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Jupiter Medical Center’s Margaret W. Niedland Gastro Health, LLC Announces

Breast Center Becomes an Official Sponsor of the Acquisition of South Palm GI

Lighthouse Dragons SOS Dragon Boat Team

The Lighthouse Dragons SOS Dragon Boat Team is pleased to announce Jupiter
Medical Center is now the exclusive hospital sponsor of the nonprofit organization
that brings together breast cancer survivors and offers them physical fitness and
empowerment through the life-affirming sport of dragon boating.
“We are thrilled that Jupiter Medical Center’s Margaret W. Niedland Breast Center
has come on board to support our ladies and our mission of community, camaraderie
and competition,” said Debbie Brooks, a breast cancer survivor who first discovered
dragon boating while living in the Miami area. She founded the local team in 2015
after moving to Palm Beach County. “Many of our team members received their treat-
ment at Jupiter Medical Center, so it’s very special that the hospital is helping former
patients as they find wellness and an active life after breast cancer.”
Dragon boating originated in Southern China more than 2,000 years ago and takes
place in a 40 foot long, 4 foot wide canoe that dawns a decorative painted dragon head
and tail during races. In the 1980’s, Dr. Don Mackenzie, a Canadian sports medicine
practitioner, realized the many benefits of rowing for breast cancer survivors, despite
previous claims that strenuous and repetitive upper body activity could cause health Gastro Health, LLC announced that they have entered into a definitive agree-
risks for those in recovery. There are now more than 150 registered breast cancer sur- ment to acquire South Palm GI, P.A., one of the leading gastroenterology practices
vivor teams throughout the world, including more than 50 teams in the United States. in Delray Beach, FL. Established in 1999, South Palm GI is a private gastroenterol-
ogy practice that is comprised of four physicians: Dr. Michael Blum, Dr. James
SAMHSA Announces Grants to Integrate Chong, Dr. Jonathan Kaplan and Dr. Morris Naus. Additionally, South Palm GI
employs an advanced registered nurse practitioner, specializing in gastroenterolo-
Primary, Behavioral Health Care gy. The doctors at South Palm will continue providing the excellent care that their
patients have come to expect. This partnership will make additional resources
available to the practice, allowing them to offer even more patients the safe and
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is accepting
applications for $22.6 million in fiscal year 2017 grants for states to work with qual- affordable gastrointestinal care they need. All of Gastro Health’s care centers are
ified community health programs to integrate primary and behavioral health care for equipped with the latest state-of-the-art technology to ensure the best outcomes
adults and children. The agency anticipates awarding 11 grants of up to $2 million possible for each individual patient.
per year over five years through cooperative agreements under the program.
Applications for FY 2017 are due May 17. For more information, visit
www.samhsa.gov. Kidney Transplant Program Reopens
at Gulf Coast Medical Center

Effective March 20, the Lee Health kidney transplant program reopened as the Lee
Health Transplant Institute at Gulf Coast Medical Center. The United Network for
Organ Sharing (UNOS) approved Lee Heath’s reactivation of its kidney transplant
program on March 1. The transplant team will perform kidney transplants from
deceased donors at this time and Lee Health is committed to reopening the living
donor program at a later date.
The transplant program has been comprehensively restructured from community-
based to health system-based to provide the highest level of quality care and safety
to patients. The new structure meets national transplant standards, and Lee Health
has established new guidelines for evaluation and selection criteria of candidates.
Lynsey Biondi, M.D., program director and fellowship trained kidney transplant
surgeon, leads the Transplant Institute. Dr. Biondi is joined by fellowship trained
kidney transplant surgeon Jacfranz Guiteau, M.D., and fellowship trained transplant
nephrologists Gautham Mogilishetty, M.D., and Shalini Saith, M.D. An administra-
tive team, anesthesiologists, intensive care units, surgical progressive care units and
other departments support the newly designed kidney transplant program.

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