Gold Coast/Fort Lauderdale Magazine May/June 2019

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TOP DOCS 550 OF THE

BEST IN 55 SPECIALTIES OPIOIDS The Worst Drug Crisis in American History

Congratulations to our 2019 CASTLE CONNOLLY TOP DOCTORS

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42 D E PA R T M E N T S

PROFILE

14 PUBLISHER’S LETTER

28 MORNING MONARCH

Words from Bernard McCormick

16 GUIDE TO MAY/ JUNE

26 TASTE

Maryland-inspired cuisine at Loch Bar

34 NOMAD’S NOTEBOOK

Where to find this season’s hottest events

Managing editor Alyssa Morlacci explores her roots on a trip to Italy

20 BEAUTY

129 SCENE + HEARD

Clean beauty products

22 STYLE FILE

Discover six of this summer’s hottest swimsuits

24 SHOP TALK

Find bohemian-chic apparel at The Wander Shop

Were you at the hottest events this season?

135 SOCIAL CALENDAR

Must-attend events

What’s in store for television personality Kathie Lee Gifford as she signs off of “Today.”

F E AT U R E S 42 A NATIONAL CRISIS

Our corner of the country’s opioid epidemic.

50 STEM STORIES

The stem cell industry continues to explore uncharted territory in medicine, despite intense controversy.

56 TOP DOCS

Find 550 of the best in 55 specialties.

121 CARING FOR ELDERS Professional advice and tips on how to become a family caregiver.

ON THE COVER Photo by Ian Jacob

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OF DOCTORS AND GOLF WIDOWS BERNARD McCORMICK

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his month’s annual “Top Docs” issue is bigger and more complete than ever. In the past, we published a select list from among the Top Docs chosen by Castle Connolly, who performs this service for publications all over the country. This year we ordered the complete list of doctors selected in Broward and South Palm Beach counties. More than 500 physicians in a variety of specialties, beginning on page 56.

And there sure are a lot of specialties, even specialties within specialties. We have noticed over the years that some of our wealthier friends don’t really seem to have jobs. But they always seem busy, volunteering with various groups and, of course, seeing their share of medical specialists. We joke that some people seem to have a dentist for every tooth.

The feature is accompanied by two interesting stories on cutting edge developments in medical science.

Those new approaches will likely add more specialties to our annual list.

Our covers in recent years have been largely devoted to young women whose specialty is looking their prettiest in trendy clothes. In its early days, the magazine often had celebrity covers. Jackie Gleason, Chris Evert (several times), Burt Reynolds, President Kennedy, George Burns, Tennessee Williams and Evel Knievel all were featured.

One of our favorites from that era was not exactly a celebrity, although she was married to one. Marilyn Gleason, wife of “The Great One.” She died in her 90s earlier this month. Our partner, Gaeton Fonzi, had met Marilyn Gleason and arranged through her for an interview with Jackie. The subject was his interest in the occult, including UFOs. We had had a pleasant interview with Gleason

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several years earlier when he launched the Jackie Gleason Inverrary Golf Tournament, which evolved into The Honda Classic. We decided to accompany Fonzi on the interview, interested in seeing how Gleason would react to Gaeton’s balking, mumbling style. We arrived at the big Inverrary home early in the morning, as scheduled. Minutes later Jackie appeared, headed out to play golf.

“Boys,” he said, “I never said I’d do this.

And I’m going out to play golf. I’m gonna take these guys for every cent they have.”

And with that, he walked out the door. His wife was embarrassed because she had definitely set up the interview.

“That’s what it’s like being married to Jackie Gleason,” she said. Gaeton, thinking fast, said, “How about if we do a story about what it’s like to be married to Jackie Gleason?” She thought for a full 10 seconds, then said “OK.” It turned out to be a great interview.

She explained that although they had been recently married, she knew him years before, and her life really hadn’t changed much. She was content to be just an ordinary person married to a genius. She was insightful and articulate in a modest way. It made a memorable February 1976 cover story. The cover: Marilyn Gleason holding a photo of Jackie. She remained happily married to him for the rest of his life.

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What to do, see and lust over this season

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Souvenirs of Travel: Yuhi Waterfall, Shiobara

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Chef Louie Bossi will once again host Taste of Recovery on June 1 at Old School Square.

Sample savory bites and desserts from numerous local restaurants in support of The Crossroads Club in Delray Beach. (Tickets from $35; tasteofrecovery.com)

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IN THE SKY

The Fort Lauderdale Air Show returns to Fort Lauderdale beach May 4 to 5.

The U.S. Air Force’s F-22 Raptor Demo Team will join the U.S. Navy Blue Angels as a double headliner for the event. (Ticket prices vary; fortlauderdaleairshow.com)

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Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens will debut its new exhibition, “Falling Water, Soaring Kites” beginning May 4.

Explore the idea of transformative experiences with two important aspects of Japanese culture: the veneration of waterfalls and the art of the humble kite through a selection of 19th- and 20th-century artwork. (Ticket prices vary; morikami.org)

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ACOUSTIC DELIGHTS

Arts Garage will present Jethro Tull’s Martin Barre—A Night of Acoustic Delights May 3 and 5. Band members include Alan Thompson, Ali Hart, Becca Langsford, Dan Crisp, and Martin Barre who has been Jethro Tull’s guitarist for 43 years. (Tickets from $40; artsgarage.org)

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BEERFEST

Head to Old School Square for the eighth annual Delray Beach Craft Beer Fest on May 10. Enjoy unlimited samplings of more than 100 craft brews, ciders and wines. VIP tickets will include a commemorative tasting glass and featured tap releases. (Tickets from $40; oldschoolsquare.org)

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For Mother’s Day, get mom a bottle of Channé Rosé, a wine created by mom-entrepreneur and Fort Lauderdale personality Kavita Channe. The crisp, clean wine is inspired by her travels to Provence. ($19.50; available at Wine Watch in Fort Lauderdale and channerose.com)

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OCEAN BREWS AND BLUES

Spend an afternoon sampling a variety of 125 beers while listening to blues music during the third annual Ocean Brews & Blues festival on May 18. The event will take place in the main Deerfield Beach beach parking lot with local foods, cold beverages and arts and crafts vendors. (Tickets from $40; deerfield-beach.com)

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100 Las Olas Sky-high Luxury Condominiums to Open in 2020 Four hundred and ninety-nine feet; 113 residences; 46 levels. These are just a few of 100 Las Olas’ impressive stats.

The first 16 levels of the sky-high structure will be a Hyatt Centric Hotel, containing 238 hotel rooms.

Levels 17 to 23 will host 113 condominium residences ranging from 2,895 square feet to 4,683 square feet.

And lavish penthouses with stellar views of downtown Fort Lauderdale will be on levels 45 and 46.

Plan to marvel at the completed masterpiece in 2020, when the building is slated to open—or maybe sooner. At press time, construction on 100 Las Olas was a month ahead of schedule.

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FortLauderdaleDaily.com THINGS TO KNOW

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The Color Run The “happiest 5K on the planet” returns to Huizenga Park on May 18. At the “Finish Festival,” the crowd gets involved in a color throw to celebrate the runners who finish the 3.1-mile race.

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Young At Art Museum’s Birthday Bash On May 18, celebrate South Florida’s beloved art museum’s 30th birthday with $5 admission, family friendly activities and festival of the arts.

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Diplomat Prime Indulge in the steakhouse’s updated menu created by its new chef Rashaad Abdool. Top it off by sampling specialty wines through the new Coravin wineby-the-glass program.

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Freebee The electric vehicle company has launched its pilot program in downtown Fort Lauderdale. The service will initially run in a 2.2-square-mile area of downtown, Las Olas Boulevard and Sistrunk Boulevard, as well as Flagler Village, Victoria Park, Beverly Heights and Tarpon River neighborhoods.

LOGAN MIZE TALKS TORTUGA AND MUSICAL INFLUENCES

Every year, thousands flock to Fort Lauderdale Beach for the nation’s biggest beachside bash: Tortuga Music Festival. This year’s headliners included Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney and Thomas Rhett.

We spoke with up-and-comer Logan Mize prior to the show about growing up in the midwest, his Tortuga debut and the musicians who inspire him.

Get to know Mize at fortlauderdaledaily.com.

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Steelpan Sonesta Fort Lauderdale Beach’s new Caribbean-American fusion kitchen was set to open in late-April at press time. The menu offers a twist on Caribbean cuisine and features appetizers, small bites, entrees and bowls inspired by South Florida’s multicultural influences.

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Palm Beach native Kenny Haisfield reimagines his lifestyle brand, Kenny Flowers, to include women’s wear and bathing suits. rowing up, Kenny Haisfield became notorious for wearing his dad’s handme-down Hawaiian shirt, so much so that his friends called him out for donning the same “faded pink beauty” as he likes to call it. “I could never find any shirt anywhere that felt as good as that one did, and I realized there was a void in the market for nice, unique, modern-fitting men’s tropical shirts,” he recalls. So, Haisfield quit his job as a digital strategy consultant with IBM, booked a one-way ticket to Bali and started his clothing and lifestyle brand, Kenny Flowers.

It’s been nearly four years since the brand took off, introducing shoppers to a twist on an old classic. “We’ve taken an iconic fashion item and gave it a better fit and a fresher design, stacking it with sharp details that help you stand out from the crowd and look stylish as well,” he says.

They can be dressed up with a blazer or dressed down at a poolside cabana.

Beyond shirts, Kenny Flowers has expanded to offer women’s wear, like sarongs in fun prints that can be turned into island kimonos. And the latest launch is the Watercolors swim line, created alongside Haisfield’s fiancé, Christina Vidal, who is a luxury travel blogger. The retro-inspired reversible one pieces feature low backs, breezy sides, a feminine scoop front and a high leg, and can even double as a bodysuit to take you from brunch to the beach. Styles range from animal and palm prints to ones with flamingos and toucans.

And while Haisfield currently calls Bali home, he still manages to get back to South Florida at least once a year.

“I was born in the Palm Beach area, so [I] still have strong family ties there,” he says. “There’s no better place in the world to throw on a Hawaiian shirt and soak up some sun than Palm Beach.”

Shop the new Kenny Flowers Watercolors collection at P.B. Girls Club in Palm Beach and kennyflowers.co.

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The Wander Shop Marisa Folz’s chic boutique finds a permanent home in the MASS District

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f you’re a local, chances are you’ve stumbled upon the hidden gem known as the Eucalyptus Gardens in Wilton Manors. And each time you went to visit, you saw The Wander Shop, an airstream boutique known for its merchandise as well as its decorative outdoor space that includes a floral wall. It’s still parked there daily for curious shoppers to explore, but the pop-up by Fort Lauderdale native Marisa Folz has an immobile, permanent home at the Hive, a warehouse strip in Fort Lauderdale’s MASS District.

She opened up shop last summer, making this her third iteration of the brand following two outfitted airstreams.

New Beginnings The decision to start The Wander Shop (an ode to how the business began and Folz’s love of travel) stemmed from an unhappy start in the workforce as a corporate event planner. She quit her job and started the business, selling merchandise at popups out of a tent.

“I just got a little bit of inventory and after a few months, I was like ‘OK, this is so impractical,’” she recalls. As the brand grew more successful, she bought and renovated her first airstream boutique, and eventually a second meant for taking to events.

A Look Inside You’ll know you found The Wander Shop’s brick-and-mortar store when you come across a boutique space with a white and black leafy design on the facade. Folz had muralist Lori Pratico design her storefront to stand out from the neighboring abstract art.

The inside is bohemian chic with decorative accents that go well with the apparel, including breezy sundresses, skirts and shirts, to denim and sandals. Browse coffee mugs with clever sayings, candles, handbags and jewelry. There’s also men’s tropical button-down shirts, T-shirts and Chubbies.

Curated wares from local designers are for purchase, such as Bungalow Drift (known for macrame handbags, homewares and accessories) to Sarah Glass Ceramics, as well as surrounding South Florida designers, like Brody’s Bandanas and Vero Beach’s Idlewild Co. Keep an eye out for The Wander Shop during events, like the FATVillage ArtWalk. Folz also hosts Macrame and Mimosas classes with Yerbamala Designs, during which participants learn how to make knotted textiles.

The Wander Shop, 915 N. Flagler Drive, Fort Lauderdale; 561.855.1802; thewandershop.com

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Loch Bar Venture to Mizner Park for Maryland-inspired dishes

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sk a South Florida transplant from Maryland if they want to order a crab cake off the menu at a local restaurant, and their likely response will be “no.” That’s because nothing quite compares to what they grew up eating. But when Baltimorebased brother duo Alex Smith (founder and president of Atlas Restaurant Group) and Eric Smith (co-owner) opened Loch Bar in Boca, biases were set aside.

Strong Roots Known for its raw bar and elixirs, Loch Bar made its South Florida debut in fall 2018 following in the footsteps of its sister restaurant Ouzo Bay, located across the way in Mizner Park. The original is based in Baltimore.

The tavern’s dark leather booths, marble tables and classic bar setup is a picture-perfect spot for indulging in seafood staples with a Maryland flare. Even better is the impressive whiskey list, offering more than 500 choices, which the restaurant claims is the largest assortment to date in South Florida.

Raw Bar and Then Some No matter how you go about it, start with seafood. This can be in the form of Maryland Crab Soup or Chesapeake Crab Dip. Or, take our advice and order a shellfish tower to share with the

chef ’s selections of freshly shucked East and West Coast oysters, clams, mussels, shrimp cocktail, Alaskan king crab, Maine lobster and crudos.

“We source locally as much as possible to celebrate the abundant seafood available to us in South Florida, featuring stone crabs from a fisherman in Key West, local mahi mahi, local swordfish and yellowtail snapper as well,” Eric Smith says.

The Lobster Roll is piled high with juicy pieces of Maine lobster meat nestled into a toasted split-top bun served with a side of Kerrygold Irish butter. There’s also Funky Buddha Fish n Chips made with mahi mahi dipped in beer batter, served alongside boardwalk fries.

As for those Maryland Crab Cakes, two arrive on a plate with mixed baby greens and a side of Old Bay remoulade.

And while Loch Bar’s seafood offerings are ample, Fried Chicken, a favorite, finds a special place on the menu. Order it with a side of Honey Sriracha Brussels Sprouts.

Sample Specialties Stay for live music (offered daily) to sample the signature 17-layer Smith Island Cake with chocolate ganache and wash it all down with a pour of whiskey. Elevated options include Laphroaig 32-year-old Single Malt Scotch Whisky and Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve, or order a Lemon Crush for a spiked classic.

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t has been an honor and a pleasure to serve my patients as an advisor and caregiver for over 20 years. I have been working simultaneously behind the scenes to bring a new medical tool, “entotherapy,” into clinical use. Sprinkle-sized drug-filled chemotherapy pellets are implanted into tumors to treat them from within. Virtually none of the usual side effects are felt. Enterprise Florida recognized this patented technology with an award in 2008, and the concept was a finalist for the Cade Prize in Gainesville in 2014. The Florida Center for Brain Tumor Research also reviewed the technology.

The University of Georgia Veterinary College, Department of Neurosurgery, pursued the project with me when no Florida center stepped forward to do so. Entotherapy is being applied to brain tumors as an initial stepping stone towards treating any solid cancers, like breast, lung, and prostate cancers.

The location of the research is not important. The potential ramifications and widespread positive impact of the project are crucial for all of us since half of the population will eventually be diagnosed with one cancer or another.

DAY 1 vs. DAY 5 Implants in a dog’s brain appear on MRI as black dots (Left); White halo drug release “footprint” seen by Day 5 (Right).

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POST-OP Bulbous brain tumor seen in pink (Left); Minimal tumor remnant seen 90 days after Magic Bullet seed implant (Right)

The wealthy, powerful luminaries depicted below were all struck down by Glioblastoma, the fiercest type of brain cancer. They are: Joan Kroc (d. 2003), billionaire widow of the founder of McDonalds; Johnnie Cochran (d. 2005), famed attorney to OJ Simpson; Ted Kennedy (d. 2009), the Senator from Massachusetts; John McCain (d. 2018), the Senator from Arizona; and John Mendelsohn MD. Dr. Mendelsohn died of Glioblastoma earlier this year. His passing is remarkable because he was President of MD Anderson Cancer Center from 1996-2011. Since 2011, he was co-director of the Institute for Personalized Cancer Therapy at MDACC. The message is clear: better therapies are needed. If personalities like these with their unlimited access to care continue to succumb, we must fund new approaches. Scientific articles validating this approach have been published, and others are being prepared (see footnote citations below).

Donate now to the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine for the exclusive benefit of the “Magic Bullet” Entotherapy project:

gail.uga.edu/giving/cvmneurology-support-fund 1) Clinical, imaging and pathological characteristics of brain implanted polylactic co-glycolic acid polymers conjugated with temozolomide. Journal of Veterinary Science and Technology. 2016;7(3).

2) Intratumoral temozolomide in spontaneous canine gliomas: feasibility of a novel therapy using implanted microcylinders. Veterinary medicine and science. 2019 Feb;5(1):5-18.

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Turning A Page Kathie Lee Gifford on faith, film-making and what’s next after “Today.”

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fter more than 25 years in morning television, Kathie Lee Gifford is about to embark on her most exhilarating journey yet. Although she signed off as a permanent co-host of NBC’s “Today” in April, the three-time Emmy Award-winner has no plans of hitting the snooze button.

Instead, “it’s freeing me up to be the busiest I’ve ever been in my life,” Gifford says from her waterfront home in Greenwich, Connecticut, during a recent phone interview.

“My husband has now passed, my parents have passed, my children are well on their way, established in their careers,” she says. “I’ve never been so free in my entire life as I am now.”

Gifford’s plans involve a number of creative projects: Namely, a film shoot in Israel that marked her first time working as a director; a host of movies she’ll star in; an off-Broadway production that may even reach stages in Paris and Montreal. In a series of forthcoming screenplays she’s written, Gifford will star opposite longtime CBS late night host Craig Ferguson, whom she befriended in 2017 when he guest hosted on “Today” during

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the fourth hour.

“What I have cinematically with [Craig], I have never had in my life with anyone,” Gifford explains of the duo’s shared on-screen chemistry.

“I would rather be, at a time when most people my age are getting in line with their senior discounts to go to the movies, the one making the movies for them to go see,” she adds with a note of humor in her voice.

What’s more, she’s also been hard at work writing music with Grammy Awardwinning songwriter Brett James. They previously collaborated on “He Saw Jesus,” a 2017 tribute that Gifford sang in honor of her late husband, former New York Giant and NFL Hall of Famer Frank Gifford.

Gifford’s jam-packed schedule is nothing unusual: She’s been moving at light speed for the past 35 years. In 1985, she rose to household prominence alongside Regis Philbin, with whom she hosted “Live with Regis and Kathie Lee” until 2000. In 2008, NBC named her co-anchor of the fourth hour of “Today” alongside Hoda Kotb. Gifford

initially thought she’d stay for a year. Eleven years later, she finally took her bow.

“I will be closer to Hoda as the years go on,” Gifford says of the friendship she has forged with her longtime co-host. “I love [her] forever. She’s one of the most extraordinary people I’ve ever met.”

In addition to her home outside of New York City, Gifford owns one in South Florida—a 11,400-square-foot beachfront house in Key Largo—and a property she recently purchased in Nashville, Tennessee; a city she calls “a little piece of heaven.”

No matter the address, Gifford is dedicated to her peaceful, quiet mornings at home that start with prayer. She will continue the ritual of waking up daily around 2 a.m., even without the commute to shoot “Today” at the Rockefeller Center studios in Manhattan. Above all, Gifford makes clear, even after “Today,” her tomorrows are going to be fuller than ever.

“I’m not saying goodbye,” she says.

“I’m leaving a beautiful thing for a lifetime dream.”

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You’ve worked hard to achieve a successful retirement. But when shifting from savings to spending, it’s critical to get the most out of your assets. It may seem overwhelming to calculate how much you’ll need to sustain yourself and your family through retirement, but smart planning will ensure that you meet your goals.

Your respected advisor can help you plan for the retirement you want. Planning principles will help you calculate how lifestyle spending, educational expenses, healthcare needs and Social Security fit into your overall retirement picture. “When it comes to retirement, we consider your individual needs in the context of your entire balance sheet and long-term goals,” says Louise Armour. “Clients look to us for longterm advice on an array of wealth management and retirement income needs.”

Plan for a long life. Living longer affects key retirement decisions, such as how to make the most of your time, how to invest, when to claim Social Security, and whether you may need longterm care. If you’re 65 and in good health, your retirement plan may need to account for 30 more

years of living expenses. Thus, your investments must grow long after you stop working to keep pace with inflation and reduce the risk of outliving your money.

Start early, and save, save, save. Make savings a priority during your working years to achieve a successful retirement. A good goal is to save 10% of your gross annual income each and every year—twice the U.S. average annual savings rate. Optimize your savings by opening tax-advantaged accounts such as 401(k)s, IRAs and HSAs. If you’re a business owner, your advisor can explore with you the different types of plans that can be established to reap the benefits of saving. John Smyth says, “The earlier you start to save and invest, the more time your retirement assets will have to compound.”

Adjust as circumstances change. Spending and investing in retirement are intertwined. Your advisor can help determine an appropriate level of spending and can structure your investment portfolio to achieve your goals. “Review your investments to ensure your portfolio balances the need for safety, growth and income in a way that suits you on both a practical and psychological basis,” advises Sal Tiano.

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Genealogy Journey A writer poses the soliloquy: to spit or not to spit?

Photos and words by A LY S S A M O R L A C C I

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here were reasons to not spit in the plastic tube, send it through the mail and discover my ancestry. I’d flown to visit my parents for the holidays and discovered four rainbow-colored boxes stacked on their kitchen counter from 23andMe. Inside those boxes were slender vials awaiting our saliva. They would be shipped back to the company, which would tell us our family’s origins.

The first reason to not spit was I’d be willingly giving up my DNA, which could be subpoenaed. I didn’t plan on committing any crimes, but I disliked no longer having the option.

