The Boca Raton Tribune Yo u r C l o s e s t N e i g h b o r
Number 573 • Year XI COMMUNITY see page 4
Lilly Endowment Awards University $5 Million Pathways for Tomorrow Grant
COMMUNITY see page 12
Centennial Committee Announces “Paradise Ball” For The Salvation Army
SPORTS see page 19
Joyce Inducted Into Conference USA Hall of Fame
East /West Boca Raton, Highland Beach, Delray Beach, Deerfield Beach, FL
July 22 - July 28, 2022
Rotary Club Downtown Boca Raton Distributes Grant Funds to 20 Nonprofits Rotary Club Downtown Boca Raton presented 20 nonprofits with Service Above Self Grant funding at the Club’s weekly membership luncheon meeting to support the organizations’ health and wellness needs for those in their service community. During the weekly luncheon, now under newly installed 20222023 President Jeff Weber, each nonprofit was presented their donation and asked to speak about their organizations and how the grant monies will be used. Some grants included the various missions such as support for children with special needs bereavement counseling, healthcare screenings, respite for caregiving youth, day of fun for children with disabilities... Continued on Page 3
FAU, Hospital Partners Strategize on Medical Residencies, Fellowships Research from the Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida and the Florida Hospital Association estimates that Florida will be short 17,924 physicians by the year 2035. More than a decade ago, Florida Atlantic University’s Schmidt College of Medicine and Baptist Health South Florida’s Bethesda Hospital and Boca Raton Regional Hospital, and Tenet Health’s Delray Medical Center, St. Mary’s Medical Center and West Boca Medical Center, signed an agreement to form the FAU Schmidt College of Medicine Graduate Medical Education Consortium (FAU GME). Their initial goal was to ensure that the region will have an adequate and well-trained physician workforce by establishing residency programs in specialties that would serve their communities. The FAU GME has made great strides in helping to address Florida’s looming physician shortages through its five residency and four fellowship programs. More than 177 resident physicians and fellows go through these FAU programs each year.Since the inception of the first residency program in internal medicine in 2014, more than 199 physicians have graduated from these programs Continued on Page 10
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