s Herbert Wertheim College of
Medicine. Since 2014, she has also served as a clinical assistant professor of medicine at
Florida Atlantic University.

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