The second reason to not spit was more so the reason.

Last summer, I traveled to Italy. I saw my relatives’ faces in the hook-nosed and dark-featured passersby. I felt a homecoming like never before during a visit to any foreign place.

By taking the test, I could discover I was less Italian than I’d spent my life believing. This new awareness could be exciting. But just weeks after my grandmother’s death, I felt I’d prefer ignorance over discovering I was less like her than I’d always hoped to be.

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hen my sister and I were tiny enough to pretzel our legs on kitchen table seats, my grandmother put Gloria Gaynor on a tiny CD player. We untwisted our limbs and popped like corn with our bare feet bouncing off of cheap linoleum floor tiles. My grandmother grabbed a spoon and used it as her microphone to sing “I Will Survive.” Soda fizzed from my nostrils from laughing so hard.

My grandmother was quite the survivor. She was a single mother in the 1970s, working in a factory, and in her later years, at J.C. Penney Co. “It was awful,” she’d tell us. “Awful exciting.”

She wasn’t negative or positive—she was both. Complaints or compliments always had cunning edges meant to make her audiences laugh. This was usually accomplished through the use of swear words. She attributed her vocabulary to years working in the factory. But she never used her words to express anger. She used them for comedic effect.

My grandmother lived with her mother in a plantation-style, two-story home that had a sprawling wrap-around porch. The bathtub was nearly falling through the ceiling, and those linoleum

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kitchen floors peeled up during sticky summers.

My grandmother’s brain began to go when her mother died at 95 years old. We moved my grandmother from their crumbling home, which was already too big for two people, to a one-story place she hated. It felt like her mental decline was a rebellion for what we’d done, moving her out of her house where she’d wave to the neighbors from the porch.

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here were reasons to go to Italy that summer, but the most important one was the progression of my grandmother’s Alzheimer’s, which made the completion of this journey during her lifetime feel pressing.

We arrived first in Rome.

When we told our driver that our next destination was in the Abruzzo region—where our relatives were from—he made a fist with his hand and struck the top of his head.

“Capotosto,” he said. “Land of hard heads.”

We looked at one another, stunned, and then burst into laughter. My father’s grandmother was terribly stubborn.

Her name was Teadora. She came overseas like many during the early 1900s.

She was 9 years old, alone, arriving at Ellis Island with only a picture of her father in her pocket to help identify him. He had gone to America to find work before the rest of the family joined, so the story goes.

Teadora didn’t talk much to me—or to anyone. Some of my only memories are of her barging into the bathroom on us mid-session. If she caught you with a toilet paper strand stretching the length of a happy birthday banner, she’d snatch it and rip off a square, scrolling the rest back onto the roll.

One square per bathroom visit—that was the rule.

I thought it was because they were poor, or incredibly frugal. They often fixed the car with duct tape; they preserved the couches by never taking the plastic covers off; and I once saw my grandmother take a stash of latex gloves from a hospital our relative was being treated at so she could use them to box-dye her jet-black hair.

So, I didn’t think to Google an image of Castel di Sangro, a four-hour train ride east of Rome, before arriving. I figured the town would be small and remote, as it is.

But I did not think it would be carved into a mountainside; peppered with red flowers in pots on wiry balconies; navigable by cobblestone streets; parallel to a river; and

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topped with a century-old church that rings its beautiful bell from a tower at 6 p.m. daily.

My family ran around town like kids on a scavenger hunt, looking for clues that would hint at who Teadora was, and in turn, who we are.

We stopped in a gallery showing art from the era when she lived there. We searched the paintings for her face, only to realize we didn’t know her face—the face she had when she was young. Her trace seemed to be lost with time.

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piphanies often happen in bathrooms as water pellets strike the day off of skin— the mind wandering, then back in the shower, as it’s come up with a wonderful idea, or conclusion, or discovery.

Mine was a discovery; only it wasn’t reached by deep thought, or in the shower.

I was instead poised on porcelain, staring at a wall the color of a green Smartie after it’d been sucked on for some time. It was attached to a quaint hotel room decorated with floral bedspreads and curtains done in the same shade.

I reached for a strand of toilet tissue.

Only, there wasn’t a roll to be found. There was just a dispensary, which allotted one paper square. It was as if she’d barged in on me again.

“One sheet.”

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hen the test results from 23andMe entered my email inbox on a Wednesday morning, I didn’t open it. I didn’t open it the

next day, or the next, either.

I finally queued up the message while I was on a train in New York City and showed my percentages to a stranger sitting next to me. Seeing how little he cared brought me comfort.

But I’ll share the results with you now, since you’ve stuck out this entire story. According to the data collector, I am 38 percent Italian. That’s 12 percent less than what I told my classmates in elementary school. That’s—weirdly—5 percent less than my sister’s results.

And that’s 62 percent less than what my last name, Morlacci, suggests.

But I think about that square of paper often, and how my great grandmother carried that policy through her life, regardless of her address. I think about my grandmother and her swear words, and her attempts to still make me laugh even at the end of her life when she didn’t know me anymore.

Our habits, our quirks, our behaviors— and most importantly, our people—those are what make us who we are. Not a silly pie chart procured from a plastic tube of spit.

Start your own ancestry adventure Genetic testing kits like 23andMe, MyHeritage DNA and AncestryDNA ran massive sales during the holidays, so it’s likely by now you or someone you know has participated. But that’s only the beginning. Now that the results are in, embark on a discovery of your past.

1. Connect with family members. The testing kits’ online resources gather regions of the world your bloodline traces back to—and it links you to family members far beyond first, second and third cousins. Reach out, have conversations and puzzle together family stories and timelines. Perhaps even plan a visit.

2. Take a tour led by experts. Once you have a solid idea of the regions and cities your ancestors originate from, plan a trip through tailored tour programs by providers like Go Ahead Tours via Ancestry. Included in the package is a DNA kit—in case you’re late to the game—a pre-trip family history review and the pairing of an ancestry genealogist who joins the tour to provide insight and answer questions as you embark on your trip to Ireland, Germany, Scotland and more.

3. DIY. Skip the research, the connections, the tour guides and just go.

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Matters of the Heart Power couple Katherine Heigl and Josh Kelley help the Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation raise more than $500,000 at the 2019 Golden Heart Luncheon.

By Amy Woods | Photography by Ian Jacob

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very one of the 350-plus place settings at The Country Club at Mirasol during this year’s Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation Golden Heart Luncheon featured a walnut wrapped in a gift bag. The odd party favor drew much discussion.

Then, a video aired. It told the tale of a premature baby in Puerto Rico who needed life-saving surgery in the throes of Hurricane Maria. The 4.5-pound infant had an abnormal connection between his right ventricle and his pulmonary artery, and the defect impeded blood flow to his lungs. Without an operation, he was going to die.

The Nicklaus Children’s Hospital LifeFlight program transported little Liam to Miami, where Dr. Kristine Guleserian, a pediatric cardiovascular surgeon, reconstructed his heart three-dimensionally and printed out a model. It was the size of a walnut.

The surgery was successful, and Liam soon will celebrate his second birthday in his family’s rebuilt home.

“We live for those success stories,” says foundation chairwoman Barbara Nicklaus, wife of legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus, to the crowd gathered for the fundraiser.

“And challenges like Liam push us to our goal of being a global hospital.”

Pediatric patients from 119 countries and all 50 states have passed through the doors of the flagship facility to receive first-class critical care.

“We’re reaching our goal that way,” Nicklaus says.

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“We’ve come a long way from the sleepy little foundation we founded in 2004.”

Prior to introducing the luncheon’s keynote speaker, Emmy Award-winning actress Katherine Heigl, the beloved philanthropist highlighted the hospital milestones made possible by proceeds from the annual affair. First, pediatric heart transplants will be performed on-site in six operating rooms to be constructed this fall.

“It’s very exciting,” Nicklaus says. “It’s just great for parents.”

Second, pregnant mothers with complications will be able to give birth in one of 10 designated suites.

“So this puts the mother and baby in the same hospital and eliminates them being separated when, oftentimes, the baby has to be flown to another facility,” Nicklaus says.

“We’re thrilled that we got that through in Tallahassee.”

In addition, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital has opened 14 outpatient centers across South Florida, including one at Legacy Place in Palm Beach Gardens equipped with 17 subspecialists practicing everything from cardiology to nephrology. With the foundation approaching its 15th anniversary, the other achievements are too innumerable to list.

“The foundation has just exploded,” Nicklaus says.

“When something happens it’s, ‘Oh, my gosh, how did that ever come about?’ It sort of goes back to we want to be where the children are, and we feel so blessed.”

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“At this point in my life, there was no other option HEALING HEARTS for me than adoption,” she says. “I can’t tell you exactly Nicklaus welcomed to the stage a woman affectionately why I felt this way, why I felt so strongly about becoming a called Katie, someone she knows as much more than a star mother by adoption first—I have a few personal reasons, a of the big screens. The 40-year-old who famously played few professional—but mostly I just felt undeniably called Dr. Izzie Stevens on the ABC drama “Grey’s Anatomy” is to reach my hands out to the world and catch hold of a a proponent of organ donation following the death of her nobody’s child. ” teenage brother in a car accident. The female lead in the The paper trail was endless, the red tape frustrating films “Knocked Up,” “27 Dresses” and “The Ugly Truth” also and the social worker visits taxing—especially on Kelley. is a proponent of adoption, having grown up with an adopHeigl says he admitted he was afraid of not being able to tive sister named Meg. Married to country music artist Josh love “a nobody’s child.”

Kelley, the couple has two adoptive daughters, Nancy Leigh “By September of that year, I put that baby into his Mi-Eun and Adalaide Marie Hope. arms, ” she says, choking up. “What happened was pure Nancy Leigh, or Naleigh, came into the world with a magic—for him, for her and for me. I heart defect—like Liam—and watched my husband be transformed underwent a similar life-saving from a sometimes-selfish, sometimessurgery prior to leaving her restless musician into a steady, South Korean birthplace for the “I can’t tell you exactly devoted father. It was instantaneous.

United States. Today, she is a why I felt this way, why It was the blink of an eye. It was the happy and healthy girl who inexhale of a breath. It was as if it had spired the song “Naleigh Moon,” I felt so strongly about always been.” written and recorded by Kelley. becoming a mother by She says she had no doubts about “So many children do not adoption first—I have a loving her daughter—whether she find forever homes because they came from another continent or from are on the special-needs list,” few personal reasons, her womb—though she did not realNicklaus says. “Naleigh is one a few professional—but ize the magnitude of that love. of the lucky ones. The theme for mostly I just felt “I could not have known my own our luncheon is ‘Healing Hearts sometimes-selfish, sometimes-restless Around the World.’ Doesn’t that undeniably called to ways would be transformed in an injust fit in perfectly?” reach my hands out to stant, as well,” Heigl says. “This child “Naleigh Moon” set the the world and catch hold made me a mother, made my husband stage for Heigl’s address, stirring a father, made us both a more prosighs and sniffles from the audiof a nobody’s child.” foundly better version of ourselves ence as it played. than anything else ever could.”

“To know that there are - Katherine Heigl The luncheon raised a record incredible people like all of $521,000 to further the mission of you and Barbara and Jack who the foundation, supporting innovamake a difference for children tions focused on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of like Naleigh when a difference might not have been able to childhood illnesses. be made in any other way is extraordinary and puts it all “I am truly honored that Jack and Barbara asked Josh into a real perspective,” Heigl says, beginning her poignant and me here to talk about the matters of our hearts,” Heigl presentation. “Naleigh, thank God, is in perfect health with says.

“Adoption is clearly something we are incredibly pasa perfectly healed heart.” sionate about, and if we can influence even one family to South Korea was Heigl’s sister Meg’s birthplace, as change the course of their lives and add a nobody’s child well. When Heigl was old enough to understand Meg was through adoption, well, then we rejoice.” adopted and not, as she jokes, “the product of a love affair As the event came to a close, Kelley strummed his my mother had with a handsome Asian man,” it charted the guitar and sang “Cowboy Love Song,” an ode to Adalaide. course of her adult life.

“I’m rewarded every day by the unconditional love “I grew up in a family that was made whole by adopI get back from my children, ” Kelley says. “They both fell tion,” she says. “I realized I, too, would one day make the right into my arms as if by design from the heavens. I’m family I created whole through adoption.” very grateful to my wife for opening my eyes. It saddens When she was in her mid-20s, Heigl met the man who me to think about all the voiceless and innocent children would help her achieve her dream. Two years into their around the world and, hopefully, my and Katie’s story will marriage, Naleigh became their bundle of joy. Adalaide drive more awareness. ” joined the family three years after that.

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ric Purcell promised his mother he would never overdose. “And if I do,” he told her, “it wouldn’t be intentional.”

Vida Hamilton knew her son was in a bad place: fired from a teaching job he loved, living with his parents in Boca, $20 in his bank account, and addicted to painkillers ever since a car wreck knotted his back. A week shy of his 36th birthday, this was not the life he imagined. He was the honor student, the Summa Cum Laude at Eastern Michigan, the teacher kids admired.

Now, he took Xanax for depression and anxiety. Over the years, he developed a tolerance to the drugs and they didn’t work properly anymore, but stopping was worse.

“Mom, sometimes you just want to escape from reality,” he told her.

On March 20, 2017, Purcell came home from a friend’s house and went to his room. He needed to get some sleep because he had a job interview at a restaurant the next day. He lay in bed playing golf on his phone. Around 11:30 p.m., his mother stopped by to say good night.

“Good night, mom,” he said, “love you.”

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he opioid epidemic began with a press release.

“The fear of addiction is exaggerated,” Purdue Pharma said in 1996 when it released OxyContin.

The lie worked. Doctors wrote millions of prescriptions. Purdue made billions of dollars. Other opioid manufacturers, such as Endo (maker of Percocet) and Johnson & Johnson (which sells fentanyl patches under the name Duragesic), followed Purdue’s lead. Together, they funded propaganda groups like the American Pain Foundation, which promoted doublespeak inventions, like “pseudoaddiction,” with no basis in science.

Pharmacies dispensed so many pills that former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi sued Walgreens and CVS last year for bloating supply and demand.

For instance, she wrote, the Walgreens distribution center in Jupiter shipped a small Florida town 285,800 orders of oxycodone in a single month—95 for every man, woman and child.

We are now 400,000 opioid-related deaths into the worst drug crisis in American history. In Florida, 20 people died from opioids on any given day in 2017, according to medical examiners’ offices. South Florida is the epicenter. In the Fort Pierce region, which includes Martin County, 239 people died of opioid overdoses in 2017. In Palm Beach County, 1,285 died. In Broward County, 984 died.

That’s more deaths in our corner of Florida than in all of America in 1988 from cocaine. That’s despite jail time for pill mill doctors, crackdowns on pharmacies and lawsuits against pharma companies.

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Doctors at Broward Health are on the front line. “It’s just exponentially getting worse,” says Dr. Sandeep Mendiratta, a psychiatrist who treats addicts.

“This problem is pretty much getting out of control with the staggering number of people affected.”

His colleague Dr. Parham Eftekhari, a nephrologist, says the spike in fatalities is because of clandestine synthetics that are 10,000 times stronger than morphine. Fentanyl and analogs like carfentanil, an elephant tranquilizer, are so powerful a pinch can kill you.

“We’re getting the hulk effect,” Eftekhari says. “We’re getting patients just coming dead to the emergency room.

Patients who got the wrong batch from the dealer. There’s no way of telling what’s in that drug.”

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urcell was a three-sport athlete from the Detroit suburbs who loved Michigan football and theater. His little sister was too shy to blow out her birthday candles, but Purcell was the opposite: dancer, actor, wedding toaster. Purcell stayed close to home for college, where he studied theater and English and earned a certificate in education.

That led to a job at the Ann Arbor Public Schools. His job title was English teacher, but that didn’t stop him from starting a middle school drama club, running theater workshops and advising the yearbook.

“He was somebody I could always rely on and I could come to whenever I was having a bad day,” a student says.

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“I found him in the morning,” Then two things happened that “This problem is pretty Hamilton says. “Probably about 7. His changed the course of his life. First, he much getting out of door was locked, and I couldn’t open it rear-ended someone in stop-and-go with that stick, you know, that you stick traffic and got opioids for a spinal incontrol with the in, so I got my husband to open it. Eric jury. Then, he lost his job at the school staggering number of had my phone charger, so I wanted to because he didn’t have the money for people affected.” go in there and get the phone charger. a certification the district required.

I went into the bedroom and I didn’t Hamilton, his mother, is still upset he see him, so I walked around the corner never asked her for the money.

- Dr. Sandeep Mendiratta to the bathroom and I saw him on his “Losing his job devastated him,” knees in front of the bathroom sink she says. with the water running. I thought, ‘Oh, The longer you take opioids, the my God, what did you do now?’ I tried more likely you are to get hooked. Just waking him up, and he was already stiff and cold.” five days of pills increases your odds of addiction to 10 percent, The Xanax contained carfentanil. In the 10 days following The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. PurPurcell’s death, the Palm Beach County Medical Examiner’s Ofcell was one of the millions of Americans who couldn’t stop. fice found carfentanil in eight more overdose victims. They may He bounced between Florida, where Hamilton lived with have taken the same batch. her second husband, and Detroit, where Purcell got a job briefly at Quicken Loans. His girlfriend broke up with him, refusing to abide his growing addiction, and she took the dog with her. esearchers and policymakers in South Florida are desperately trying to prevent the next death.

In 2014, he was delivering pizzas for a friend who ran a Dr. George Caldwell is one of them. The shelves shop in Delray Beach. Sitting in traffic, someone slammed into of his office in Fort Lauderdale are filled with books about orthe back of his Toyota 4Runner, injuring his lower back. Purcell thopedic surgery and autographed Miami Dolphins gear. He saw a doctor who prescribed fentanyl patches. was the team physician for 20 years, tending to some of the “Mom, don’t touch it,” he warned. “It can be absorbed most valuable knees and elbows in America. Since retiring through your skin.” from the NFL in 2016, he spends his days trying to solve a small As potent as the drugs were, his tolerance was buildcomponent of the opioid epidemic. ing and he demanded more. At one point, Hamilton locked them in a safe.

On March 20, 2017, a colleague at the pizzeria came to their house to pick Purcell up. Purcell was going to help him post some electronics on Craigslist.

“Mom, I love you,” Purcell said as he was leaving.

She didn’t reply. She had a bad feeling about the friend, who she knew also used drugs.

“You’d think I’d get a response,” he said.

“Well, I’m just not happy with what you’re doing with your life, but I do love you,” she said.

She was right to be worried.

That night, Purcell saw a dealer and bought Xanax tablets.

Purcell borrowed his mother’s phone charger and went to his room to lay down. After Hamilton popped her head into his room to say good night, he went Dr. George outside for a cigarette. Then he Caldwell took the Xanax.

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In a church community room in West Boca, 23 people gathered to talk about loved ones who’ve died from overdosing.

To ward off acute pain following rotator cuff surgery, patients typically take upward of 80 opioid tablets. Caldwell developed a way to treat pain that requires almost no post-op opioids, if any. Thirty-nine percent of his patients take only ibuprofen, and 90 percent take 10 opioid tablets or less.

“We’re talking about an eight-fold reduction from the literature,” he says.

His technique, which he describes in a forthcoming article in the HSS Journal, involves injecting a group of shoulder nerves with an anesthetic before stitching the patient back up.

“Pain is like a brush fire,” he says. “If you put it out quickly, the smoldering and expansion doesn’t continue.”

Farther up the coast, a state lawmaker is working on other kinds of solutions. One of these is HB 3397, which would allocate $250,000 to the Cleveland Clinic to produce sciencebacked educational materials for Florida physicians—a fitting bookend to Purdue’s propaganda.

State Rep. Toby Overdorf, a Stuart Republican, sponsored that bill, which went before the Legislature in March. He plans to submit additional opioid-related reforms, particularly related to rehab facilities. He said profit-hungry providers are bunking recovering addicts four to a room, overbilling their insurers for urine tests and converting residential zones of Martin

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County into dense medical districts.

“I’m not faulting the patients in this,” he says. “I applaud them for getting help. It’s the providers who are taking advantage of them.”

Perhaps the most optimistic—and futuristic—work on addiction is coming out of The Scripps Research Institute in Jupiter, where Dr. Courtney Miller may have discovered a way to instantly wipe relapse-triggering memories from meth addicts’ brains.

It sounds like sci-fi magic, but it’s just biochemistry. There are certain proteins that help you create new memories. By inhibiting those proteins while they’re still active between neurons, you can disrupt the memory.

Testing methamphetamine-addicted mice in 2014, she found something peculiar. The proteins stay active in the brain’s emotional memory center for weeks after using meth. When she gave the mice a drug to target the protein, they no longer had any interest in meth. The treatment appears extremely targeted, affecting only meth memories.

“What I think it’s probably doing is removing the motivational component,” she says. Miller speculates that if she were to apply this treatment to a human, they would still remember using meth but not the pleasure reward it gave them.

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“Every meeting brings me right back to the beginning, the feelings I had after finding my brother dead in his bed, the gut-wrenching crying and desperation and helplessness.”

- Melissa Friedman

The implications—a possible cure for addiction and even post-traumatic stress disorder—earned her rare funding from the National Institutes of Health. Over the next year and a half, Miller will be conducting safety tests and prepping for phase one human trials.

The big unknown is whether a similar treatment could work for opioids and other addictive substances. She’s applying for grants to study that question.

“We have an idea, but it’s still early,” she says. “I think it’s going to work.”

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ne night this winter, 23 people gathered in a church community room in West Boca. They sat in a circle around tables. Some brought framed pictures. One wore a purple shirt with white letters: “I hate heroin.” Each spoke for a few minutes in turn.

“We lost our son Scott about four and a Melissa Friedman started Alex’s GRASP after her brother, Alex, died half months ago. … It gives my husband and I at 24 from a fentanyl overdose in 2014. peace to know that he was with friends. They found him that morning.”

