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Ocala Health recently announced the appointment of Gabe Bullaro to chief operating o cer for the health care system, which includes Ocala Regional Medical Center, West Marion Community Hospital and the Summerfield ER. Bullaro will provide administrative direction for the organization’s $110 million expansion projects and the operation of ancillary departments within the three facilities. Bullaro joins Ocala Health from Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center where he most recently served as associate chief operating o cer in Los Angeles. Prior to his time at Los Robles, Bullaro worked in various operational roles at Intuitive Surgical, which makes and operates the Da Vinci Robotic Surgical System where he partnered with physicians and hospitals to build strong robotic surgical programs.

A Needed Addition

The College of Central Florida recently unveiled its newly renovated, state-of-the-art Hampton Center dental clinic and laboratory at a ribbon cutting with the Ocala/ Marion Chamber and Economic Partnership. The clinic was renovated with a $416,032 grant from the Marion County Hospital District. Five chairs/dental stations were added to the clinic, increasing to 13 total. With the added seats, the clinic is able to provide more than 6,000 adult dental treatments annually, an estimated increase of 215 percent. CF partners with the Department of Health in Marion County to provide dental care to underserved populations and to provide hands-on training to students in CF Dental Assisting program.

“It’s a wonderful experience for our students,” said Deanna Stentiford, associate dean of Health Sciences. “Not only do they get to assist the two clinic dentists with patients, but the very nature of the clinic establishes the importance of community service and giving back.”

Recently Published

Oak Hill Hospital recently announced that Adam Alperstein, MD, PGY2, is the first member of the GME program to publish an article while in residency in the Graduate Medical Education program. The article is a case report and literature review on a rare and unusual type of blood clot in the neck veins due to certain deep neck infections. It’s titled Septic Thrombophlebitis of the Internal Jugular Vein:

A Case of Lemierre’s Syndrome

The paper was recently accepted for publication in the Intractable & Rare Diseases Research Journal. Dr. Alperstein initially presented this case as a poster at the American College of Physicians conference earlier this year.