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Active Members:
Luis Beltran, MD Nephrology
Florida Kidney Physicians 12662 Telecom Dr. Temple Terrace, 33637 813.910.0030
Juskaran Chadha, MD Hematology/Oncology Moffitt Cancer Center 12902 USF Magnolia Dr. Tampa, 33612 833.819.0625
Amy Conley, MD Emergency Medicine US Acute Care Solutions
Ji Fan, MD
General Surgery
Moffitt Cancer Center 12902 USF Magnolia Dr. Tampa, 33612 813.745.2738
Rajesh Kotak, MD
General Surgery/Admin AdventHealth Carrollwood 7171 N. Dale Mabry Highway Tampa, 33614
813.558.4001
New Members
Affiliate Members:
Saleh Hasan, MD
Emergency Medicine Emergency Physicians of St. Petersburg
701 Sixth St., S
St. Petersburg, 33701 727.553.7300
Retired Member:
Xinmin Tang, MD Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
JOINING IS EASY!
Aarti Patel, MD Cardiology
USF Health
2 Tampa General Circle 5th Floor/Cardiology Tampa, 33606 813.821.8001
Onelia Ramirez-Cook, MD Psychiatry
Child and Adolescent Tampa Bay Psychiatry
2111 W. Swann Ave., #204 Tampa, 33606 813.336.9429
Ever Rivera, MD
Pediatrics
Kids’ Corner Pediatrics, PLLC 1114 Bell Shoals Rd.
Brandon, 33511
813.940.8140
Jeetpaul Saran, MD
Internal Medicine
The Health Associates of Tampa 508 S. Habana Ave., #300 Tampa, 33609
813.877.6770
Jacqueline Wesolow, DO Internal Medicine Moffitt Cancer Center 12902 Magnolia Dr. Tampa, 33612 813.745.4673
Florida Urology Partners (now 100% HCMA membership!)
Multiple locations Rudolph Acosta, MD Salim Afridi, MD
David Buethe, MD Alexander Engelman, MD Sam Fisher, MD Anisleidy Fombona, MD Reid Graves, MD Nicholas Laryngakis, MD Adam Oppenheim, DO Drew Palmer, MD
Nirav Patel, MD
Barry Sandler, MD
Luke Sebel, MD
Ankur Shah, MD
Kevin Spires, MD Stephanie Stillings, MD Arnie Tannenbaum, MD Mark Weitzenfeld, MD
Medical-Industrial Complex (continued)
the faculty of the Division of Allergy and Immunology, De- partment of Internal Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida has helped develop many of these wonder drugs. Some include inhalational glucocorticoste- roids, short and long-acting beta agonists and antimuscarinic agents, and a variety of different monoclonal antibodies which not only modify asthma but for some, “cure it.” Likewise, not only do these medications help resolve the patient’s asthma, but also if present, chronic rhinosinusitis with or without na- sal polyps, atopic eczema, and eosinophilic esophagitis, all co- morbid conditions of asthma.
So, if you want to have some fun, ask other physicians and healthcare professionals or your patients: “What percentage of healthcare costs go to Big Pharma?” You will be amazed at
the answers. As physicians and other healthcare profession- als, it is our responsibility to be knowledgeable of the costs of medical care so we can better contain them as well as explain these costs to our patients. Thank goodness for the incredible United States and worldwide pharmaceutical industry which has enabled us to better care for our patients and to live and enjoy life longer.
*Distinguished University Health Professor
Joy McCann Culverhouse Chair in Allergy and Immunology Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics & Public Health
Director, Division of Allergy and Immunology
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