“I lost two sons 10 months apart. Joshua 14 months ago Friedman says the group still helps her. “Every meeting and my son David four months ago. … Joshua, they found him brings me right back to the beginning, the feelings I had after in an alley. And David was in his house. They both left small finding my brother dead in his bed, the gut-wrenching crying children behind.” and desperation and helplessness,” she says. “But helping others “I believe there’s an afterlife, and somehow I’ve found has given me the opportunity to spread hope and healing. I can peace thinking that.” see how far I’ve come.”

“The first year was really hard. I didn’t hardly leave the Hamilton joined the group because she was still grieving house. … It’s been hard because stigma is a big problem.” intensely each day, even as others had moved on.

“I appreciate that some of you have hope and happiness.

She sometimes finds herself watching old videos of Purcell I don’t have any of that. … I’m not doing well. It gets progreson his Facebook page or flipping through cards his students sively worse. I can’t look at any pictures. I can’t talk about it at sent her when he died. all. This is a big breakthrough.”

“Having Mr. Purcell as my English teacher freshman year Hamilton was there, too. She talked about Purcell, and set my standards for following teachers extra high,” a student showed his picture. wrote. “He lit up the classroom the second he walked in.”

The group is called Alex’s GRASP. The flier says, “Have you “The family just feels like, ‘He’s gone, it’s over, there’s nothlost someone you love to drug or alcohol addiction? DON’T ing you can do about it.’ But it’s not over,” she says. “You always GRIEVE ALONE.” Melissa Friedman started it after her brothhave a hole in your heart.” er, Alex, died at 24 from a fentanyl overdose in 2014 and she The hole never goes away. And new ones form all the time. couldn’t find an addiction-focused grief group.

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THE STEM CELL ENIGMA

WHILE AN INDUSTRY AROUND STEM CELL TREATMENTS POPS UP IN SOUTH FLORIDA, QUESTIONS REMAIN ABOUT PROMISES OF MIRACLE CURES FOR EVERYTHING FROM HEADACHES TO OLD AGE.

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t wasn’t just that William Caulkins could barely walk, it was that he could barely do anything.

Waking up in the morning, getting up out of a chair, doing absolutely anything for himself became a struggle to just merely catch a breath.

At 67 years old, Caulkins figured his chronic lung disease was days away from killing him. Soon, he’d attempt to take in a breath and no air would come, ever again.

A year into doctor’s visits and bleaker and bleaker prognoses, a friend told Caulkins about something totally, absolutely risky. He signed up that day.

“That was my last chance. That’s it. I was hospitalized four times in six months, and I knew that was going to be it,” Caulkins says.

Caulkins’ wife drove him all day from their home in Nassau County, north of Jacksonville. When they arrived at a stem cell clinic in Broward County, Caulkins could barely make it to the door, his oxygen tank dragging behind him.

At U.S. Stem Cell Clinic, they inserted a needle into Caulkins’ fat cells. They extracted stem cells, treated them and then inserted them back into his body.

He noticed the difference almost right away, during the long drive home. By the next morning, he was taking deep, life-changing breaths,

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for the first time in months. Days later, he gave up the oxygen tank. He could walk again, he could complete a sentence without getting winded in the middle, and it seemed like he had been given life.

“I took a chance, and it worked.

I was amazed,” Caulkins says.

It would be nice if we could say the experience Caulkins had

with stem cells is shared by all of the patients at South Florida’s stem cell clinics. But the largely unregulated and mostly untested field of treating patients with stem cells has vastly varying results, with lawsuits and threats from government regulators to shut the entire industry down.

Meanwhile, South Florida has perhaps more stem cell clinics than any other region in the nation— a cottage industry built on promises of cures to everything from chronic pain to eye disease.

And yet, despite a government crackdown and lawsuits against stem cell clinics, there are countless tales of the kind of success Caulkins had.

Study after study has backed up some of the claims about stem cells. For patients suffering from diseases and injuries that haven’t been cured by other means, many say it’s worth taking the risk on stem cells.

While stem cells have become widely known in the past decade, their discovery dates back to 1908, when a Russian histologist discovered a cell that seemed be the precursor to every other cell. Think of stem cells like the simple two-by-four framing

At the Scripps Research laboratories in Jupiter, stem cells treated with fluorescent dye are illuminated in a photo taken through a microscope.

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Bone-marrow-based stem cells, suspended in a culture solution and labeled by subtype, are ready for the day’s experiments at the Scripps Research laboratories in Jupiter.

Michelle Parlo, a physician assistant and clinic director at U.S. Stem Cell

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of a home—before adding the rest of the construction materials, the house could become craftsman or Victorian or a thousand other styles. Similarly, the body can convert stem cells into multiple types of cells, growing tissue and repairing damaged areas of the body.

Doctors for the past half-century have been injecting patients with stem cells to try to treat diseases. Clinics across South Florida make wideranging claims about how stem cells can be used, including for treatments for Alzheimer’s and multiple sclerosis. The treatments aren’t covered by insurance, and so patients are asked to shell out thousands out of pocket for the injections. Like most of the websites for stem cell clinics, the page for Back in Action Medical Center in Stuart, for instance, says the clinic offers “innovative stem cell injection therapy” to help with knee pain, arthritis, tissue regrowth, degenerative disc disease, headaches and others.

Michelle Parlo, a physician assistant and clinic director at U.S. Stem Cell, says her clinic has treated thousands of patients since it began in 2001. It now has three locations, in Weston, The Villages and West Palm Beach.

“We treat anything and everything,” she says.

Since she started at the clinic in 2014, she says she has watched patients who could barely walk when they came in jaunt their way out the front door afterward.

Parlo claims her clinic has conducted studies that show their treatments are often 99 percent effective.

Like most of the South Florida stem cell clinics, U.S. Stem Cell uses a procedure where they remove stem cells from fat cells and then “separate them from toxins,” Parlo says. When inserted back in the body, she says the stem

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cells can regrow tissue, replace diseased cells and cure people of potentially fatal diseases.

“These are your cells, in your body, doing exactly what they’re supposed to do,” Parlo says.

In April 2017, investigators from the Food and Drug Administration began a monthlong investigation into U.S. Stem Cell’s work. They determined the clinic’s stem cell procedure wasn’t allowed under federal law, because injecting the harvested stem cells back into someone constituted a drug that would need FDA approval.

The FDA claims its investigation found records of multiple adverse effects from the treatments. Among them was a patient who was treated on June 16, 2016, for macular degeneration and later had to be taken to the emergency room, where it was discovered she was suffering hemorrhages and ocular hypertension. The FDA says it found records of two other patients treated for macular degeneration who then suffered complete vision loss.

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n November 2017, the FDA issued guidelines asserting its authority over stem cell clinics and threatened a wide crackdown. The FDA also sent a warning letter to U.S. Stem Cell asking the clinic to cease treatments.

When the letter was ignored, the U.S. Attorney’s Office filed a lawsuit in May 2018 that seeks to have a federal judge shut down the practice. The U.S. Attorney’s Office declined to comment on the lawsuit, but the complaint states: “There are not now, nor have there ever been any approved new drug application” to cover stem cell treatments.

The lawsuit names only U.S. Stem Cell and its owners, but it indicates a wider shot across the bow against South Florida’s stem cell industry. More than 100 clinics now operate in Florida, most of them based between Miami and Stuart. If a judge were to rule against U.S. Stem Cell, many of them would likely shutter or face similar government lawsuits.

But Parlo says her clinic has no intention of backing down and will fight the lawsuit and the clinic’s right to continue. She says injecting someone with their own stem cells shouldn’t be defined as a drug treatment. Taking other tissue from the body, like in a skin graft, isn’t regulated by the FDA, and so neither should stem cells, she says.

“God forbid the FDA shuts us down, because I could never go back to practicing traditional medicine,” Parlo says. “In the future, physicians should be trained in this.”

As of now, stem cell treatments aren’t covered at medical school and are rarely discussed in traditional doctor’s offices, she says.

That could change if Dr. Donald Phinney is able to finish his work at the Scripps Research Institute in

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Jupiter. In August, Phinney won a $2.9 million grant to develop a method that could perfect stem cell treatments and help define exactly what kind of diseases can be cured with stem cells.

Phinney says his work shows that not all stem cells are equal.

Extract them from one part of the body or another and you’re likely to get entirely different properties that allow the stem cells to do different things. Some stem cells from certain parts of the body are effective as immunosuppressants, which could help transplant patients from rejecting new organs. Others are better at stopping inflammation, which could help treat arthritis and lupus. Take stem cells from the right part of the body and they may help people with non-healing wounds, especially for those suffering from Crohn’s disease.

Coming up with a series of metrics to determine how and where stem cells should be harvested is the first step in Phinney’s research.

Trials of the metrics then may determine which stem cells are effective in treating certain diseases.

As of now, most stem cells are harvested with little regard for how effective they will be with certain diseases. “In most manufacturing processes, the goal is to make lots of stem cells, but we need to be more selective,” Phinney says.

He’s far from alone in researching ways to improve stem cell treatments. Dr. Marilyn K. Glassberg, professor of medicine, surgery and pediatrics at the University of Miami, has published results of a study in which she was Photo by Scott Wiseman

Those types of cautionary tales are not rare. Jeannine Mallard in June 2018 told CBS 4 Miami that she flew from her home in France to South Florida in 2015 for a series of stem cell treatments at the Hollywood Eye Institute in Cooper City. Afterward, Mallard says her eye began to swell and then shrink, and since then, not only has she lost vision, but her eye has become shrunken and deformed. The Hollywood Eye Institute did not return phone messages seeking a response.

In most manufacturing processes, the goal is to make lots of stem cells, but we need to be more selective.”

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- Dr. Donald Phinney

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Dr. Donald Phinney of Scripps Research in Jupiter

able to use stem cells to treat patients suffering from lung disease, a finding so significant that she presented her findings in July 2018 at the Vatican during an international health conference.

Dr. Joshua Hare, director of the University of Miami’s Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, announced in October 2017 that his team had found what may be a stem cell treatment for frailty, which causes some older people to become weak. In a clinical trial, elderly patients treated with stem cells could walk longer distances and breathe easier after a single dose of stem cells.

Their work could influence the stem cell industry in South Florida, perhaps improving the way stem cells are harvested and narrowing the promises made about cures.

Until then, Parlo says stem cell clinics should continue to treat patients and ignore the government’s

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attempts to shut them down. Asked about the lawsuit her clinic faces, Parlo says: “It’s ridiculous, it’s immoral and there’s no constitutional reason they’re doing this.”

In March, the FDA’s lawsuit was headed for courtordered mediation, but Parlo says her clinic wouldn’t be willing to accept any settlement that would forbid them from continuing their work.

As the lawsuit played out, Caulkins says he will be heading back to U.S. Stem Cell for his second and perhaps final treatment. He has been telling friends about it and at least a couple are planning to try it themselves.

Spending the $6,000 on the treatment isn’t easy for Caulkins, a retired surveyor, but he says the treatment may have saved his life.

“Nobody told me to say this,” Caulkins says. “I’m speaking for me, not anybody else.”

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TOP DOCS 550 physicians in 55 specialties to solve all of your medical needs

With help from Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., whose team of researchers determined this year’s list of Top Docs, we bring you the best of the best, who will be there for you in sickness and in health. With doctors in almost every specialty and subspecialty imaginable, this list is a keeper.

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2 019 T O P D O CS ADOLESCENT MEDICINE Elba A. Iglesias, M.D. 1150 N. 35th Ave., Ste. 560 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital 954.265.1460 Eating Disorders

Kevin A. Stabile, M.D. South Florida Allergy & Asthma Specialists 5458 Town Center Road, Ste. 23 Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.672.7511 Allergy & Asthma, Allergic Rhinitis, Food Allergy, Sinusitis

4725 N. Federal Highway, Ste. 401 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital - Fort Lauderdale 954.772.2136 Atrial Fibrillation, Arrhythmias, Pacemakers/ Defibrillators, Heart Failure

ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY

CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Vesselin V. Dimov, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Department of Allergy & Immunology 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5816

David N. Kenigsberg, M.D. Florida Heart Rhythm Specialists 1841 NE 45th St. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Medical Center 954.678.9531 Atrial Fibrillation, Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation, Arrhythmias

Richard D. Adamick, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Department of Cardiology 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd., Floor 2 Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5290 Heart Valve Disease, Echocardiography, Cardiovascular Imaging, Preventive Cardiology

Frank J. Eidelman, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Department of Allergy & Immunology 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5816 Asthma, Urticaria, Insect Allergy, Eczema Stuart A. Friedman, M.D. 5162 Linton Blvd., Ste. 201 Delray Beach, FL 33484 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.495.2580 Asthma, Sinus Disorders, Allergy Neil H. Gershman, M.D. Asthma & Allergy Associates of Florida 660 Glades Road, Ste. 130 Boca Raton, FL 33431 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.368.2915 Asthma, Sinus Disorders, Food & Drug Allergy Shahid R. Randhawa, M.D. Allergy, Asthma & Sinus Associates 2510 Oakland Park Blvd.

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33306 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital - Fort Lauderdale 954.717.1919 Robert J. Schramm, M.D. Allergy Consultants 660 Glades Road, Ste. 420 Boca Raton, FL 33431 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.368.7006 Asthma, Allergy, Immunology

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Ahmed F. Osman, M.D. Florida Heart Rhythm Specialists 1841 NE 45th St. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Medical Center 954.678.9531 Arrhythmias, Atrial Fibrillation, Catheter Ablation, Pacemakers/Defibrillators Bruce A. Perlman, M.D. Broward Arrhythmia Physicians 3001 NW 49th Ave., Ste. 206 Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33313 Primary Hospital: North Shore Medical Center - FMC Campus 954.777.2022 Arrhythmias Sergio L. Pinski, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Deptartment of Cardiology 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd., Floor 2 Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5290 Arrhythmias, Pacemakers/Defibrillators, Defibrillators, Radiofrequency Ablation Yoel R. Vivas, M.D. Arrhythmia Center of South Florida 5258 Linton Blvd., Ste. 106 Delray Beach, FL 33484 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.303.3491 Arrhythmias, Atrial Fibrillation, Pacemakers/ Defibrillators, Heart Failure Daniel Weitz, M.D. Holy Cross Medical Group - Cardiology Associates

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

Walif Aji, M.D. Memorial Cardiac & Vascular Institute 4000 Sheridan St., Ste. A Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Memorial Hospital West 954.276.6750 Craig R. Asher, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Department of Cardiology 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd., Floor 2 Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5290 Heart Valve Disease, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Pericardial Disease, Cardiovascular Imaging Jean-Pierre S. Awaida, M.D. 5162 Linton Blvd., Ste. 102 Delray Beach, FL 33484 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.499.3919 Interventional Cardiology, Angioplasty & Stent Placement, Percutaneous Valve Repair, Atrial Septal Defect Thomas C. Bartzokis, M.D. Bartzokis, Rubenstein, & Servoss 1000 NW Ninth Court, Ste. 101 Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.368.4444 Coronary Artery Disease, Congestive Heart Failure, Arrhythmias, Preventive Cardiology Seth J. Baum, M.D. Preventive Cardiology 7900 Glades Road, Ste. 325 Boca Raton, FL 33434

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2 0 1 9 T OP D OC S Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.488.5535 Preventive Cardiology, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Interventional Cardiology, Cardiac CT Angiography Frederick M. Chaleff, M.D. Cardiology Consultants of West Broward 7050 NW Fourth St., Ste. 101 Plantation, FL 33317 Primary Hospital: Westside Regional Medical Center 954.587.4112 Jeffrey S. Dennis, M.D. Broward Health Cardiology 1 W. Sample Road, Ste. 204 Pompano Beach, FL 33064-3547 Primary Hospital: Broward Health North 954.785.0300 Max K. Dweck, M.D. Preventive Cardiology 603 N. Flamingo Road, Ste. 358 Pembroke Pines, FL 33028 Primary Hospital: Memorial Hospital West 954.438.9800 Preventive Cardiology Rachel S. Eidelman, M.D. 10301 Hagen Ranch Road, Ste. B-5 Boynton Beach, FL 33437 Primary Hospital: Bethesda Memorial Hospital 561.244.7720 Constance D. Fields, M.D. Cardiology Associates of Boca Raton 9980 Central Park Blvd. N., Ste. 304 Boca Raton, FL 33428 Primary Hospital: West Boca Medical Center 561.483.8335 Mark Fisher, M.D. Tenet Florida Physician Services 5035 Via Delray Blvd.

Delray Beach, FL 33484-1347 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.637.0500 Interventional Cardiology Brian H. Galbut, M.D. Medical Specialists of the Palm Beaches 9868 S. State Road 7, Building B, Ste. 325 Boynton Beach, FL 33472 Primary Hospital: JFK Medical Center Atlantis 561.967.5033 Cholesterol/Lipid Disorders, Congenital Heart Disease, Hypertension,Coronary Artery Disease Richard A. Goldman, M.D./Ph.D. Holy Cross Medical Group - North Broward

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Cardiology 2800 N. State Road 7, Ste. 101 Margate, FL 33063 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital Fort Lauderdale 954.984.9090 Preventive Cardiology, Coronary Artery Disease, Congestive Heart Failure, Cholesterol/ Lipid Disorders Craig A. Hostig, M.D. Heart Group of South Florida 5901 Colonial Drive, Ste. 302 Margate, FL 33063 Primary Hospital: Northwest Medical Center 954.884.0111 Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiac Stress Testing, Echocardiography-Transesophageal, Coronary Artery Disease Mitchell S. Karl, M.D. 880 NW 13th St., Ste. 1B Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.392.9214 Concierge Medicine, Preventive Medicine Joshua M. Larned, M.D. Holy Cross Medical Group - Cardiology Associates 4725 N. Federal Highway, Ste. 401 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital Fort Lauderdale 954.772.2136 Congestive Heart Failure, Transplant Medicine-Heart, Echocardiography Michael Elliot Lewis, M.D. 1000 NW Ninth Court, Ste. 201 Boca Raton, FL 33486-2268 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.395.4600 Concierge Medicine Eric H. Lieberman, D.O. South Florida Heart Institute 5035 Via Delray Delray Beach, FL 33484 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.637.0500 Preventive Cardiology, Congestive Heart Failure, Coronary Artery Disease, Hypertension Francisco O. Nascimento, M.D. 601 N. Congress Ave., Ste. 402 Delray Beach, FL 33445 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.278.1910 Interventional Cardiology, Non-Invasive Cardiology

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GENETIC COUNSELING Amy Byer Shainman is a patient advocate who provides support and education surrounding BRCA and other hereditary cancer syndromes. She serves as a digital ambassador for the National Society of Genetic Counselors. Her experience as a BRCA1 gene mutation carrier is chronicled in her recently released memoir “Resurrection Lily: The BRCA Gene, Hereditary Cancer & Lifesaving Whispers from the Grandmother I Never Knew.” She resides in Jupiter with her family.

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spend much of my time explaining the difference between genetic testing and genetic counseling, and why it’s in the best interest of an individual’s health to undergo certified genetic counseling both before and after any type of genetic testing.

While genetic testing involves analyzing a person’s DNA, usually by blood sample or saliva, genetic counseling is a conversation. A certified genetic counselor has the skill-set and advanced training in medical genetics and counseling to listen to, guide and support patients.

A certified genetic counselor is the most qualified person to assess your risk for inherited diseases or conditions, such as cancer risk, to order the correct genetic testing panels (if any), and to interpret those genetic testing results (positive or negative) and what those results may mean for you and your family. They can also help navigate your questions and concerns about medical insurance, are familiar with trustworthy labs for genetic testing and will help you determine if genetic testing is right for you or not.

As the genetics landscape is rapidly changing, with new genes discovered daily, certified genetic counselors are the most familiar and up-to-date with this constantly developing scenario, which is why the insight and navigation provided by them is such a vital resource.

You can speak to a certified genetic counselor in person or by phone. Find one through the National Society of Genetic Counselors (findageneticcounselor.com) or call 312.321.6834.

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2 019 T O P D O CS Gian M. Novaro, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Department of Cardiology 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd., Floor 2 Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5290 Echocardiography, Aortic Disease, Cardiovascular Imaging, Heart Valve Disease David E. Perloff, M.D. Tenet Florida Physician Services 2307 W. Broward Blvd., Ste. 101 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Medical Center 954.523.3422 Cardiac Rehabilitation Paul L. Rondino, M.D. South Florida Surgical of Heart Group of Broward 1 W. Sample Road, Ste. 208 Pompano Beach, FL 33064 Primary Hospital: Broward Health North 954.946.2570 Mark H. Rubenstein, M.D. Bartzokis, Rubenstein, & Servoss 1000 NW Ninth Court, Ste. 101 Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.368.4444 Coronary Artery Disease, Congestive Heart Failure, Arrhythmias, Preventive Cardiology Neil A. Schultz, M.D. 2825 N. State Road 7, Ste. 200 Margate, FL 33063-5737 Primary Hospital: Northwest Medical Center 954.973.4555 Alan M. Schwartz, M.D. 8393 W. Oakland Park Blvd.

Sunrise, FL 33351 Primary Hospital: North Shore Medical Center - FMC Campus 954.741.3335 Echocardiography Stephen J. Servoss, M.D. Bartzokis, Rubenstein, & Servoss 1000 NW Ninth Court, Ste. 101 Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.368.4444 Coronary Artery Disease, Congestive Heart Failure, Arrhythmias, Preventive Cardiology

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Neil S. Shachter, M.D. Shachter Cardiology 15300 Jog Road, Ste. 202 Delray Beach, FL 33446 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.637.6033 Cholesterol/Lipid Disorders, Preventive Cardiology, Nuclear Cardiology William M. Sheinbaum, M.D. Florida Institute of Health 7401 N. University Drive, Ste. 204 Tamarac, FL 33321 Primary Hospital: University Hospital & Medical Center - Tamarac 954.721.6200 David M. Steiman, M.D. 350 NW 84th Ave., Ste. 211 Plantation, FL 33324-1859 Primary Hospital: Westside Regional Medical Center 954.236.8511 Matthew Teltser, M.D. Associates M.D. Medical Group 4780 SW 64th Ave. Davie, FL 33314 Primary Hospital: Memorial Hospital West 954.434.1705 Coronary Artery Disease, Hypertension, Cholesterol/Lipid Disorders Jonathan J. Vafai, M.D. Tenet Florida Physician Services 5035 Via Delray Blvd.

