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tion. She earned her M.D. with a concentration in pediatrics at Saratov State Medical University in the Russian Federation, having started medical school at Azerbaijan State Medical University in Azerbaijan.
Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center Announces New Vice President of Operations (L to R): Jocelyn Pichardo, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Community Health Centers; Stephanie Lopez, Community Benefit Specialist, Orlando Health; and Debra Andree, MD, President & Chief Executive Officer, Community Health Centers.
Community Health Centers, Inc. Receives $50,000 Grant for Behavioral Health from Orlando Health Foundation health services for children and adults at their Winter Garden, Forest City, Pine Hills, Leesburg, Four Corners, and Groveland centers. To schedule an appointment for behavioral health or other Community Health Center services, call 407-905-8827 or visit www.chcfl.org for more information.
Orlando Health Foundation donated $50,000 to Community Health Centers, Inc. to expand behavioral and mental health services in the Pine Hills area. This grant will allow Community Health Centers to hire a full-time Licensed Clinical Social Worker at their Pine Hills center. Serving 70,000 patients in the Central Florida area, Community Health Centers offers behavioral
HEBNI works with physicians to identify patients who are at risk for food insecurity, which could lead to greater health problems. These patients are referred to the Veggie Rx program where they receive a prescription (voucher) to purchase fresh produce at the Fresh Stop Mobile Farmer’s Market in East Orlando. Prepackaged bundles of up to 8-10 pounds of fresh produce are available for distribution at this location, which is enough to feed an individual adult for three or four days or at least two healthy meals for a family of four. The mobile market is available in additional neighborhoods throughout the Central Florida region. Providence is grateful for the grant and encouraged by its potential to help in the community. Since 2005, the Collaborative Community Council, formerly known as Community Health Impact Council, has invested more than $15 million in 60 programs across the tri-county area and impacted more than 151,000 people. For more information, visit https://www.adventhealth. com/community-benefit/central-florida/collaborativecommunity-council-0?destination=/group/78/content
Laurie Seely Joins Orlando Medical News as Advertising Manager We are proud to announce that Laurie Seely has joined Orlando Medical News as advertising manager. “I’m so excited to join the team here at Orlando Medical News and Healthcare Now!” said Seely. Seely is also currently working as a Health Insurance Broker, consulting with individuals and business owners regarding their health insurance needs, so she looks forward to this new endeavor as a great complement to her existing business. Since moving to Orlando, she has developed a new appreciation for the warmth found here. “In a previous life, I used to live in Illinois, singing in the chorus at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. I sure do miss the music and the costumes, but I don’t miss the weather at all,” she said. As part of her service to advertisers on the Healthcare Now! radio program, she is also available to do commercial voiceovers.
Nemours Welcomes Pediatric Internist to Direct New Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Lakeland Regional Health
AdventHealth Offering $1.2M in Grants to Local Nonprofits for Innovative Health Solutions
Nemours Children’s Health System welcomes, MD, FAAP, a boardcertified, pediatric intensivist and pediatric hospitalist, who will serve as director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) for Nemours at Lakeland Regional Health. The PICU at Lakeland Regional Health is a 12-bed High-Acuity Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, as designated by the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Foundation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies, ensures that children and adolescents can receive critical medical care close to home from specially trained physicians. Taking care of young patients and families is something that comes naturally to Dr. Zand, whose mother was a nurse practitioner in her native Saratov City in the Russian Federation. Dr. Zand completed her fellowship in pediatric critical care at Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo – State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo School of Medicine. She completed a residency in pediatrics at Hurley Medical Center / Michigan State University in Flint, Michigan, and an internship/specialist diploma at Tyumen State Medical Academy in the Russian Federa-
AdventHealth is offering $1.2 million in grants to local nonprofits for projects that are addressing Central Florida’s greatest health challenges, including care coordination, food security, mental and behavioral health, and community development. The AdventHealth Collaborative Community Council, comprised of regional business and civic leaders, will accept applications for the annual Community Impact grant opportunity April 1 through May 31. The funding will be available in January 2022. Community Impact grants often produce outstanding results for recipients. For example, thanks in part to a $285,000 grant from AdventHealth and the dedication of entrepreneurial nutritionists and community leaders in Orlando, Health Empowerment through Behavioral and Nutritional Initiatives (HEBNI) has emerged as an oasis of healthy food in neighborhoods considered “food deserts” with a lack of available healthy food options. HEBNI (www.hebninutrion.org) provides food vouchers through its Fresh Stop Veggie Rx program, which is funded by the grant. Created in conjunction with Clinica Mi Salud, the program aims to provide nutritious produce to reduce the incidents of diabetes in some of Orlando’s more ethnically diverse communities.
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Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) recently named Rachna Atwal, M.B.A., as vice president, Operations, for the 808-bed hospital in downtown Orlando. In her new role, Rachna will be responsible for driving operational performance and executing strategic initiatives for the Orlando Health flagship medical center and home to the area’s only Level One Trauma Center. Rachna currently serves as the vice president, Operations, Orlando Health Medical Group. She joined Orlando Health in 2016 as a director for the medical group, with operational responsibility for the adult medicine and surgical service lines. In 2017, she was named chief operating officer for the hospital medicine, adult medicine and surgical service lines. Prior to joining the organization, Rachna served in progressive leadership roles at Wake Forest Baptist Health System, Emory Healthcare, and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. She earned a master’s degree in business administration from the University of North Carolina, is Six Sigma Green Belt trained and is a certified Project Management Professional. Rachna will begin her new role on May 15.
New President Set to Take Over Orlando Health Cancer Institute Margo Shoup, MD, MBA, FACS will join Orlando Health as the new president of Orlando Health Cancer Institute and vice president of Orlando Health, where she will have oversight of the organization’s oncology services and strategic growth and development efforts. Dr. Shoup comes to Orlando Health Cancer Institute from Nuvance Health in Connecticut, where she served as senior vice president and chair of the Nuvance Health Cancer Institute. Before arriving at Nuvance, she was the medical leader of Oncology for Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. A graduate of Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Dr. Shoup completed a general surgery residency and research fellowship at Loyola University in Maywood, Illinois and a surgical oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, New York. After finishing her training, Dr. Shoup returned to Loyola University Medical Center, where from 2002 to 2012, she held the titles of Professor of Surgery, Chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology, Vice Chairman for Clinical Outcomes Research in the Department of Surgery and the Assistant Dean for Clinical and Translational Research for the Stritch School of Medicine. Dr. Shoup earned an MBA at University of Massachusetts in Amherst in 2020, and currently has more than 200 peer-reviewed publications and presentations. She has also served as principal investigator on several nationally funded and investigator-initiated research trials. Dr. Shoup served as Director with the American Board of Surgery and continues to be an oral board examiner. She will take the reins of Orlando Health Cancer Institute on June 1, 2021 from Daniel Buchholz, MD.