Delray Beach, FL 33484 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.637.0500 Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiac Effects of Cancer/Cancer Therapy, Echocardiography-Transesophageal Arthur Weiner, M.D. Tenet Florida Physician Services 5035 Via Delray Blvd.

Delray Beach, FL 33484-1347 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.637.0500

David G. Wolinsky, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Department of Cardiology 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd., Floor 2 Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5290 Nuclear Cardiology, Heart Failure, Preventive Cardiology

CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY Donna Sue Holland, M.D. 2499 Glades Road, Ste. 108 Boca Raton, FL 33433 561.702.0486 ADD/ADHD, Anxiety Disorders, Depression Laurie Karpf, M.D. 9325 Glades Road, Ste. 208 Boca Raton, FL 33434 Primary Hospital: West Boca Medical Center 561.482.2288 Anxiety & Depression, Personality Disorders CHILD NEUROLOGY Stefanie J. Berry, M.D. 1150 N. 35th Ave., Ste. 520 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital 954.265.2423 Epilepsy Mark A. Epstein, M.D. Neuro Network Partners - Nicklaus Childrens Dan Marino Center 2900 S. Commerce Parkway Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Nicklaus Children’s Hospital-Miami 954.385.6276 Epilepsy, Sleep Disorders, ADD/ADHD, Neurodevelopmental Disorders Roberto F. Tuchman, M.D. Neuro Network Partners - Nicklaus Childrens Dan Marino Center 2900 S. Commerce Parkway Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Nicklaus Children’s Hospital - Miami 954.385.6276 Autism Spectrum Disorders, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Learning Disorders, Epilepsy CLINICAL GENETICS Roman Yusupov, M.D. Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital - Pediatric Genetics Program 1131 N. 35th Ave., Floor 2 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital 954.265.6319 Craniofacial Disorders, Cleft Palate/Lip, Marfan Syndrome

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2 0 1 9 T OP D OC S COLON & RECTAL SURGERY Harvey I. Garber, M.D. Garber & Shemesh 5258 Linton Blvd., Ste. 105 Delray Beach, FL 33445 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.495.0660 Anorectal Disorders, Hemorrhoids, Colonoscopy David J. Maron, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Colorectal Surgery 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5124 Laparoscopic Surgery Juan J. Nogueras, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Colorectal Surgery 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5124 Colon & Rectal Cancer, Hereditary Colon Cancer, Ulcerative Colitis, Inflammatory Bowel Disease/Crohn’s Dana R. Sands, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Colorectal Surgery 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5124 Microsurgery, Anorectal Disorders, Colon & Rectal Cancer & Surgery Elie Schochet, M.D. Holy Cross Medical Group - Colorectal Surgery 1940 NE 47th St., Ste. 1 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital - Fort Lauderdale 954.772.4553 Minimally Invasive Surgery, Anorectal Disorders Eric G. Weiss, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Colorectal Surgery 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5124 Ulcerative Colitis, Crohn’s Disease, Laparoscopic Surgery, Endoscopy Steven D. Wexner, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Colorectal Surgery 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331-3609

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Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5278 Colon & Rectal Cancer, Laparoscopic Surgery, Inflammatory Bowel Disease/Crohn’s, Incontinence-Fecal DERMATOLOGY Channing R. Barnett, M.D. Barnett Dermatology 7100 W. Camino Real, Ste. 301 Boca Raton, FL 33433 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.717.2277 Dermatologic Surgery, Cosmetic Dermatology, Medical Dermatology, Acne & Rosacea Joshua M. Berlin, M.D. Premier Dermatology Partners 10383 Hagen Ranch Road, Ste. 100 Boynton Beach, FL 33437 Primary Hospital: Bethesda Memorial Hospital 561.739.5252 Medical Dermatology, Skin Cancer, Cosmetic Dermatology, Contact Dermatitis Attica C. Chang, M.D. Boca Raton Skin & Laser Center 1356 NW Boca Raton Blvd.

Boca Raton, FL 33432-5007 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.395.9500 Cosmetic Dermatology, Skin Cancer, Mohs Surgery, Dermatologic Surgery Sari Fien, M.D. Skin Center 6550 N. Federal Highway, Ste. 320 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital Fort Lauderdale 954.302.7900 Cosmetic Dermatology, Dermatologic Surgery Barry I. Galitzer, M.D. Skin Center 6550 N. Federal Highway, Ste. 320 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital Fort Lauderdale 954.302.7900 Skin Cancer, Medical Dermatology, Dermatologic Surgery Russel S. Glaun, M.D. 1590 NW 10th Ave., Ste. 304 Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.392.4558 Dermatologic Surgery, Skin Cancer, Dermatopathology

Ellis J. Gottesfeld, M.D. Advancements in Dermatology 7730 W. Boynton Beach Blvd., Ste. 4 Boynton Beach, FL 33437 Primary Hospital: Bethesda Memorial Hospital 561.572.0299 Medical Dermatology, Cosmetic Dermatology, Pediatric Dermatology, Mohs Surgery Joseph C. Gretzula, D.O. Boyton Beach Dermatology 555 N. Congress Ave., Ste. 201 Boynton Beach, FL 33426-3325 561.736.8514 Steven M. Hacker, M.D. 226 Palm Court Delray Beach, FL 33444 Primary Hospital: West Boca Medical Center 561.276.3111 Skin Cancer, Cosmetic Dermatology, Botox Therapy, Tattoo Removal Todd J. Minars, M.D. Minars Dermatology 4060 Sheridan St., Ste. C Hollywood, FL 33021 954.987.7512 Michele J. Moraes, M.D. Boca Dermatology Medical & Cosmetic Dermatology 9325 Glades Road, Ste. 107 Boca Raton, FL 33434 Primary Hospital: West Boca Medical Center 561.883.7770 Skin Cancer, Cosmetic Dermatology, Rosacea, Acne Eric Moum, M.D. Moum Dermatology 2800 S. Seacrest Blvd., Ste. 280 Boynton Beach, FL 33435 Primary Hospital: Bethesda Memorial Hospital 561.735.4300 Adam S. Plotkin, M.D. Palm Beach Dermatology Group 5210 Linton Blvd., Ste. 307 Delray Beach, FL 33484 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.499.0660 Skin Cancer, Cosmetic Dermatology Harold S. Rabinovitz, M.D. Skin & Cancer Associates 201 NW 82nd Ave., Ste. 103 Plantation, FL 33324-1857 Primary Hospital: Westside Regional Medical Center 954.693.9648 Mohs Surgery, Skin Cancer

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2 019 T O P D O CS Marta I. Rendon, M.D. Rendon Center for Dermatology & Aesthetic Medicine 1001 NW 13th St., Ste. 100 Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.750.0544 Phototherapy, Dermatologic Surgery, Laser Surgery, Psoriasis/Eczema

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argaret Duriez was born in West Palm Beach and grew up in Florida and on a family farm in Pennsylvania. After graduating from college, she became increasingly interested in organic food and sustainable living. Margaret and her husband, Franck, are vegetarian as are their four children. Lox Farm started as a place to grow food for their family. Two years later, Margaret and the Lox Farms team started selling fresh local produce to the community and providing education about sustainable farming.

Will F. Richardson Jr., M.D. Natura Dermatology & Cosmetics 1120 Bayview Drive Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304 954.537.4106 Mohs Surgery William I. Roth, M.D. 10075 Jog Road, Ste. 206 Boynton Beach, FL 33437 561.731.4900 Skin Cancer, Cosmetic Dermatology

What is the Fresh Rx initiative?

We at Lox Farms maintain the belief that food can play an essential role in treating disease, which is why we decided to start Fresh Rx, a partnership with Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties that will fill prescriptions of fresh produce free of charge. Each weekly Fresh Rx delivery will contain a salad mix, nutrient-dense microgreens harvested as shoots, and a variety of vegetables, which will support patients in making a shift toward a plant-based diet while eliminating the financial burden on patient’s loved ones. The program is expected to launch this fall.

Who are the patients who will benefit?

Fresh Rx will initially serve oncology, cardiac and pediatric patients at Jupiter Medical Center whose doctors have advised them to change their diets as part of a comprehensive treatment plan.

Once launched, we hope to eventually expand Fresh Rx to other departments.

What is your personal food philosophy?

A guiding principle that I follow as it relates to diet is that food should be wholesome, plant-based and grown in a sustainable manner without the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers.

Foods that are unrefined, unprocessed and derived from plants have an array of healing properties and can also assist in preventing disease.

What is the connection between food and health?

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environment and our health. Transitioning to a plant-based diet is known to improve cellular function, improve your immune system and reduce cholesterol among other benefits. Lox Farms is certified naturally grown and has chosen to grow directly in the soil without synthetic fertilizers, fungicides or pesticides, ensuring our customers receive produce that is nutrient dense and free from dangerous chemicals that can wreak havoc on the body.

What is a tip for trying to eat totally organic?

Shop local. Green markets are a great way to save on the cost of organic produce and reduce the number of miles your food travels, thus the carbon footprint of the meals you prepare. Lox Farms produce can be purchased at several green market locations around South Florida, including the Downtown West Palm Beach Green Market, Delray Beach Green Market and The Gardens Green Market.

Richard M. Rubenstein, M.D. Skin & Cancer Associates 7421 N. University Drive, Ste. 307 Tamarac, FL 33321 Primary Hospital: University Hospital & Medical Center - Tamarac 954.720.7272 Dermatologic Surgery, Cosmetic Dermatology, Laser Surgery Martin Schiff, M.D. Advanced Dermatology & Cosmetic Surgery 1905 Clint Moore Road, Ste. 103 Boca Raton, FL 33496 561.241.4474 Skin Cancer Evan Heath Schlam, M.D. Schlam Dermatology 10044 NW First Court Plantation, FL 33324 Primary Hospital: Plantation General Hospital 954.741.5600 Mohs Surgery, Skin Cancer, Medical Dermatology, Contact Dermatitis Jordan B. Schwartzberg, M.D. Boca Raton Skin Institute 9325 Glades Road, Ste. 207 Boca Raton, FL 33434 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.487.7575 Skin Cancer, Dermatologic Surgery, Cosmetic Dermatology, Psoriasis Stuart A. Sobel, M.D. Sobel & Sofman 4340 Sheridan St., Ste. 101 Hollywood, FL 33021-3511 954.983.5533 Skin Cancer

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2 0 1 9 T OP D OC S Michael S. Sofman, M.D. Sobel & Sofman 4340 Sheridan St., Ste. 101 Hollywood, FL 33021-3511 954.983.5533 Acne & Rosacea, Psoriasis/Eczema, Skin Cancer & Moles, Cosmetic Dermatology John M. Strasswimmer, M.D./Ph.D. Mohs Surgery Institute 2605 W. Atlantic Ave., Ste. 204D Delray Beach, FL 33445 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.819.5822 Mohs Surgery, Skin Cancer, Reconstructive Surgery, Melanoma Shari F. Topper, M.D. DermPartners Medical & Cosmetic Spa 21020 S. State 7 Road, Ste. 120 Boca Raton, FL 33428 Primary Hospital: West Boca Medical Center 561.883.5640 Laser Hair Removal Angela G. Weatherall, M.D. Clearlyderm 7050 W. Palmetto Park Road, Ste. 30 Boca Raton, FL 33433 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.353.3376 Autoimmune Disease, Pemphigus, Pediatric Dermatology Kathryn C. Zeoli, M.D. Skin Cancer Treatment Center 10067 Pines Blvd., Ste. A Pembroke Pines, FL 33024 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Imperial Point 954.436.5625 Skin Cancer DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY Carl Rosenkrantz, M.D. West Boca Medical Center 21644 State Road, Ste. 7 Boca Raton, FL 33428 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.495.3170 ENDOCRINOLOGY, DIABETES & METABOLISM Edward B. Biederman, M.D. Holy Cross Medical Group 4701 N. Federal Highway, Ste. A-27 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital - Fort Lauderdale

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954.938.9966 Diabetes, Thyroid Disorders, Pituitary Disorders, Parathyroid Disorders Jose M. Cabral, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Department of Endocrinology 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd., Weston FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5271 Cholesterol/Lipid Disorders, Thyroid Disorders, Diabetes, Hypertension Allan C. Golding, M.D. Memorial Center for Integrative Endocrine Surgery 1150 N. 35th Ave., Ste. 200 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Memorial Regional Hospital 954.265.0000 Thyroid Cancer, Parathyroid Disorders, Adrenal Tumors, Endocrine Neck Ultrasound

Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5271 Thyroid Disorders, Thyroid Cancer, Parathyroid Disorders Rolando F. Rodriguez, M.D. East Coast Medical Associates 1500 NW 10th Ave., Ste. 205 Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.391.1085 Diabetes, Thyroid Disorders, Metabolic Disorders, Pituitary Disorders Novelette Thompson, M.D. Holy Cross Medical Group 4701 N. Federal Highway, Ste. A27 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital - Fort Lauderdale 954.938.9966

R. Mack Harrell, M.D. Memorial Center for Integrative Endocrine Surgery 1150 N. 35th Ave., Ste. 200 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Memorial Regional Hospital 954.265.0000 Thyroid Cancer, Parathyroid Disorders, Adrenal Tumors, Endocrine Neck Ultrasound

Bryan S. Vinik, M.D. East Coast Medical Associates 1500 NW 10th Ave., Ste. 205 Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.391.1085 Diabetes, Metabolic Disorders, Thyroid Disorders, Pituitary Disorders

Fidel Henriquez, M.D. 10796 Pines Blvd.

Pembroke Pines, FL 33026 Primary Hospital: Memorial Hospital Pembroke 954.442.1402 Endocrinology

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David I. Levenson, M.D. East Coast Medical Associates 7301 W. Palmetto Park Road, Ste. 108-B Boca Raton, FL 33433 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.391.4441 Diabetes, Thyroid Disorders, Cholesterol/Lipid Disorders, Osteoporosis Michael J. Mellman, M.D. Boynton Beach Endocrinology 10150 Hagen Ranch Road, Ste. 201 Boynton Beach, FL 33437 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.374.8969 Diabetes, Thyroid Disorders Vineeth Mohan, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Department of Endocrinology 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331

Ernesto Bonilla, M.D. Weston Family Health Center 1825 N. Corporate Lakes Blvd.

Weston, FL 33326 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida - Weston 954.349.1111 Adolescent Medicine, Preventive Medicine Robert A. Cohen, D.O. Cohen Medical Associates 15300 Jog Road, Ste. 205 Delray Beach, FL 33446 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.496.7200 Nutrition, Geriatric Medicine, Complementary Medicine Mitchell E. Goldstein, D.O. Tenet Florida Physician Services 9970 Central Park Blvd. N., Ste. 205 Boca Raton, FL 33428 Primary Hospital: West Boca Medical Center 561.487.7931

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Hallandale, FL 33009 Primary Hospital: Memorial Regional Hospital 954.362.8677

Stacey J. Oddman, M.D. Holy Cross Medical Group - Galt Ocean Mile Practice 4004 N. Ocean Blvd.

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital Fort Lauderdale 954.564.1330 Claudia V. Perdei, M.D. 15340 Jog Road, Ste. 202 Delray Beach, FL 33446 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.450.7866 Eric C. Schertzer, M.D. Plantation Family Practice 350 N. Pine Island Road, Ste. 301 Plantation, FL 33324 Primary Hospital: Westside Regional Medical Center 954.475.4000 Preventive Medicine Bridget M. Silva, M.D. 10220 W. Sample Road, Ste. 1 Coral Springs, FL 33065 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Coral Springs 954.340.1123 Hermann J. Stubbe, M.D. Weston Family Health Center 1825 N. Corporate Lakes Blvd.

Weston, FL 33326 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.349.1111 Geriatric Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Hypertension, Diabetes GASTROENTEROLOGY Jay B. Adler, M.D. Hahn & Adler Gastroenterology & Internal Medicine 1776 N. Pine Island Road, Ste. 210 Plantation, FL 33322 Primary Hospital: Westside Regional Medical

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Center 954.792.2220 Colon Cancer, Esophageal Disorders, Liver Disease, Pancreatic Disease Ronen Arai, M.D. Digestive Care of North Broward 3001 Coral Hills Drive, Ste. 250 Coral Springs, FL 33065 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Coral Springs 954.721.5400 Alan R. Bank, M.D. Digestive CARE 9970 Central Park Blvd., Ste. 101 Boca Raton, FL 33428-2231 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.488.2700 Endoscopy Gregory F. Bonner, M.D. Gastroenterology Institute of Fort Lauderdale 2021 E. Commercial Blvd., Ste. 202 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital - Fort Lauderdale 954.202.7850 Inflammatory Bowel Disease/Crohn’s, Crohn’s Disease, Ulcerative Colitis Roger J. Charles, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Department of Gastroenterology 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5646 Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Capsule Endoscopy, Enteroscopy-Small Bowel, Endoscopy

Coral Springs, FL 33065 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Coral Springs 954.721.5400 Liver Disease, Hepatitis, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Colon Cancer Screening Lawrence M. Fiedler, M.D. Digestive CARE 2300 Glades Road, Ste. 201E Boca Raton, FL 33431 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.208.2121 Clostridium Difficile Disease, Gastrointestinal Cancer, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Esophageal Disorders Jeffrey B. Kaner, M.D. Gastroenterology Consultants 4700 Sheridan St., Ste. F Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Memorial Regional Hospital 954.961.8400 Endoscopy Robert D. Kaplan, M.D. Gastro Health Care Center 23 939 N. University Drive Coral Springs, FL 33071 Primary Hospital: University Hospital & Medical Center - Tamarac 954.755.3374 Daniel E. McGuire, M.D. South Florida Gastroenterology Associates 7270 W. Boynton Beach Blvd.

Boynton Beach, FL 33437 Primary Hospital: Bethesda Memorial Hospital 561.738.5772 Endoscopy, Crohn’s Disease, Colitis

James Chong, M.D. Gastro Health 4675 Linton Blvd., Ste. 202 Delray Beach, FL 33445-2660 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.495.5700

Morris Naus, M.D. Gastro Health 4675 Linton Blvd., Ste. 202 Delray Beach, FL 33445-6615 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.495.5700

Edward S. Deutsch, M.D. Digestive Care of North Broward 3001 Coral Hills Drive, Ste. 250 Coral Springs, FL 33065 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Coral Springs 954.721.5400 Crohn’s Disease, Hepatitis C, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Ronnie R. Pimentel, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Department of Gastroenterology 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5646 Endoscopic Therapies, Gastrointestinal Cancer, Barrett’s Esophagus, Endoscopic Ultrasound

Kenneth L. Diamond, M.D. Digestive Care of North Broward 3001 Coral Hills Drive, Ste. 250

Vito C. Proscia, M.D. Gastroenterology Consultants 951 NW 13th St., Ste. 2E

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2 0 1 9 T OP D OC S Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.368.3455 Barrett’s Esophagus, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Colon Cancer Screening, Esophageal Disorders Harold H. Rosen, M.D. North Broward Medical Center 1 W. Sample Road, Ste. 102 Pompano Beach, FL 33064-3547 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital - Fort Lauderdale 954.782.2442 Barry S. Ross, M.D. Digestive Care of North Broward 3001 Coral Hills Drive, Ste. 250 Coral Springs, FL 33065 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Coral Springs 954.721.5400

Joshua H. Rubin, M.D. Digestive CARE 2300 Glades Road, Ste. 201E Boca Raton, FL 33431 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.208.2121 Gastrointestinal Cancer, Inflammatory Bowel Disease,Esophageal Disorders, Celiac Disease Matthew J. Soff, M.D. West Broward Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine 201 NW 82nd Ave., Ste. 202 Plantation, FL 33324-7808 Primary Hospital: Westside Regional Medical Center 954.474.3262 Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Endoscopy & Colonoscopy, Nutrition Howard R. Sonderling, M.D. Digestive CARE 2300 Glades Road, Ste. 201E Boca Raton, FL 33431 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.208.2121 Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal Cancer, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Esophageal Disorders Gordon G. Souaid, M.D. 1740 E. Hallandale Beach Blvd.

Hallandale Beach, FL 33009 Primary Hospital: Aventura Hospital & Medical Center 305.933.3170 Michael B. Sternthal, M.D. Digestive Care of North Broward 3001 Coral Hills Drive, Ste. 250

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Coral Springs, FL 33065 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Coral Springs 954.721.5400 Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Endoscopic Ultrasound Bradley A. Towbin, M.D. South Florida Gastroenterology Associates 7270 W. Boynton Beach Blvd.

Boynton Beach, FL 33437 Primary Hospital: Bethesda Memorial Hospital 561.738.5772 Endoscopy John R. Watson, M.D. Coral Ridge Gastroenterology Associates 5301 N. Dixie Highway, Ste. 202 Oakland Park, FL 33334-4124 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital - Fort Lauderdale 954.771.9920 GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY Frank D. Cirisano, M.D. Women’s Cancer Care Center 401 Linton Blvd., Ste. 300 Delray Beach, FL 33444 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.447.0090 Laparoscopic Surgery, Gynecologic Cancers, Ovarian Cancer, Gynecologic Surgery-Complex

HAND SURGERY Roy Cardoso, M.D. Orthopaedic Associates USA 350 N. Pine Island Road, Ste. 200 Plantation, FL 33324 Primary Hospital: Memorial Hospital West 954.476.8800 Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery, Elbow Reconstruction, Shoulder Reconstruction, Brachial Plexus Injury David W. Friedman, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5430 Fractures, Reconstructive Surgery, Microsurgery, Sports Injuries Harris Gellman, M.D. Broward Hand Center 3100 Coral Hills Drive, Ste. 305 Coral Springs, FL 33065 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Coral Springs 954.575.8056 Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Wrist Injuries, Congenital Hand Deformities, Dupuytren’s Contracture HAND SURGERY

E. Jason Gates, M.D. Women’s Surgical Specialists 6405 N. Federal Highway, Ste. 402 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Medical Center 954.771.8888 Robotic Surgery, Cervical Cancer, Endometrial Cancer, Gynecologic Cancers

Michael J. Krebsbach, M.D. Boca Raton Orthopaedic Group 660 Glades Road, Ste. 460 Boca Raton, FL 33431-6469 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.391.5515 Trauma, Reconstructive Surgery, Arthritis, Congenital Hand Deformities

Thomas P. Morrissey, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Women’s Health Institute 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5559 Cervical Cancer, Uterine Cancer, Ovarian Cancer

Brandon J. Luskin, M.D. Orthopaedic Surgery Associates 2828 S. Seacrest Blvd., Ste. 104 Boynton Beach, FL 33435 Primary Hospital: Bethesda Memorial Hospital 561.734.5080 Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Endoscopic Surgery, Wrist Injuries, Microvascular Surgery

Emery Salom, M.D. Center for Gynecologic Oncology 12741 Miramar Parkway Miramar, FL 33027 Primary Hospital: Palmetto General Hospital 954.602.9723

Steve E. Meadows, M.D. South Palm Orthopedics 4800 Linton Blvd., A Building, Ste. 201 Delray Beach, FL 33445 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.496.6622 Rotator Cuff Surgery, Arthroscopic Surgery, Shoulder Replacement, Hand Injuries

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2 019 T O P D O CS Gary B. Schwartz, M.D. Broward Spine Institute 3702 Washington St., Ste. 101 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Memorial Regional Hospital 954.272.2225 Wrist Surgery, Microsurgery HEMATOLOGY Howard A. Adler, M.D. The Center for Hematology-Oncology 701 NW 13th St., Floor 2 Boca Raton, FL 33486-2269 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.955.6400 Hematologic Malignancies Lloyd D. Berkowitz, M.D. The Center for Hematology-Oncology 701 NW 13th St., Floor 2 Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.955.6400 Warren S. Brenner, M.D. The Center for Hematology-Oncology 701 NW 13th St., Floor 2 Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.955.6400 Hematology-Benign, Gastrointestinal Cancer, Hematologic Malignancies Douglas E. Faig, M.D. Southeast Florida Hematology-Oncology Group 5700 N. Federal Highway, Ste. 5 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Imperial Point 954.776.1800 Bleeding/Coagulation Disorders Chieh-Lin Fu, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Maroone Cancer Center 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5840 Hematologic Malignancies, Bleeding/ Coagulation Disorders, Anemia Stephen A. Grabelsky, M.D. The Center for Hematology-Oncology 701 NW 13th St., Floor 2 Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.955.6400 Gastrointestinal Cancer

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Harold Richter, M.D. The Center for Hematology-Oncology 701 NW 13th St., Floor 2 Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.955.6400 Hematologic Malignancies, Hematology-Benign INFECTIOUS DISEASE Julio V. Cardenas, M.D. Infectious Disease Associates 1050 NW 15th St., Ste. 205 Boca Raton, FL 33486-1331 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.393.8224 Fevers of Unknown Origin, Tropical Diseases, Endocarditis, Pneumonia Paula A. Eckardt, M.D. Memorial Division of Infectious Disease 1150 N. 35th Ave., Ste. 445 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Memorial Regional Hospital 954.265.6130 Margaret J. Gorensek, M.D. Holy Cross Medical Group - Infectious Disease Practice 5601 N. Dixie Highway, Ste. 107 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33334 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital - Fort Lauderdale 954.493.9752 AIDS/HIV, Infections-Transplant, Pediatric Infectious Disease, Infections in Immunocompromised Patients Donald F. Heiman, M.D. 5458 Town Center Road, Ste. 2 Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.395.8699 Alberto Mestre, M.D. Mestre & Perez 7353 NW Fourth St. Plantation, FL 33317-2202 Primary Hospital: Westside Regional Medical Center 954.584.6320 Stephen A. Renae, M.D. Infections Managed 4800 NE 20th Terrace, Ste. 115 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Medical Center 954.776.9992 HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B & C, Bone/Joint Infections, Lyme Disease

Roger Spitzer, M.D. Infectious Disease Consultants - South Broward 4420 A Sheridan St. Hollywood, FL 33021-6053 Primary Hospital: Memorial Regional Hospital 954.962.0040

Kurt L. Wiese, M.D. Infectious Disease Associates 1050 NW 15th St., Ste. 205 Boca Raton, FL 33486-1331 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.393.8224 Travel Medicine INTERNAL MEDICINE Aldo Alamo, M.D. Holy Cross Medical Group 1309 S. Federal Highway Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital - Fort Lauderdale 954.463.4383 Wound Care, Hyperbaric Medicine Quazi A. Bari, M.D. MCA Boynton Beach 9770 S. Military Trail, Ste. B5 Boynton Beach, FL 33436 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.740.7720 Internal Medicine Jonathan B. Berger, M.D. 1500 NW 10th Ave., Ste. 105 Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.361.8106 Concierge Medicine Richard R. Bobe, M.D. 15340 Jog Road, Ste. 202 Delray Beach, FL 33446 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.330.4177 Concierge Medicine Nicolas Breuer, M.D. 660 Glades Road, Ste. 100 Boca Raton, FL 33431 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.395.9200 Preventive Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease

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2 0 1 9 T OP D OC S Dawn M. Davanzo, M.D. 1050 NW 15th St., Ste. 115A Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.338.3300 Concierge Medicine Gabriel Gavrilescu, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Department of Internal Medicine 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5867 Geriatric Medicine, Diabetes, Hypertension, Metabolic Syndrome Linda A. Groene, M.D. 6405 N. Federal Highway, Ste. 102 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Imperial Point 954.772.0062 Concierge Medicine, Geriatric Medicine David Hevert, M.D. Glades Medical Group 3848 FAU Blvd., Ste. 210 Boca Raton, FL 33431 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.394.3088 Christos P. Kokinakos, D.O. Renaissance Internal Medicine 5210 Linton Blvd., Ste. 202 Delray Beach, FL 33484 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.638.8484 Geriatric Medicine, Preventive Medicine Seba Krumholtz, M.D. Boca Raton Physicians 1905 Clint Moore Road, Ste. 201 Boca Raton, FL 33496 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.982.0007 Concierge Medicine

561.997.2554 Concierge Medicine, Osteoporosis, Hypertension, Diabetes Sara S. Levine, M.D. Comprehensive Family Health Care 7100 W. Camino Real, Ste. 110 Boca Raton, FL 33433 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.750.2338 Adolescent Medicine, Weight Management, Preventive Medicine Richard A. Levine, M.D. Priority Concierge 7280 W. Palmetto Park Road, Ste. 205N Boca Raton, FL 33433 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.368.0191 Preventive Medicine, Concierge Medicine Jorge I. Montalvan, M.D. Glades Medical Group 3848 FAU Blvd., Ste. 210 Boca Raton, FL 33431 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.394.3088 Ross D. Nochimson, M.D. 4994 N. University Drive Fort Lauderdale, FL 33351-5748 Primary Hospital: University Hospital & Medical Center - Tamarac 954.748.9300 Jose F. Ojea, M.D. Medical Specialists of the Palm Beaches Family Medicine 1880 N. Congress Ave., Ste. 303 Boynton Beach, FL 33426 Primary Hospital: JFK Medical Center Atlantis 561.734.8111 Geriatric Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Infection Control

Keith J. Lerner, M.D. 4850 W. Oakland Park Blvd., Ste. 209 Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33313 Primary Hospital: Westside Regional Medical Center 954.484.4440

Janice S. Plaxe, D.O. Glades Medical Group 3848 FAU Blvd., Ste. 210 Boca Raton, FL 33431 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.394.3088 Preventive Medicine

Felice Levine, M.D. MDVIP 1905 Clint Moore Road, Ste. 204 Boca Raton, FL 33496 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital

Andrew S. Raxenberg, D.O. Medical Specialists of the Palm Beaches 2015 Ocean Drive, Ste. 8 Boyton Beach, FL 33426 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.737.4777

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Armand J. Rodriguez, M.D. Holy Cross Medical Group 1900 E. Commercial Blvd.

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital - Fort Lauderdale 954.542.2550 Preventive Medicine Shari B. Rosenbaum, M.D. 1905 Clint Moore Road, Ste. 204 Boca Raton, FL 33496 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.988.0995 Concierge Medicine, Preventive Medicine John Rubin, M.D. The Rubin Clinic 660 Glades Road, Ste. 110 Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.391.7575

Alan M. Saitowitz, M.D. BocaCare 3313 W. Hillsboro Blvd., Ste. 200 Deerfield Beach, FL 33442 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 954.420.0886 Andrew Schlein, M.D. Schlein & Shinder 10075 Jog Road, Ste. 207 Boynton Beach, FL 33437 Primary Hospital: JFK Medical Center - Atlantis 561.737.8177 Darby Sider, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Department Internal Medicine 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5867 Jodi S. Simkins, M.D. Boca Integrative Health 7100 W. Camino Real, Ste. 207 Boca Raton, FL 33433 561.391.2770 Preventive Medicine, Women’s Health, Weight Management Caren B. Singer, M.D. 255 SE 14th St., Ste. 1B Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316-1827 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Medical Center 954.467.3878 Concierge Medicine

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2 019 T O P D O CS Janice M. Stephenson, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida 3250 Meridian Parkway Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5124 Preventive Medicine, Women’s Health Kari Tannenbaum, M.D. Personal Physician Care 4800 Linton Blvd., Ste. F-107 Delray Beach, FL 33445 561.498.5660 Concierge Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Preventive Cardiology, Diabetes

FOUR WAYS TO GET UNSTUCK IN LIFE, ACCORDING TO IMPACT COACH KATIE SANDLER

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re the same situations repeating in your life? Are you coming up against similar obstacles time and time again? This is what we call being “stuck.” It can happen in your business, personal life, love life and general sense of well-being.

If you’re feeling “stuck,” it may manifest in the body as tightness in your muscles and diaphragm, or even a lack of energy.

A few tools and practices can help you find powerful shifts in perspective to make it possible to get unstuck.

1. Identify your “why.” When we lack direction and a sense of purpose, it’s easy to get stuck in nihilism and overwhelm. A “why” can help you to keep going on days when motivation is low. This larger “why” can also help you see past your own sense of being “stuck,” which is likely a made-up story to begin with. Dig deep. Ask yourself: What is my purpose? What makes me feel fulfilled?

2. Cut the B.S. You have to realize when your excuses are running the show more than your goals. Get out of autopilot, connect to your why and stop letting excuses sabotage your progress. Remember the excuse-maker is just inner fear, which leads to my next point.

3. Get familiar with the voice inside your head. Our internal dialogues are often on autopilot. Once you realize this, you can tend to the voice and learn from it. Take time to get to know the different conversations happening inside of your head.

Meditation and mindfulness are great ways

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Sheldon T. Warman, M.D. 4750 N. Federal Highway, Ste. 201 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital - Fort Lauderdale 954.489.7772 Preventive Medicine, Executive Health, Diagnostic Problems

to uncover these thoughts and even begin to reprogram them.

4. Visualize your future. You need to learn to become objective and to quiet your mind in order to do this. Once you have meditated, danced, played guitar, or done whatever it is that helps quiet the mind and find a better mood, begin visualizing your ideal life. Memorize the feeling. You may even be surprised by what comes up. This alone can jolt you out of feeling stuck.

Katie Sandler is an Impact Coach and creator of the Impact Retreat and Impact Adventures. The Impact Retreat is a three- to five-day tailored experience that combines luxury, wellness and culture to balance the mind, body and spirit for personal and professional transformation.

Sandler has overcome immense physical and mental hurdles, including being born without an ear, overcoming paralysis at age 17 and subsequently facing depression head on. These, amongst others, have become the key catalysts of her professional career and helping clients reach that “aha!” moment.

Sandler has her master’s in mental health counseling, her bachelor’s in psychology and a background in psychiatric research from John Hopkins.

For more information on Sandler and her retreats, visit katiesandler.com.

Bryan Wasserman, M.D. 5258 Linton Blvd., Ste. 305 Delray Beach, FL 33484-6539 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.496.4000 Concierge Medicine Alan J. Yesner, M.D. Holy Cross Medical Group 4725 N. Federal Highway, Ste. 502 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital - Fort Lauderdale 954.542.6000

INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY William R. Alexis, M.D. Memorial Cardiac & Vascular Institute 601 N. Flamingo Road, Ste. 405 Pembroke Pines, FL 33028 Primary Hospital: Memorial Hospital Pembroke 954.688.4600 Howard S. Bush, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Department of Cardiology 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd., Floor 2 Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5290 Acute Coronary Syndromes, Coronary Artery Disease-Complex, Renovascular Disease, Angioplasty & Stent Placement

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2 0 1 9 T OP D OC S Steven M. Coletti, M.D. Cardiology Associates of Boca Raton 9980 Central Park Blvd. N, Ste. 304 Boca Raton, FL 33428-1704 Primary Hospital: West Boca Medical Center 561.483.8335 Angioplasty & Stent Placement, Cardiac Catheterization, Intravascular Ultrasound, Coronary Artery Disease Carlos A. Cowley, M.D. Cardiology & Fitness Medicine 601 N. Congress Ave., Ste. 402 Delray Beach, FL 33445 Primary Hospital: Bethesda Memorial Hospital 561.278.1910 Angioplasty & Stent Placement, Coronary Artery Disease Henry Cusnir, M.D. Heart & Health Institute Westside 8251 W. Broward Blvd., Ste. 300 Plantation, FL 33324 Primary Hospital: Westside Regional Medical Center 954.731.1101 Coronary Angioplasty/Stents, Carotid Artery Angioplasty & Stent Kenneth R. Fromkin, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Department of Cardiology 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd., Floor 2 Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida - Weston 954.659.5290 Angiography-Coronary, Coronary Artery Disease-Complex, Angioplasty & Stent Placement, Acute Coronary Syndromes Eric A. Heller, M.D. Florida Premier Cardiology 5210 Linton Blvd., Ste. 301 Delray Beach, FL 33484 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.496.7900 Aortic Valve Replacement-Transcatheter TAVR, Percutaneous Valve Repair, Coronary Artery Disease-Complex, Coronary Angioplasty/Stents Violeta A. McCormack, M.D. Broward Health Physicians Group 1600 S. Andrews Ave., Floor 1 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Medical Center 954.760.7171 Heart Disease in Women, Cardiac Catheterization

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Barry S. Merrill, M.D. Bartzokis, Rubenstein, & Servoss 1000 NW Ninth Court, Ste. 101 Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.368.4444 Interventional Cardiology, Cardiac Catheterization, Heart Valve Disease, Non-Invasive Cardiology David Mishkel, M.D. 1599 NW Ninth Ave., Ste. 203 Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.338.8884 Jonathan I. Seckler, M.D. Seckler Heart Center 660 Glades Road, Ste. 200 Boca Raton, FL 33431 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.338.9992 Angioplasty & Stent Placement, Echocardiography Lance A. Simkins, M.D. Tenet Florida Physician Services 7421 N. University Drive, Ste. 101 Tamarac, FL 33321-2952 Primary Hospital: University Hospital & Medical Center - Tamarac 954.721.6666 Louis Snyder, M.D. NYU Langone Cardiology Associates - Delray Beach 16244 S. Military Trail, Ste. 560 Delray Beach, FL 33410 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.495.7787 Angioplasty & Stent Placement, Cardiac Catheterization Alan A. Zelcer, M.D. 5210 Linton Blvd., Ste. 101 Delray Beach, FL 33484-6537 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.495.7230 Angioplasty & Stent Placement, Cardiac Catheterization MEDICAL ONCOLOGY Mayda Arias, M.D. Southeast Florida Hematology - Oncology Group 5700 N. Federal Highway, Ste. 5 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Broward Health North 954.776.1800

Albert Begas, M.D. The Center for Hematology - Oncology 701 NW 13th St., Floor 2 Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.955.6400 Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer David Z. Drew, M.D. Holy Cross Medical Group - Michael & Dianne Bienes Comprehensive Cancer Center 4725 N. Federal Highway Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital Fort Lauderdale 954.267.7700 Lung Cancer, Hematologic Malignancies David Grossman, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5000 Palliative Care Robert A. Hirsch, M.D. 603 N. Flamingo Road, Ste. 151 Pembroke Pines, FL 33028 Primary Hospital: Memorial Regional Hospital 954.265.4325 Atif Hussein, M.D. Memorial Cancer Institute 1150 N. 35th Ave., Ste. 330 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Memorial Regional Hospital 954.265.4325 Sarcoma, Brain Tumors, Melanoma, Bone Tumors Mohammad Jahanzeb, M.D. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center 1192 E. Newport Center Drive, Ste. 100 Deerfield Beach, FL 33442 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 954.571.0111 Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer, Clinical Trials Alan J. Koletsky, M.D. The Center for Hematology - Oncology 701 NW 13th St., Floor 2 Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.955.6400 Genitourinary Cancer

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2 019 T O P D O CS David S. Lessen, M.D. Southeast Florida Hematology - Oncology Group 5700 N. Federal Highway, Ste. 5 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Broward Health North 954.776.1800 Louise E. Morrell, M.D. 701 NW 13th St., Floor 3 Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.955.2141 Breast Cancer, Cancer Genetics, Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Alejandra T. Perez, M.D. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center 8100 SW 10th St. Plantation, FL 33324 Primary Hospital: University of Miami Hosp & Clinics/Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center 954.210.1000 Breast Cancer David Raskin, M.D. Medical Specialists of Fort Lauderdale 8395 W. Oakland Park Blvd., Ste. A Sunrise, FL 33351 Primary Hospital: North Shore Medical Center - FMC Campus 954.747.6220 Hematology Samarth Reddy, M.D. 21st Century Oncology - Hematology Oncology Associates of Boca Raton 9970 Central Park Blvd. N., Ste. 304 Boca Raton, FL 33428 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.482.6611 Thomas A. Samuel, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Maroone Cancer Center 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5840 Breast Cancer Andrew M. Schneider, M.D. South Florida Oncology/Hematology Consultants 7351 W. Oakland Park Blvd., Ste. 101 Lauderhill, FL 33319-7107 Primary Hospital: North Shore Medical Center-FMC Campus 954.748.2500 Hematology, Palliative Care

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Zdenka Ena Segota, M.D. Holy Cross Medical Group - Michael & Dianne Bienes Comprehensive Cancer Center 4725 N. Federal Highway Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital - Fort Lauderdale 954.267.7700 Hematologic Malignancies, Gynecologic Cancers, Breast Cancer

Mauro Braun, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Nephrology & Hypertension 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5148 Kidney Disease-Chronic, Dialysis Care, Glomerulonephritis, Hypertension

Jane D. Skelton, M.D. The Center for Hematology - Oncology 701 NW 13th St., Floor 2 Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.955.6400 Breast Cancer

Dusan M. Dragovic, M.D. Kidney Wellness Center 5300 W. Hillsboro Blvd., Ste. 206 Coconut Creek, FL 33073 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Coral Springs 954.420.9908 Hypertension, Fluid/Electrolyte Balance, Kidney Disease-Chronic, Transplant Medicine-Kidney

Elizabeth R. Stone, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Maroone Cancer Center 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5840 Breast Cancer Frederick N. Wittlin, M.D. Memorial Cancer Institute 1150 N. 35th Ave., Ste. 330 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Memorial Regional Hospital 954.265.4325 Solid Tumors, Hematologic Malignancies, Lung Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer NEPHROLOGY Jorge L. Ajuria, M.D. The Kidney & Hypertension Group of South Florida 2001 NE 48th Court, Ste. 4 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital - Fort Lauderdale 954.771.3929 Anemia in Chronic Kidney Disease, HIV in Kidney Disease, Kidney Failure-Acute, Kidney Disease-Chronic Carlos Bejar, M.D. The Kidney & Hypertension Group of South Florida 2001 NE 48th Court, Ste. 4 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital - Fort Lauderdale 954.771.3929 Diabetic Kidney Disease, Hypertension, Kidney Stones, Kidney DiseaseAutoimmune

Beth L. Fromkin, M.D. South Florida Nephrology Consultants 1150 N. 35th Ave., Ste. 465 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Memorial Regional Hospital 954.986.9008 Transplant Medicine-Kidney, Kidney Disease-Chronic, Dialysis Care Ifeanyi Isaiah, M.D. 17901 NW Fifth St., Ste. 203 Pembroke Pines, FL 33029 Primary Hospital: Memorial Hospital Pembroke 954.438.8085 Jared A. Jaffe, D.O. Boca Nephrology 2900 N. Military Trail, Ste. 195 Boca Raton, FL 33431 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.241.7100 Paramjit S. Kalirao, M.D. West Broward Nephrology 2951 NW 49th Ave., Ste. 301 Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33313 Primary Hospital: Northwest Medical Center 954.739.2221 Ira L. Lazar, M.D. South Florida Kidney Disease & Hypertension Specialists 1905 Clint Moore Road, Ste. 212 Boca Raton, FL 33496 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.989.9070 Hypertension, Dialysis Care

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2 0 1 9 T OP D OC S Armen Margaryan, M.D. Kidney & Hypertension Specialists 5210 Linton Blvd., Ste. 105 Delray Beach, FL 33484 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.496.1160 Kidney Failure, Dialysis Care, Kidney Stones, Diabetic Kidney Disease John Panos, M.D. South Florida Kidney Disease & Hypertension Specialists 1905 Clint Moore Road, Ste. 212 Boca Raton, FL 33496 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.989.9070 Lon M. Sadowsky, D.O. Kidney & Hypertension Specialists 5210 Linton Blvd., Ste. 105 Delray Beach, FL 33484-6542 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.496.1160 Dialysis Care, Hypertension, Kidney DiseaseAcute, Kidney Stones Prevention David A. Scott, M.D. Kidney & Hypertension Specialists 5210 Linton Blvd., Ste. 105 Delray Beach, FL 33484-6542 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.496.1160 Craig L. Stemmer, M.D. Boca Nephrology 2900 N. Military Trail, Ste. 195 Boca Raton, FL 33431 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.241.7100 Dialysis Care Gabriel A. Valle, M.D. The Kidney & Hypertension Group of South Florida 2001 NE 48th Court, Ste. 4 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital Fort Lauderdale 954.771.3929 Hypertension, Diabetic Kidney Disease, Transplant Medicine-Kidney, Glomerulonephritis Ahmed Ameen Waheed, M.D. The Kidney & Hypertension Group of South Florida 2001 NE 48th Court, Ste. 4 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital Fort Lauderdale 954.771.3929

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Hypertension, Lupus Nephritis, Metabolic Bone Disorders, Peritoneal Dialysis Zachary Yablon, M.D. Florida Kidney Physicians 407 SE Ninth St., Ste. 103 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Medical Center 954.463.0112 NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY Matthew R. Moore, M.D. Neurological Surgery Associates 1821 NE 25th St., Ste. 101 Lighthouse Point, FL 33064 Primary Hospital: Broward Health North 954.771.4251 Pituitary Tumors, Spinal Surgery, Brain & Spinal Cord Tumors, Stereotactic Radiosurgery Somnath Nair, M.D. 2623 S. Seacrest Blvd., Ste. 118 Boynton Beach, FL 33435 Primary Hospital: Bethesda Memorial Hospital 561.742.4419 Spinal Surgery Evan M. Packer, M.D. Brain & Spine Center of South Florida 4800 Linton Blvd., Ste. E-310 Delray Beach, FL 33445 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.501.7445 Brain Tumors, Spinal Surgery, Spinal Disc Replacement, Brain Injury Greg Zorman, M.D. Memorial Neurosurgery 1150 N. 35th Ave., Ste. 300 Hollywood, FL 33021-5428 Primary Hospital: Memorial Regional Hospital 954.265.1490 Brain Tumors NEUROLOGY Frederick J. Boltz, M.D. South Florida Neurology Associates 1601 Clint Moore Road, Ste. 120 Boca Raton, FL 33487 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.939.0300 Sajeel Chowdhary, M.D. BocaCare Marcus Neuroscience Institute 800 Meadows Road Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.955.4600 Neuro-Oncology, Brain & Spinal Cord Tumors

Arif I. Dalvi, M.D. Palm Beach Neuroscience Institute 8576 Boynton Beach Blvd., Ste. 2500 Boynton Beach, FL 33472 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.882.6214 Parkinson’s Disease, Movement Disorders, Botox for Muscle Overactivity, Deep Brain Stimulation Patricio S. Espinosa, M.D. Marcus Neuroscience Institute 800 Meadows Road Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.955.4600 Epilepsy, Sleep Disorders Marc Feinberg, M.D. South Florida Neurology Associates 1601 Clint Moore Road, Ste. 120 Boca Raton, FL 33487 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.939.0300 Nestor Galvez-Jimenez, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Department of Neurology 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5671 Movement Disorders, Parkinson’s Disease, Botox Therapy, Dystonia-Botox Therapy Jonathan O. Harris, M.D. Marcus Neuroscience Institute 800 Meadows Road Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.955.4600 Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, Clinical Trials Stuart H. Isaacson, M.D. Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center 951 NW 13th St., Ste. 5E Boca Raton, FL 33486 561.392.1818 Parkinson’s Disease, Movement Disorders Sonia K. Kalirao, M.D. Neurology Institute 5800 Colonial Drive, Ste. 403 Margate, FL 33063 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Coral Springs 954.803.9002 Continued on page 104

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2019 TOP DOCTORS

Our Top Doctors have been selected by Castle Connolly, Inc., an independent medical research firm. They were certified after peer nomination, extensive research and careful review and screening by their doctor-directed research team. We are proud to present our prestigious group of practitioners who chose to tell their stories in greater detail in this special advertising section. Their expertise will assist you in making informed healthcare decisions for you and your loved ones.

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AMY SONNENBLICK, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.

Obstetrics & Gynecology Top Doctor Since 2008

Dr. Amy Sonnenblick has been practicing Obstetrics and Gynecology in South Florida for more than 10 years. She has been a pioneer in the emerging specialty of office based Women’s Healthcare. Her practice focuses on treating women throughout all stages of life offering both general and specialty gynecologic services. Her expertise includes adolescent medicine, early detection of cancer, menopausal management, infertility, abnormal pap smears, Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), contraception, sexual dysfunction, women’s wellness and preventive care. Dr. Sonnenblick is a fellow in the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. She is a member of the Florida Medical Association, Broward County Medical Association and Fort Lauderdale Surgical Society.

Dr. Sonnenblick is dedicated to providing the highest level of compassion and care to her patients. She emphasizes a collaborative approach with her patients to help them develop an individualized strategy to promote health and wellness. Her staff is professional and friendly and share in her commitment to outstanding personalized patient care.

COLLEGE

Northwestern University

MEDICAL SCHOOL Cornell University

MEDICAL RESIDENCY

George Washington University

BOARD CERTIFICATION

American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

PLANTATION

600 South Pine Island Road • Suite 102 • Plantation, FL 33324

FORT LAUDERDALE

12 NE 12th Avenue • Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954.635.6243 • AmySonnenblickMD.com

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MATTHEW R. MOORE, M.D.,

F.A.A.N.S., F.A.C.S. Neurological Surgeon

Selected as a “Top Doctor” every year since 1999 A neurological surgeon for more than 25 years, Dr. Moore is an established specialist in South Florida for complex neck, low back and brain problems that ultimately may require surgery. He was the first CyberKnife-trained neurosurgeon in Broward County and frequently can offer this cutting edge treatment including using lasers over traditional operations. Most neck and back surgery patient are up walking the same afternoon and home the next day. Dr. Moore treats many patients with pituitary tumors and performs the most surgeries in Broward County using the intraoperative Stealth Navigation system for best outcomes.

An honors graduate of Harvard College, Moore attended Yale Medical School, where he received an award for his thesis in neuroregeneration studies. He completed his residency at Harvard Medical School’s Brigham & Women’s Hospital, where he was chief resident and a Harvey Cushing Fellow.

Moore has expertise in a variety of benign and malignant brain and spine tumors.

He also commonly performs the latest microscopic surgeries for neck and lower back pain caused by herniated discs and arthritis. Moore is the Medical Director of the Spine Care Center, which is the FIRST Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) certified spine center in all of South Florida (that is Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties). JCAHO performs the most rigorous and comprehensive of all federal inspections.

For more than 10 years, the private practice group to which Dr. Moore belongs were team physicians for the Miami Dolphins and now for the local NHL Players’ Association.

The group, Neurological Surgery Associates, has a convenient location mid-Broward County in Lighthouse Point, which is located east of I-95 between Copans and Sample Road. Dr. Moore accepts most kinds of insurance and also frequently provides expert witness testimony and IME’s for accident cases throughout Florida.

When evaluating treatment options for patients, Dr. Moore strives to choose what is right for the individual and considers the following question: What would I do if the patient were my mother or father?

Dr. Moore, who has published more than 40 articles and edited three books, was first named a “Top Doc” in 1999.

COLLEGE

Harvard University

MEDICAL SCHOOL Yale University

RESIDENCY

Harvard Medical School - Neurological Surgery Brigham & Women’s Hospital Children’s Hospital, Boston

BOARD CERTIFICATION

American Board of Neurological Surgery

CLINICAL APPOINTMENTS

• Head of Neurosurgery at Broward Health North and Holy Cross Hospital • Founding Director of the Spine Care Center at Broward Health North

MEMBERSHIPS

• American Association of Neurological Surgeons • Congress of Neurological Surgeons • Caducean Society • Honorary Life Member, Fraternal Order of Police, Fort Lauderdale

NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY ASSOCIATES

EAST: 1821 NE 25th St., Lighthouse Point • P: 954.771.4251 • F: 954.491.4892

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RICHARD CONLEN, M.D.

Obstetrics & Gynecology Top Doctor ‘18, ‘19

Dr. Richard A. Conlen, M.D., F.A.C.O.G. of Boca Raton Obstetrics and Gynecology provides a full spectrum of women’s health services including general gynecological care, family planning, menopausal health and anti-aging solutions. His practice is one of a few in the area that provides the state-of-the-art da Vinci Surgical System.

This minimally invasive technique allows patients to get back to their lives faster. Many procedures are done in the comfort of the office such as hysteroscopy, visualization of the bladder, cervical procedures. Gynecologic surgeries for tumors hysterectomies endometriosis are performed at Boca Raton Regional Hospital. For over 13 years of his 30-year career practicing in Boca Raton, Dr. Conlen has dedicated a large portion of his practice to Hormone Replacement Therapy, resulting in significant life changing results for his patients. “Hormone Replacement Therapy, HRT has been around for a long time, utilizing creams, patches, drops, tablets and pellet therapy to administer estrogen and progesterone to combat a variety of menopausal issues. Utilizing testosterone pellets, inserted subcutaneously and painlessly in the buttocks gives patients a steady flow of hormone in their system in accordance with their own metabolism,” explains Dr. Conlen. Though many patients do quite well with bio-identical hormone therapies, Dr. Conlen has had countless patients express the heightened level of wellbeing, rejuvenation and productivity they are experiencing in their work, relationships and their lives since beginning testosterone pellet therapy, boasting, “I’m back, and better than ever!” An added and important feature is that research indicates this type of therapy is not associated with increase in breast cancer risk and may in fact decrease a woman’s chances of developing Alzheimer’s disease.

Dr. Conlen is the Medical Director for SoloCell, Corporation, Research and Development.. He has also served as the Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Boca Raton Community Hospital.

MEDICAL SCHOOL

St. Georges University School of Medicine, Grenada, WI

APPOINTMENTS

Affiliate Associate Professor, University Of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University Campus 2005-2006 & 2017-2019

ASSOCIATIONS

• American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists • Affiliate Associate Professor, University Of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University Campus 2005-2006 & 2017-2019

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

BOCA RATON OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

660 Glades Rd #240 • Boca Raton, FL 33431 • 561.368.2005 • BocaGynecology.com

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WILLIAM A. LEONE, M.D., F.A.C.S. Orthopedic Surgery

Hip & Knee Replacement Surgery & Knee Arthroscopy Top Doctor ‘10, ‘11, ‘12, ‘13, ‘14, ‘15, ‘16, ‘17, ‘18, ‘19 Dr. William Leone, head of The Leone Center for Orthopedic Care at Holy Cross HealthPlex, has earned a reputation as one of the nation’s top orthopedic surgeons.

He has provided orthopedic care for thousands of patients with complex hip and knee issues by combining the latest techniques and technologies with a gentle and compassionate approach.

Computer navigation, combined with kinematic sensor technology, promotes more balanced and predictable total knee replacements while partial and total knee replacements are performed using robotic technology. Dr. Leone’s own invention, the Pelvic Alignment Level™, helps him achieve precise implant positioning and balance during total hip replacement.

Dr. Leone maintains that meticulous, precise and gentle soft tissue handling is equally important in achieving consistently superb clinical results for patients while respecting their dignity and time, and by making their entire experience as pleasant and comfortable as possible.

Patients today also experience much faster recovery times, and his patients range from people in their ‘80s and ‘90s to those only in their ‘20s and ‘30s who do not want to live disabled or give up their independent and active lifestyles.

Effective strategies to minimize and prevent pain during joint replacement surgery also have been a game changer, allowing most patients to walk the day of their surgery, go home and return to their active life styles very quickly.

What sets The Leone Center for Orthopedic Care apart is that Dr. Leone’s practice provides good, old-fashioned patient care with an emphasis on the doctor/patient relationship. His entire staff is involved in each patient’s care, from the first phone call through post-operative visits. The mission for Dr. Leone and his staff is to restore quality of life and make every step count for every patient, by combining the latest technology and surgical expertise with compassionate care.

COLLEGE

University of South Florida

MEDICAL SCHOOL

Emory University School of Medicine

GENERAL SURGICAL INTERNSHIP/ ORTHOPEDIC SURGICAL RESIDENCY

University of Miami

BOARD CERTIFICATION

American Board of Orthopedic Surgery

FELLOWSHIP

Holy Cross Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, FL

AWARDS

• Diplomat, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery • Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and American College of Surgeons • Member, American Association Hip and Knee Surgeons • Doctor of the Year, 2000, Arthritis Foundation • American Registry Patients Choice Award, 2011-2013 • Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. Top Orthopedic Surgeon, 2010-2019 • Gulfstream Media Group, South Florida Top Doctor, 2010-2019

THE LEONE CENTER FOR ORTHOPEDIC CARE AT HOLY CROSS HEALTHPLEX

1000 NE 56 St. • Fort Lauderdale, FL 33334 • 954.489.4575 • HolyCrossLeoneCenter.com

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ASHISH K. SAHAI, M.D., F.A.A.O.S.

Orthopedic Surgery Top Doctor ‘15, ‘16, ‘17, ‘18, ‘19

Recently awarded as 2018 Doctor of the Year by West Boca Medical Center. Ashish Sahai, M.D., is a world renowned board certified orthopedic surgeon who specializes in spinal surgery.

Dr. Sahai is one of the nation’s leaders in minimally invasive spine surgery and, given his extensive training and experience, a celebrated expert in spine trauma, revision spine surgery, tumor related spinal conditions and complex spinal surgery.

In recent years, Dr, Sahai has captured the attention of the entire medical field through his contributions with improved spine surgery techniques and new spinal implants of which he holds several patents. Due to his successful record and impeccable reputation among his peers, he is constantly invited as a speaker and instructor to other surgeons in both national and international orthopedic conferences and lectures.

Dr. Sahai has been one of the top providers in Boca Raton and the entire South Florida region for more than 10 years. As the founder of Spine & Orthopedic Center, Dr. Sahai has managed to lead his practice to outperform itself every single year thanks to his patient centered approach and continued innovation.

As a fully equipped practice with MRI, X-ray, a procedure suite, a multidisciplinary team of specialists including pain management physicians, physiatrists, orthopedic surgeons and a physical therapy team, and a commitment to excellence in patient care, Spine & Orthopedic Center grew to four locations: Boca Raton, Deerfield Beach, Coral Springs and Plantation.

FELLOWSHIP

Stanford University

RESIDENCY

Tufts Medical Center

MEDICAL SCHOOL

University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

CERTIFICATIONS

• American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery • American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons • American College of Surgeons • American Medical Association • Florida Orthopedic Society

AWARDS

• 2018 Doctor of the Year Award by West Boca Medical Center • Castle Connolly Top Doctor, 2015-2019 • Vitals Compassionate Doctor, 2010, 2012-2013, 2015-2018 • Vitals Patient’s Choice Award, 2008-20013, 2016-18 • Vitals Patient’s Choice 5th Anniversary Award, 2012-2013 • Vitals Top 10 Doctor - City, 2014 • Healthgrades Honor Roll for Outstanding Physicians

SPINE & ORTHOPEDIC CENTER

Boca Raton: 9325 Glades Rd., #205 • Deerfield Beach: 280 SW Natura Ave. Coral Springs: 983 N. University Dr. • Plantation; 7500 NW 5 Street, #116 SpineOrthoCenter.com

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MICHAEL A. GLEIBER, M.D., F.A.A.O.S.

Orthopaedic Surgery Top Doctor ‘13, ‘14, ‘15, ‘16, ‘17, ‘18, ‘19

Michael A. Gleiber, M.D., top-rated spine surgeon and leader in treatment of complex cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine disorders, offers a concierge-style experience. For Dr. Gleiber, one of the most gratifying aspects of being a leader in the spine surgery field is advancing spine surgery through innovation–both inside and outside of the operating room–for the sole purpose of benefiting his patients.

Dr. Gleiber is an Ivy league trained, board-certified, orthopedic spine surgeon and media spokesperson for the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. Dr. Gleiber’s clinical expertise includes minimally invasive spine surgical treatment of herniated discs, spinal stenosis, scoliosis, myelopathy, degenerative disc disease, spondylolisthesis, spinal trauma and spinal tumors and infections.

He is an affiliate assistant professor of clinical biomedical sciences at The Charles E. Schmidt Florida Atlantic University College of Medicine in the orthopedic spine surgery division. He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, member of the North American Spine Society, and Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery.

In addition to his reputation as a leader in the field of minimally invasive spine surgery, Dr. Gleiber has also been featured in the media, including The Huffington Post, The New York Times, Fox News, ESPN Radio, ABC, and NBC for his medical expertise on several topics including sciatica and tips for keeping one’s back healthy.

Dr. Gleiber earned his medical degree with distinction at the George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C. He completed his residency at Columbia University Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. Additionally, he completed The Kenton D. Leatherman Spine Surgery fellowship in neurosurgical and orthopaedic spine surgery and spinal trauma.

COLLEGE

University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

MEDICAL SCHOOL

George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C.

GENERAL SURGERY INTERNSHIP

Columbia University, New York City, NY

ORTHOPAEDIC RESIDENCY

Columbia University, New York City, NY

SPINE SURGERY FELLOWSHIP

Kenton D. Leatherman Spine Surgery, Louisville, KY

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Professional Societies • North American Spine Society • American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery • American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery • Palm Beach County Medical Society • Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honors Society • NewYork Orthopedic Hospital • Columbia-Presbyterian Alumni Association NYC

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

• University of Miami Hospital • Boca Raton Regional Hospital • Good Samaritan Medical Center • Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center

CONCIERGE SPINE SURGERY™

1555 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd. #950 • West Palm Beach 561.972.6464 • MichaelGleiberMD.com • Admin@MichaelGleiberMD.com

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NATHAN E. NACHLAS, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.O.H.N.S., F.A.A.F.P.R.S.

Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, and Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Top Doctor ‘19

Dr. Nachlas has been caring for patients in Boca Raton, Florida for over three decades. He has been a pioneer in minimally invasive surgery of the nose and sinuses, based on procedures first introduced at Johns Hopkins Hospital when he was the Chief Resident in Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery. He subsequently completed a Fellowship in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in Beverly Hills, California.

He moved to Boca Raton from Beverly Hills, and continues at the forefront of minimally invasive techniques designed to improve the function and appearance of the nose.

Dr. Nachlas is from Baltimore, Maryland. He received his bachelor of science and master of science degrees from Yale University, and his medical degree from the University of Chicago.

As President of Ear, Nose, Throat, and Allergy Associates of Florida, Dr. Nachlas enjoys the camaraderie and mutual striving for excellence with his partners throughout the state.

Dr. Nachlas also serves as the President of the Network of Florida Otolaryngologists, an organization comprised of the vast majority of practicing otolaryngologist/head and neck surgeons in the state.

MEDICAL SCHOOL

University of Chicago School of Medicine

RESIDENCY

• Yale - New Haven Hospital • Johns Hopkins Hospital • Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgery Center (Fellowship)

APPOINTMENTS

• Faculty, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida Atlantic University College of Medicine • Boca Raton Outpatient Surgery and Laser Center • Boca Raton Regional Hospital

ASSOCIATIONS

• President, ENT and Allergy Associates of Florida • President, Network of Florida Otolaryngologists • Past President, Florida Society of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery • Past President, Florida Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery • Past President, Palm Beach County Medical Society

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

• Diplomat of the American Board of Otolaryngology • Diplomat of the American Board of Facial, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

THE NOSE AND SINUS INSTITUTE OF BOCA RATON

1601 Clint Moore Road, Suite 170 • Boca Raton, FL 33487 • 561.939.0909 • DrNachlas.com

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EROL A. YOLDAS, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Orthopedic Surgery Top Doctor ‘16, ‘17, ‘18

COLLEGE

Duke University

MEDICAL SCHOOL Yale University

RESIDENCY

University of Pittsburgh

FELLOWSHIP

Steadman Hawkins Clinic

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

Orthopedic Surgery and Board Subspecialty Certified in Sports Medicine

AWARDS

• Most Valuable Physician, Broward Health • AOA Medical Honor Society • Merck Award • Farr Scholar

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Sports medicine is constantly advancing, and we are now able to introduce more biologic means of treatment and healing than ever before... providing greater functional outcomes with less invasive surgery.

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In over 18 years of practice in Fort Lauderdale, Dr. Erol Yoldas has become one of the top Orthopedic sports medicine doctors in Florida. He began practice in 2000, specializing in complex reconstruction of knee, shoulder, and elbow injuries. Currently performing over 900 surgeries a year, half of his practice is knees (ACL reconstruction, meniscal/cartilage injuries) and the other half shoulder/elbow (rotator cuff, labral repair/ stabilization, UCL reconstruction).

Prior to practicing, he received a Biomedical Engineering degree at Duke University. His medical degree is from Yale University, where he received the nations top honor society for medicine (AOA). For Orthopedic residency, he trained under the outstanding sports medicine department at University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Yoldas was then offered the preeminent sports medicine fellowship in this country at the Steadman Hawkins Clinic in Vail Colorado.

As part of his scope of care on and off the field, Dr. Yoldas was team physician for the Miami Dolphins for 13 years, and Miami Marlins for 18 years. He is currently a team physician for NSU and several local colleges. Also, he still finds time on Friday nights to volunteer coverage for several local high schools.

Dr. Yoldas actively works with the leaders in the research industry, developing novel techniques that are less invasive offering patients the best chance to recover.

–DR. YOLDAS ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALTY INSTITUTE

5400 N. Federal Hwy., Suite 102 • Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 • 954.866.9699

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DAVID PERLOFF, M.D.,

F.A.C.C., F.A.C.P Cardiology Top Doctor ‘19

David Perloff, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.C.P. is a board certified cardiologist at Tenet Florida Cardiovascular Care with offices in Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach and Miami. Dr. Perloff is committed to providing quality cardiac care and has been serving the South Florida community for over 20 years.

Dr. Perloff has been elected President of the Florida Chapter of the American College of Cardiology and will serve in this role until 2022 representing 2,700 cardiologists across the State of Florida. In addition, he is the State of Florida Governor on the national American College of Cardiology Board of Governors.

He is the Director of Cardiology at Florida Medical Center, a campus of North Shore and specializes in heart failure, atrial fibrillation, lipid management and preventive cardiology.

Dr. Perloff, a former president of the Broward County Medical Association, is an award-winning and highly skilled cardiologist dedicated to providing top-tier heart care to residents across South Florida. He is a fellow of both the American College of Cardiology and the American College of Physicians, a Charter Member of the Southeast Lipid Association and a Member of the Florida Medical Association.

For his education and training, Dr. Perloff completed a cardiology fellowship, internal medicine residency and internship at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. Dr. Perloff graduated medical school from the University of Miami School of Medicine.

Since 2006, Dr. Perloff has served as principal investigator on several cardiology research studies. His research has been published in numerous peer-reviewed medical journals.

MEDICAL SCHOOL

University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL

INTERNSHIP

Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL - Internal Medicine

RESIDENCY

Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL - Internal Medicine

FELLOWSHIP

Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL – Cardiology

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

Diplomate, American Board of Cardiology

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• President, American College of Cardiology, Florida Chapter • Governor, State of Florida, American College of Cardiology • Member, Broward County Medical Association Board of Directors, Board of Trustees and Past President • Member, Tenet Florida Heart & Vascular Network • Fellow, American College of Cardiology • Fellow, American College of Physicians • Member, Southeast Lipid Association • Member, Florida Medical Association

TENET FLORIDA CARDIOVASCULAR CARE

2307 W Broward Blvd., Suite 101 • Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 • 954.523.3422 • DrDavidPerloff.com

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GEORGE CALDWELL JR., M.D. Orthopaedic Surgery Top Doctor since 2008

George Caldwell, Jr., MD is an orthopaedic surgeon at the Florida Institute of Orthopaedic Surgical Specialists (FIOSS) in Fort Lauderdale, part of Tenet Florida Physician Services. He specializes in arthroscopic procedures for the shoulder, knee, elbow and advanced sports medicine.

Dr. Caldwell’s extensive sports medicine career includes working as a head team physician with the Miami Dolphins (NFL), as a team physician with the Florida Marlins (MLB) and as a consulting team physician for the Baltimore Orioles (MLB) baseball team. He was the team physician for the Miami Fusion (MLS) soccer team and a consulting team physician for Team U.S.A., Olympic Soccer. He has worked as a team physician for the Florida Panthers (NHL) franchise.

Dr. Caldwell also has experience in working with high school and youth sports athletes. He has been a member of the executive committee for the NFL Team Physicians Society.

Dr. Caldwell is committed to advancing the field of orthopaedics through medical research. Dr. Caldwell has published numerous scientific publications relating to orthopaedic surgery and advanced sports medicine in peer-reviewed journals and medical books. His most recent research involves fighting pain after surgery without the use of opioids by using a local-regional block for arthroscopic knee and shoulder surgery. This was published in the Musculoskeletal Journal of Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS). He presented the results of this research to his peers at the Florida Orthopedic Society in 2018.

Dr. Caldwell is an award-winning physician; he has been named to the Castle Connolly America’s Top Doctors List for over 15 years. He has also been named as one of the Leading Physicians of the World by the International Association of Healthcare Professional and as one of America’s Top Orthopedists by Consumers’ Research Council of America.

MEDICAL SCHOOL

Wake Forest Medical School, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

RESIDENCY

The Hospital for Special Surgery, Cornell University Medical School, New York, NY – Orthopaedic Surgery

FELLOWSHIPS

• Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery: University of Pittsburgh, Dept. of Orthopaedics Pittsburgh, PA • International Shoulder Fellowship: Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Friborg, Switzerland

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

• Orthopaedic Surgery, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons • Subspecialty Certification in Sports Medicine, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons

FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGICAL SPECIALISTS

2307 W Broward Blvd., Suite 200 • Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 • 954.792.1010 • Fiossortho.com

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STEPHEN SERVOSS, M.D. Cardiovascular Medicine

Top Doctor ‘12, ‘13, ‘14, ‘15, ‘16, ‘17, ‘18, ‘19

Dr. Servoss is recognized as a leading cardiovascular specialist in South Florida. Prior to establishing his practice in Boca Raton, he attended Harvard Medical School. Dr. Servoss completed his internal medicine, cardiology, interventional cardiology and endovascular intervention training at Massachusetts General Hospital, a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Servoss has special expertise in biomedical research, serving as a Howard Hughes Research Scholar at the National Institutes of Health, and completing a Master of Science in Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. He was able to apply this expertise at the Harvard Clinical Research Institute, working on the development of clinical research protocols geared toward FDA approval of carotid stent, patent foramen ovale closure, and percutaneous valve technologies.

Dr. Servoss has received numerous awards in recognition of excellence in patient care, research and teaching. He serves as Affiliate Assistant Professor of Clinical Biomedical Science at the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, and has taken on several leadership positions at Boca Raton Regional Hospital. In addition to serving as Medical Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, he has served as Vice Chief of the Department of Cardiology, and CoDirector of the Percutaneous Valve Therapy program.

With a deep commitment to the highest quality of care using a personalized approach and the most advanced technologies, his practice at Bartzokis, Rubenstein & Servoss, M.D., P.L. focuses on consultative cardiology and vascular medicine.

COLLEGE

University of Rochester, Summa Cum Laude

MEDICAL SCHOOL

Harvard Medical School

GRADUATE SCHOOL

Harvard School of Public Health

RESIDENCY AND FELLOWSHIP TRAINING

Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology, Endovascular Medicine

AWARDS

• Senator Robert C. Byrd Award • Bausch and Lomb Scholar • Merck Index Award • Analytical Chemistry Society Award • John A. McCreary Award for Academic Excellence • Carl A. Whiteman Award for Excellence in Teaching • Howard Hughes Research Scholar • Harvard Medical School Resident Teaching Award • Massachusetts General Hospital DeSanctis Clinical Scholar • Patient Choice Award 2008 • Compassionate Doctor Award 2011.

BARTZOKIS, RUBENSTEIN & SERVOSS M.D., P.L.

1000 NW Ninth Court, Ste. 101 • Boca Raton • P: 561.368.4444 • Fax: 561-750-8368 • bocacardiovascular.com

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THOMAS BARTZOKIS, M.D. Cardiovascular Medicine & Interventional Cardiology Top Doctor for 24 years, 1996-2019

Named Top Doctor every year since 1996, Dr. Bartzokis is the only Cardiologist in Palm Beach County to receive Top Doctors recognition twenty-four years in a row. He is a graduate of Harvard College, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Residency in Internal Medicine and Completed a Cardiology Fellowship at Stanford Medical Center. He has authored 21 research articles in cardiovascular disease. Dr. Bartzokis graduated with High Honors at Harvard College and was awarded the coveted Charles River District and Harvard Club Scholarships.

He has held leadership positions at Boca Raton Regional Hospital including Chief of Cardiology, Cardiac Cath Lab Director and Chief of Echocardiography. His practice includes Consultative, Echocardiographic, Interventional and Nuclear Cardiology. Always offering cutting edge technologies, the practice also specializes in the new techniques of non-surgical valve replacement–TAVR, non-surgical mitral valve clip repairs, balloon valvuloplasty and ASD closures.

Dr. Bartzokis works relentlessly to give his patients stateof-the-art care with a personal touch. He has established the innovative Enhanced Cardiac Care Option within his practice offering patients an unparalleled level of care. Dr. Bartzokis is particularly proud to share this Top Doctors honor with his three partners, Dr. Mark Rubenstein, Dr. Stephen Servoss and Dr. Barry Merrill.

COLLEGE

Harvard College

MEDICAL SCHOOL

Harvard Medical School

RESIDENCY

Harvard Medical School

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology, Internal Medicine

FELLOWSHIP

Stanford Medical Center

AWARDS

• High Honors Harvard College • Charles River District Scholar • Harvard Club Scholarship Recipient • Patient Choice Awards/Top Doctor • Chief of Cardiology, Boca Raton Hospital • Chief Medical Resident, Harvard Medical School • Clinical Instructor, Harvard Medical School

BARTZOKIS, RUBENSTEIN & SERVOSS M.D., P.L.

1000 NW Ninth Court, Ste. 101 • Boca Raton • 561.368.4444 • Fax: 561.750.8368 • BocaCardiovascular.com

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BARRY S. MERRILL, M.D. Cardiology

Top Doctor ‘18, ‘19

Barry S. Merrill, M.D. has been practicing cardiology in the Boca Raton and Delray Beach area since 2002 as a clinical and interventional cardiologist. Originally based out of Delray Beach, he joined Bartzokis, Rubenstein and Servoss, M.D., P.L. in 2012. Dr. Merrill’s interest in medicine began in high school as an American Heart Association scholarship recipient, performing physiology research at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. While at Wesleyan University, he engaged in cognitive neuroscience research as a Howard Hughes grant recipient, graduating with honors with a combined degree in biology and psychology. After performing molecular genetics research at Johns Hopkins Medical School, he obtained is medical degree from the University of Maryland, thereafter completing internal medicine training at Tulane University. He then went on for training in cardiology at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke’s Hospital in Chicago, followed by additional training in cardiovascular intervention at the University of Louisville.

While at Delray Medical Center, Dr. Merrill took on several leadership roles including Director of Echocardiography and played an active role on the Cardiovascular Peer review committee. He continues serving as a leader in cardiovascular intervention at Boca Raton Regional Hospital as medical director of the cardiac catheterization laboratory. Dr. Merrill is active in teaching as Affiliate Assistant Professor of Clinical Biomedical Science at the Charles E. Schmitt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University. He has received numerous accolades, including recognition as a five-time South Florida Super.

Dr. Merrill specializes in clinical and interventional cardiology, with a special interest in complex cardiac intervention, including treatment of structural heart disease and chronic total occlusion.

He is particularly proud to share this honor with his three partners, Dr. Thomas Bartzokis, Dr. Mark Rubenstein and Dr. Stephen Servoss.

MEDICAL SCHOOL

University of Maryland

RESIDENCY

Tulane University

FELLOWSHIP

Rush University Medical Center, University of Louisville

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

• Cardiology • Interventional Cardiology

APPOINTMENTS

• Boca Raton Regional Hospital, Director for Cardiac Catheterization Lab • JFK Medical Center

AWARDS

• AHA Award, 1985 • Howard Hughes Foundation Grant, 1990 • Boca Raton Regional Hospital Physician of the Month, February 2016 • South Florida Super Doctor, 2008-2009, 2011-2013

BARTZOKIS, RUBENSTEIN & SERVOSS M.D., P.L.

1000 NW Ninth Court, Ste. 101 • Boca Raton• 561.368.4444 • Fax: 561.750.8368 • BocaCardiovascular.com

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MARK H. RUBENSTEIN, M.D.

Cardiovascular Medicine Top Doctor ‘12, ‘13, ‘14, ‘15, ‘16, ‘17, ‘18, ‘19

Dr. Rubenstein is known for his commitment to excellence and compassion in the practice of cardiology. He began practicing in Boca Raton, FL in 2002 and is honored to be included in the list of Top Doctors in South Florida. He graduated from Harvard College in 1990, receiving the John Harvard Scholarship for Academic Achievement of Highest Distinction. He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1995 and spent the subsequent 7 years at Massachusetts General Hospital, a premiere Harvard teaching hospital, where he completed an internship and residency in Internal Medicine, a Cardiology Fellowship, and ultimately an Interventional Cardiology Fellowship. He has published research articles in top scientific peer-review journals including Nature, Circulation, and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. He is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease and is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology.

Dr. Rubenstein has applied his exceptional medical training to the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease. Yet what makes him unique is his personalized approach to his patients. He regards a close doctor-patient relationship as vital to disease prevention and healing. He takes special care to treat not only the disease process but the whole person.

Dr. Rubenstein offers the latest concepts and techniques in cardiology, with a special interest in coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, cardiac arrhythmias, valvular heart disease, congenital heart disease, and preventative cardiology.

He is particularly proud to share this Top Doctors honor with his three partners, Dr. Thomas Bartzokis, Dr. Stephen Servoss and Dr. Barry Merrill.

COLLEGE

Harvard College

MEDICAL SCHOOL

Harvard Medical School

RESIDENCY

Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

FELLOWSHIPS

Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS Cardiovascular Disease

AWARDS

• Harvard College Scholar • John Harvard Scholar for Academic Achievement of Highest Distinction; • Research Scientist, Genentech, Inc. • Selection Committee, Massachusetts General Hospital Residency Program; • Physician Honoree Exemplifying the Best in Compassionate Quality Care, Boca Raton Regional Hospital • Associate Professor of Clinical Biomedical Science at the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University

BARTZOKIS, RUBENSTEIN & SERVOSS M.D., P.L.

1000 NW Ninth Court, Ste. 101 • Boca Raton• 561.368.4444 • Fax: 561.750.8368 • BocaCardiovascular.com

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LANCE SIMKINS, M.D., F.A.C.C.

Interventional Cardiology Top Doctor ‘19

Lance Simkins, M.D., F.A.C.C., is a board certified Interventional Cardiologist in Tamarac and is part of Tenet Florida Physician Services. He specializes in prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease, interventional cardiology and wellness, advanced lipid analysis and nutrition and dietary analysis.

Dr. Simkins is on staff at The Heart Institute of Florida at Florida Medical Center, a campus of North Shore in Fort Lauderdale, where he has served as the Chief Wellness Officer.

He is a member of the Tenet Florida Heart & Vascular Network.

He serves on the Board of the Advantage Health Network ACO. With over 30 years of experience, Dr. Simkins focuses on the abnormalities, diseases and treatment of heart and vascular disorders. Dr. Simkins is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine, cardiology and interventional cardiology; board certified by the American Board of Nuclear Medicine, the American Board of Clinical Lipidology and the National Board of Medical Examiners.

Dr. Simkins, a certified health coach, is most passionate about disease prevention and wellness. Board certified by the American Board of Obesity Medicine (the highest level of achievement in the medical specialty of obesity medicine), he endorses and uses evidence based safe and effective approaches to achieving and maintaining a healthy weight. Dr. Simkins is focused on furthering the practice and education of interventional wellness to the entire South Florida community and beyond.

MEDICAL SCHOOL

University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL

INTERNSHIP

Tampa General Hospital and Tampa Veterans Administration Hospital, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL – Internal Medicine

RESIDENCY

Tampa General Hospital and Tampa Veterans Administration Hospital, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL – Internal Medicine

FELLOWSHIP

• State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY – General Cardiovascular Medicine • State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY – Interventional Cardiology

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

• Diplomate, American Board of Obesity Medicine • Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine • Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine – Interventional Cardiology • Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine – Cardiovascular Disease • Diplomate, American Board Nuclear Medicine Technology • Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners • Dipolmate, American Board of Clinical Lipidology

TENET FLORIDA HEART AND VASCULAR NETWORK

7421 N University Drive, Suite 101 • Tamarac, FL 33321 • 954.721.6666 • DrLanceSimkins.com

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WILL RICHARDSON, M.D.

Board Certified Dermatologist Top Doctor ‘19

Dr. Will Richardson, founder of Natura Dermatology & Cosmetics, is a Board Certified Dermatologist, leader in teledermatology, global author and personal and professional development coach.

He was born in North Carolina and attended college at the University of North Carolina Pembroke, completing his Bachelors of Science degree in Biology. He earned his Doctor of Medicine at The Brody School of Medicine. With a passion for art and science, he discovered the perfect specialty for him by becoming a Board Certified Dermatologist.

Dr. Richardson has become an influential and leading dermatologist for the South Florida region, specializing in cosmetic dermatology, laser surgery and bodysculpting. He completed medical school at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina and successfully completed his residency at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center in Albuquerque.

He is board certified by The American Board of Dermatology and a Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology. His other affiliations include the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, American Society for Mohs Surgery, and the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery.

Dr. Richardson is also the Co-Owner and Chief Medical Officer of Transformative Healthcare Solutions which provides psychology, dermatology, chiropractic care and physical therapy to patients across United States. In 2008, he developed a highly effective anti-aging and general skincare line Natura MD Sciences. The product line is packed full of anti-oxidants such as green tea, vitamin C, vitamin E, and numerous peptides designed to rival over the counter cosmetics that stimulate collagen rejuvenation.

Dr. Richardson maintains that creating outer beauty is the beginning to a transformational life for his patients.

MEDICAL SCHOOL

The Brody School of Medicine

East Carolina University

RESIDENCY

University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center

AFFILIATIONS

• American Society for Dermatologic Surgery • American Society for Mohs Surgery • American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery • Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

The American Board of Dermatology

LICENSURES

• New York • North Carolina • Florida • Louisiana • California

NATURA DERMATOLOGY & COSMETICS

1120 Bayview Drive • Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304 • 954.537.4106 • naturadermatology.com

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KENNETH HERSKOWITZ, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Cardiovascular Surgery Top Doctor ‘08, ‘10, ‘11, ‘12, ‘13, ‘14, ‘15, ‘16, ‘17, ‘18, ‘19

Dr. Kenneth Herskowitz is currently the Medical Director of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at Broward Health Medical Center. He has been practicing in South Florida since 1992.

He has performed more than 10,000 cardiovascular surgical procedures and is a leading expert in the field of minimally invasive aortic and mitral valve surgery, as well as aortic aneurysms and complex adult cardiac surgery.

Along with an esteemed team, he established the Broward Health Heart Valve Center, where physicians use a multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of structural and valvular heart disease, performing the new Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) and Mitraclip procedures, as well as many other cutting edge techniques.

He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and holds membership in numerous professional organizations. Prior to entering private practice in 1997, Dr. Herskowitz was assistant professor of surgery at the University of Miami Jackson Memorial Hospital and the Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Veteran’s Administration Hospital.

He is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at Nova Southeastern University.

Dr. Herskowitz strives to bring the highest quality and most compassionate medical care to patients in the South Florida area and has consistently had one of the lowest morbidity and mortality rates in the state of Florida as well as the United States. In 2007, he was honored as the American Heart Association’s honoree for Outstanding Contributions to Cardiac Surgery in South Florida, and has been recognized as a Gold Coast Magazine Top Doctor from 2010 through 2019.

UNDERGRADUATE Tulane University

MEDICAL SCHOOL

Baylor College of Medicine

RESIDENCY

Baylor College of Medicine

THORACIC SURGERY FELLOWSHIP

University of Miami/Jackson Memorial

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

• American Board of Thoracic Surgery • American Board of General Surgery

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• Fellow Society of Thoracic Surgeons • Fellow of the American College of Surgeons • Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at Nova Southeastern

BROWARD HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER

1625 SE 3rd Ave., Suite 300 • Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 • Office: 954.355.4665 • Fax: 954.355.4881 kherskowitzmd.com • browardhealth.org/services/cardiac-services

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MARC BERGMAN, M.D. Orthopedic Surgery & Sports Medicine Top Doctor ‘18, ‘19

Marc Bergman, M.D. has been practicing in Boca Raton since 1991. He is currently the Chief of Orthopedic Surgery at Boca Raton Regional Hospital as well as Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at the Schmidt College of Medicine at FAU. In addition, he is one of the founding members of the Shoulder Surgery Institute at Boca Raton Regional Hospital. Prior to coming to Florida, Dr. Bergman was the Director of Orthopedic Trauma at Downstate/ King’s County Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY, and the Chief of Orthopedic Surgery at the Brooklyn VA Medical Center.

More important than his titles and appointments, Dr. Bergman has maintained a stellar reputation and emphasizes his 31 years of experience in orthopedics which gives him the leading edge in the diagnosis and proper treatment of orthopedic conditions.

Many orthopedic conditions can be managed conservatively. If conservative management has failed and surgery is necessary, Dr. Bergman has the years of experience to plan, organize and perform most orthopedic procedures. He states, “Most people do not want surgery, and rightly so. The operating room is a daunting experience for patients. Along with my devoted staff, I am there for my patients from the beginning to the end providing dedicated and compassionate care.”

Specializing in the shoulder, hip and knee, Dr. Bergman has performed numerous successful surgeries including joint replacement (including anterior hip replacement) and complex arthroscopic procedures. In addition he treats all fractures as well as all general orthopedic conditions. He has been the team orthopedic surgeon for many of the local high schools as well as a member of the sports medicine team taking care of both FAU and Lynn University athletes.

MEDICAL SCHOOL

The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City

RESIDENCY

• General Surgery: Downstate/ Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn NY • Orthopedic Surgery: Downstate/ Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn NY

APPOINTMENTS

• Chief Orthopedic Surgery, Boca Raton Regional Hospital • Affiliate Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Schmidt College of Medicine at FAU • Former Assistant Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, SUNY Downstate Medical Center

ASSOCIATIONS

• American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons • Florida Orthopedic Society

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

American Board of Orthopedic Surgery

BOCA RATON ORTHOPEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE

1905 Clint Moore Road, Suite 214 • Boca Raton, FL 33496 • 561.241.8668

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JONATHAN I. SECKLER, M.D., F.A.C.C.

Cardiovascular Medicine & Interventional Cardiology Top Doctor ‘08, ‘09, ‘10, ‘11, ‘12, ‘13, ‘14, ‘15, ‘16, ‘17, ‘18, ‘19

Dr. Seckler embodies the balance between the art and the science of medicine. His advanced training at all Ivy League institutions prepared him for a career in academics, but it is his “bedside manner” and “the ability to connect with patients” that established him as one of the regions most respected and talented diagnosticians.

The Seckler Heart Center offers the most advanced levels of Cardiac and Vascular Medical Care in the region.

Dr. Seckler’s practice provides General Cardiology, Preventative Cardiology, and Diagnostic Evaluations including Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology, and Arrhythmia Management. His practice provides hospital based patient care as well as outpatient office care, including new patient consultations. Dr. Seckler has been Board Certified for over two decades and has expertise in the management of Coronary Artery Disease, Valve Disease, Heart Failure and Rhythm Disturbances. Dr. Seckler is the Medical Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation for Boca Raton Regional Hospital.

COLLEGE

Columbia University, N.Y.

MEDICAL SCHOOL

Mount Sinai School of Medicine, N.Y.

INTERNSHIP/RESIDENCY University of Pennsylvania

CHIEF RESIDENCY

University of Pennsylvania

CARDIOLOGY FELLOWSHIP

Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY FELLOWSHIP

Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

Cardiovascular Medicine and Interventional Cardiology

AWARDS

• Clinical & Research Fellow Harvard Medical School (MGH) 1995-1998 • Elster Award for Highest Academic Standing in Graduating Medical Class • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society • Denber Award for Excellence in Cardiology Research • Florida Medical Association Distinguished Physician 2005-2009 • Chief of Cardiology Boca Raton Regional Hospital 2005-2008 • Affiliate Assistant Professor of Clinical Biomedical Science, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University • Medical Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation for Boca Raton Regional Hospital

SECKLER HEART CENTER, PA.

660 Glades Road, Suite 200 • Boca Raton, FL 33431 • 561.338.9992

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ERIC LIEBERMAN, M.D., F.A.C.C. Cardiology Top Doctor ‘19

Eric Lieberman, MD, FACC, is a highly-experienced, board-certified cardiologist in Palm Beach County. He is committed to providing expert cardiac care with over 26-years of dedication to treating the South Florida community.

Dr. Lieberman’s expertise includes preventive cardiology, cardiac consultation, peripheral arterial disease, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, pacemaker evaluation and transesophageal echocardiography. He is ardent about practicing medicine as a cohesive team, alongside a dedicated group of doctors and nurses.

Providing exceptional patient care is a top priority for Dr. Lieberman and is evident through his commitment to advancing the cardiovascular field. He has participated in numerous research trials and has been published multiple journals.

Dr. Lieberman has been a driver for advancing his field and has served as the chairman of the Innovations in Cardiovascular Care Symposium for three years helping to develop a program that highlights the advanced in the treatment of cardiovascular disease.

Dr. Lieberman is passionate about providing quality patient care and has shown dedication to providing advanced comprehensive care. Cardio-oncology has become an expanding focus in cardiovascular medicine and Dr. Lieberman has developed a clinic to diagnose and manage conditions that can occur with cancer related therapies. Cardio-oncology is a field aimed at reducing the effects of cardiovascular damage due to cancer treatments including an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease.

Dr. Lieberman is the Regional Medical Director of Cardiology. He has is currently an Affiliate Associate Professor of Medicine at Charles E. Schmidt of Medicine/ Florida Atlantic University and has previously served as a voluntary assistant professor of medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center, University of Miami School of Medicine and Instructor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Lieberman offers diagnosis and treatment options for cardiovascular diseases and conditions bringing over 30 years of valuable experience practicing medicine.

LOCATION

MEDICAL SCHOOL

University of Miami, Miami, FL

INTERNSHIP/RESIDENCY

Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

FELLOWSHIP

Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA – Cardiology

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS • Internal Medicine • Cardiovascular Disease

PROFESSIONAL AFFILATIONS

• American College of Cardiology • American Heart Association • Florida Chapter, American College of Cardiology, Council Representative

HONORS & AWARDS

• America’s Top Doctor, Castle Connolly • Best Doctors in Delray Beach, Forum Publishing • Iron Arrow Honor Society

5035 Via Delray • Delray Beach, FL 33484 • 561.637.0500 • TFPSheart.com

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JONATHAN VAFAI, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.S.E. Cardiology Top Doctor ‘19

Jonathan Vafai, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.S.E., is a Harvard-trained noninvasive cardiologist in Delray Beach. He is quadruple board-certified in cardiovascular disease, nuclear cardiology, echocardiography and internal medicine. Dr. Vafai serves as the medical director of the echocardiography laboratory as well as Vice-chair of Medicine at Delray Medical Center. He is a faculty member of the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine Cardiology and is directly involved in training medical students and cardiology fellows.

Dr. Vafai’s areas of expertise include non-invasive cardiology, cardio-oncology, transesophageal echocardiography and stress testing. He is a member of an elite team of cardiology and interventional cardiology experts at South Florida Heart Institute offering the latest in diagnostic and therapeutic services to members of the Boca Raton, Delray Beach and Boynton Beach communities in Palm Beach County.

“I find getting to know my patients and ushering them through preventive care or treatment to be the most rewarding part of my career,” he says. “I pride myself in taking care of the patient and not the disease.” One of Dr. Vafai’s interests is in a growing field called cardio-oncology, helping patients diagnosed with cancer manage the possible cardiovascular effects of cancer treatments, bringing together compassionate care with his expertise in clinical cardiology and imaging.

Dr. Vafai is a graduate of New York University School of Medicine and completed his internship and residency at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA. Dr. Vafai then completed his cardiology fellowship at the North Shore-LIJ Health System in Manhasset, NY, where he also served as Chief Fellow.

He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the American Society of Echocardiography.

COLLEGE

New York University College of Arts and Science, New York, NY

MEDICAL SCHOOL

New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY

INTERNSHIP/RESIDENCY

Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

CARDIOLOGY FELLOWSHIP

NYU School of Medicine, North Shore-LIJ Health System, Manhasset, NY

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS • Cardiovascular Disease • Internal Medicine • Nuclear Cardiology • Echocardiography

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Clinical Affiliate Assistant Professor, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University • Medical Director, Echocardiography, Delray Medical Center

HONORS & AWARDS

• America’s Top Doctor, Castle Connolly • Fellow, American College of Cardiology • Fellow, American Society of Echocardiography • Vice-chair of Medicine, Delray Medical Center

TENET FLORIDA PHYSICIAN SERVICES

5035 Via Delray • Delray Beach, FL 33484 • 561.637.0500 • TFPSheart.com

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ROBERT P. NORTON, M.D., F.A.A.O.S. Orthopaedics Top Doctor ‘19

Dr. Norton is a world-leading expert in minimally invasive spine surgery and in office treatment of vertebral compression fractures with the kyphoplasty procedure. When not seeing patients, Dr. Norton spends time teaching other surgeons cuttingedge minimally invasive surgical techniques. He recently also wrote a book chapter for a major spine textbook on how to do the kyphoplasty procedure in the office. Throughout his career, Dr. Norton has had a strong interest in academic medicine and has been actively involved in teaching and research. He has authored multiple publications on a variety of topics related to spine surgery in numerous peer-reviewed journals and textbooks.

He has received several research grants and has presented his research at both national and international conference.

Skilled in the most advanced surgical techniques and emerging technologies, Dr. Robert Norton offers expertise in all aspects of spine care. His expertise and excellent surgical outcomes have earned him the nickname “Miracle Worker.”

Dr. Norton and his associates at Florida Spine Associates provides comprehensive spine care. Every facet, including physical therapy, X-ray imaging, pharmacy dispensing, bracing, in-office interventional pain management and surgery, allows Dr. Norton and his group to provide exceptional, convenient care to the South Florida community.

“We take care of all spine-related needs and truly care about our patients. We treat them like family members—and that’s why we’re so successful,” Dr. Norton states.

MEDICAL SCHOOL

Jefferson Medical College - Philadelphia, PA

ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY RESIDENCY

University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital - Miami, FL

SPINE SURGERY FELLOWSHIP

NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES - New York, NY

APPOINTMENTS

• FAU Affiliate Associate Professor • NSU College of Medicine Faculty • Vice-Chief Department of Orthopaedic Surgery - BRRH • Executive Surgical Coommittee - BRRH • Surgical Management Committee - WBMC • Florida Orthopaedic Society Health Policy Committee • Delegate Florida Medical Association

ASSOCIATIONS

• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons • American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons • AOSpine North American • International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery • Florida Orthopaedic Society • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society • Phi Chi Medical Fraternity • Theta Chi Fraternity

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

• Diplomat, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery • Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

FLORIDA SPINE ASSOCIATES

670 Glades Road, Suite #200 • Boca Raton, FL 33431 • 561.495.9511 • FloridaSpineAssociates.com

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JOSEPH RICOTTA, M.D.,

M.S., D.F.S.V.S, F.A.C.S.

Vascular & Endovascular Surgery Top Doctor ‘17, ‘18, ‘19 & Top Doctor in Atlanta ‘13, ‘14, ‘15, ‘16 Joseph J. Ricotta, M.D., M.S., D.F.S.V.S., F.A.C.S., is a board-certified vascular and endovascular surgeon and is one of the nation’s leading vascular surgeons specializing in minimally invasive techniques, endovascular robotic surgery and open surgery.

Dr. Ricotta is a nationally and internationally renowned expert focusing on aortic and peripheral aneurysms, carotid/ cerebrovascular disease, peripheral arterial disease, venous disease, deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, thoracic outlet syndrome, renal/mesenteric disease and dialysis access. He also specializes in limb salvage by restoring blood flow to limbs through minimally invasive techniques, saving patients from amputation.

Dr. Ricotta was the first surgeon in the U.S.—and is one of a few in the world—to perform endovascular robotic surgery using the Corindus Robot. He is the first surgeon in the United States with FDA IDE approval to create and implant custom modified endografts in high risk patients with complex aortic aneurysms, and was the first to perform peripheral drug coated balloon angioplasty in the state of Georgia. In addition, he is the first surgeon in the southeast United States to successfully perform the VenaSeal™ closure procedure, the newest treatment for varicose veins and venous insufficiency, and the first in South Florida to perform TCAR (Trans Carotid Artery Revascularization), the newest treatment for carotid disease and stroke.

Dr. Ricotta is the National Medical Director of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy for Tenet Health and is a Professor of Surgery at the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University and Program Director for the Vascular Surgery Fellowship. He previously served as Associate Professor of Surgery at the Mayo Clinic, Emory University and the University of Georgia School of Medicine.

COLLEGE

Yale University

MEDICAL SCHOOL

Thomas Jefferson University

INTERNSHIP/RESIDENCY

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

SPECIAL REGISTRAR, GENERAL & VASCULAR SURGERY

Oxford University School of Medicine, United Kingdom

FELLOWSHIP

• Mayo Clinic – Vascular and Endovascular Surgery • Cleveland Clinic – Advanced Endovascular Surgery • University of Perugia, Italy – Mayo Foundation Scholar, Carotid Stenting and Advanced Carotid Artery Interventions

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

• Vascular and Endovascular Surgery • General Surgery

AWARDS & EXPERIENCE

• America’s Top Doctor, Castle Connolly (Top 1%) • U.S. News and World Report, Top Doctor • America’s Most Honored Professional (Top 1%) • Top Surgeons in America, The New York Times • Marquis’ Who’s Who in America • Atlanta Magazine: Top Doctors, Castle Connolly • Distinguished Fellow, Society of Vascular Surgery • Professor of Surgery, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University

TENET FLORIDA CARDIOVASCULAR CARE

4205 W. Atlantic Ave., Bldg. B, Suite 201 • Delray Beach, FL 33445 • 561.303.0013 • DrJosephRicotta.com

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GEORGE L. MUELLER, M.D.

General and Vascular Surgery Hemodialysis Access/ Endovascular Interventions Top Doctor ’00, ’01, ’02, ’03, ’04, ’05, ’06, ’07, ’08, ’09, ’10, ’11, ’12, ’13, ’14, ’15, ’16, ’17, ’18, ‘19

Dr. George Mueller’s philosophy is simple: every day is an opportunity to serve the community. With that outlook toward caring for his patients, Dr. Mueller is one of South Florida’s most respected general and vascular surgeons. As part of Bethesda Health Physician Group, Dr. Mueller specializes in endovascular, vascular and general surgery. During his 30-plus year career, Dr. Mueller has helped thousands of patients by performing innovative and complex general and vascular procedures to repair abdominal aortic aneurysms, restore blocked carotid arteries and treat varicose veins, using radiofrequency ablations and injection therapy.

Helping people walk again without pain has become a passion of Dr. Mueller’s in recent years with the advent of minimally invasive surgery techniques for lower limb conditions. A pioneer in this field, Dr. Mueller uses minimally invasive surgery techniques, including balloon angioplasty, stenting and arthrectomy to restore circulation in the legs. As a result, Dr. Mueller is helping his patients enjoy daily activities again, such as walking on the beach and shopping at the supermarket – pain free.

In addition, Dr. Mueller has extensive experience in performing open and laparoscopic abdominal procedures including gastrectomy, colon resection, cholecystectomy, appendectomy, hernia repairs and Whipple resection. Dr. Mueller also has expertise in the care of patients with esophagus, colon and pancreatic cancers. Most recently, Dr. Mueller became the first surgeon in Florida to perform percutaneous arteriovenous fistula creations, a non-surgical procedure for providing access for patients on dialysis and regarded as a medical breakthrough for improving their quality of life.

COLLEGE

Harvard University

MEDICAL SCHOOL

Baylor College of Medicine

SURGERY RESIDENCY University of Michigan

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS Surgery

FELLOWSHIPS

Fellow, American College of Surgeons

BETHESDA HEALTH PHYSICIAN GROUP - GENERAL VASCULAR SURGEONS

2800 S. Seacrest Blvd., Ste. 200 • Boynton Beach, FL 33435 • 561.736.8200 • bethesdagvs.com

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JONATHAN C. LEVY, M.D. Shoulder & Elbow Surgery

Top Doctor ‘13, ‘14, ‘15, ‘16, ‘17, ‘18, ‘19

Dr. Levy joined the Holy Cross Orthopedic Institute in 2006 as a shoulder and elbow specialist and has been Chief of Orthopedics since 2010. He has developed Holy Cross into an international destination for complex shoulder and elbow problems. Performing well over 300 shoulder replacements each year, Dr. Levy is now the second highest volume shoulder replacement surgeon in the country. Dr. Levy has authored close to 100 peer-reviewed publications, is a national and international speaker on shoulder and elbow surgery, and has helped design several of the newest shoulder replacement devices. He is the Medical Director of the Holy Cross Orthopaedic Research Institute and Program Director of the ASES Sponsored Shoulder and Elbow Fellowship at Holy Cross.

COLLEGE

Northwestern University

MEDICAL SCHOOL

Northwestern University School of Medicine

ORTHOPAEDIC RESIDENCY University of Miami

FELLOWSHIP

Florida Orthopaedic Institute & Mayo Clinic

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

American Board of Orthopedic Surgery

ORTHOPEDIC INSTITUTE AT HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL

5597 North Dixie Highway • Fort Lauderdale, FL 33334 • 954.958.4800 • Shoulder-And-Elbow.com

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YOEL R. VIVAS, M.D., F.H.R.S. Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Top Doctor ‘19

Dr. Yoel Vivas is the founder of the Arrhythmia Center of South Florida. He’s been delivering the highest quality of care in cardiac electrophysiology to the south Palm Beach area since 2012. Dr. Vivas is a Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society (F.H.R.S.). He is one of only 1,100 arrhythmia specialists in the world to have been granted this important designation. This distinction recognizes members for their advanced training, certification and commitment to the research and treatment of heart rhythm disorders.

Dr. Yoel Vivas offers comprehensive evaluation and treatment of abnormalities of the heart rhythm (Arrhythmias) including but not limited to ablation of atrial fibrillation with cryo technology (freezing), atrial flutter, and supraventricular and ventricular tachycardia. He also specializes in implantation of pacemakers, defibrillators and devices to treat heart failure (CRT).

Dr. Yoel Vivas is the only electrophysiologist in South Florida who is also board certified in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology. His special clinical interests include: advanced techniques for treatment of atrial fibrillation including balloon ablation of Afib, ( convergent) procedure for persistent to long standing persistent atrial fibrillation, zero radiation technology and physiological pacemakers. Dr. Vivas has published several articles in atrial fibrillation and is also actively involved in research.

MEDICAL SCHOOL

Universidad Central de Venezuela, Magna Cum Laude

RESIDENCY

Hospital of St. Raphael, Yale University School of Medicine

FELLOWSHIPS

• Fellowship in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology – Lahey Clinic, Tufts University, Burlington, MA • Chief Fellow in Cardiovascular Diseases – The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

APPOINTMENTS

• Clinical Assistant Professor – Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL • Clinical Affiliate Assistant Professor – Clinical Biomedical Science, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL

ASSOCIATIONS

Fellow of The Heart Rhythm Society

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

• Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology • Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology • Cardiovascular Diseases

ARRHYTHMIA CENTER OF SOUTH FLORIDA

5258 Linton Blvd., Suite 106 • Delray Beach, FL 33484 • 561.303.3491 • ekgdoctor.com

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KEVIN DOUGLAS CAIRNS, M.D.

Interventional Spine Care Top Doctor ‘19

Dr. Kevin Cairns, founder of Florida Spine Specialists in Fort Lauderdale, has earned a reputation as one of the nation’s top Interventional Spine Physicians. Dr. Cairns’ goal is to alleviate pain and restore every patient to their highest level of function using the least invasive options available.

Dr. Cairns completed his residency training at Harvard Medical School in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, followed by a fellowship in Neuromuscular Disorders at Massachusetts General Hospital, followed by a second fellowship in Pain Medicine at Emory University.

He is triple-board certified in PM&R, Electrodiagnostic Medicine, and Pain Medicine (ABA). He currently serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Nova Southeastern University and has trained several hundred spine specialists in spinal procedures throughout the country.

With a desire to offer the latest medical breakthroughs to his patients, Dr. Cairns has been an investigator in multiple research studies including minimally invasive surgery to treat lumbar spinal stenosis, new advances in spinal cord stimulation, as well as advances in peripheral nerve stimulation. Dr. Cairns has authored multiple research articles in novel interventional pain procedures he has developed to better help his patients. To bring new medical technology to clinical practice, Dr. Cairns is a founding member of the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience, whose mission is to bridge medical device innovations in clinical practice by bringing together key opinion leaders throughout the country. Dr. Cairns advises medical device company boards, offering his expertise to help develop better products for patients.

He has provided pain relief to thousands of patients, from the simplest sprain to the most complex spine issues. Known as an outdoor enthusiast, Dr. Cairns is a triathlete who starts almost every day before work cycling 25+ miles, and loves spending time with his wife Meg and two daughters.

FELLOWSHIP

• Georgia Pain Physicians/Emory University - Atlanta, Georgia Interventional Spine Physiatry Fellow • Massachusetts General Hospital - Boston, Massachusetts Neuromuscular Disorders/Neurophysiology

RESIDENCY

Harvard Medical School/Spaulding Rehab - Boston, Massachusetts Physical Medicine & Rehab Resident

INTERNSHIP

University of Hawaii - Honolulu, Hawaii

MEDICAL SCHOOL

Doctor of Medicine - New York Medical College- New York, New York

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

• American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation • American Board of PM&R Subspecialty of Pain Medicine • Founding Member of American Society of Pain and Neuroscience • American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine & Neuromuscular Disorders

AWARDS & HONORS

• Clinical Assistant Professor, Nova Southeastern University, Department of OP&P, Division of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation • Resident Researcher of the Year, Harvard Medical School, Department of PM&R • Jonas N. Muller, M.D. Preventative Medicine Award • New York Medical College Cor et Manus Award of Distinction • New York Medical College Clinical Research Award Stipend

FLORIDA SPINE SPECIALISTS

6000 North Federal Highway • Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 • 954.771.2551 13365 Overseas Highway, #104 • Marathon, Fl 33050 • 305.294.9680

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DOUGLAS E. WEINER, M.D. Internal Medicine & Pulmonology Top Doctor ‘15, ‘16, ‘17, ‘19

Dr. Douglas E. Weiner became a physician in order to heal others. In his nearly 30 years of practice, he has seen medicine evolve into a volume-driven process that is more about the number of patients seen and less on the quality of medicine delivered. He has been fortunate enough to partner with MDVIP, which will allow him to practice personalized healthcare in a concierge-like environment in order to optimize health, wellness and prevention. Utilizing this model will allow him the time and resources to provide state-of-the-art healthcare without the worry of time constraints. It will also allow him to partner with his patients to optimize their health priorities.

As a Board-Certified Internist and Pulmonologist who has been trained at some of the most prestigious medical institutions in this country, Dr. Weiner is able to provide stateof-the-art medicine at the highest level as well as provide expert care in respiratory illnesses. He has a particular interest in asthma as well as COPD, and is also amenable to integrating complementary and alternative strategies to improve health.

Dr. Weiner’s practice draws from all parts of Broward County as well as South Palm Beach County, and he is currently on staff at University Hospital in Tamarac, Broward Health Coral Springs and Northwest Medical Center in Margate.

MEDICAL SCHOOL / RESIDENCY / INTERNSHIP Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

FELLOWSHIP

• Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners • Basic Cardiac Life Support • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

• Northwest Medical Center • University Hospital • Broward Health Coral Springs • Westside Regional Medical Center

HONORS & AWARDS

• Castle Connolly Top Doctor in South Florida, Gold Coast magazine, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 • Robert J. Suslow Fellow in Environmental Lung Disease, National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Disease 1998 • Alumni Award, Boston University School of Medicine for Academic and Clinical Excellence 1984

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & APPOINTMENTS

Northwest Regional Medical Center • Medical Director, Cardiopulmonary Department, 1996-present • Executive Chief of Staff, 2015-present • Chief of Staff, 2011-2015 • Vice Chief of Staff, 2007-2011 • Chief of Medicine, 1999-2003 • Vice Chief of Medicine, 1995-1999

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO

• Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians • American College of Physicians • American Thoracic Society

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

• Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine • Diplomate, American Board of Pulmonary Medicine

MD VIP

2929 North University Drive, Suite 107 • Coral Springs, FL 33065 • 954.752.3274 • facebook.com/MDVIP

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IRA FOX, M.D.,

D.A.B.P.M., F.I.P.P., A.B.I.P.P. Pain Management Top Doctor since 2006 Dr. Ira Fox has developed a worldwide reputation as an innovator, educator and leader in interventional pain medicine. He has dedicated more than 30 years to treating and alleviating chronic pain conditions.

In 1996, he co-founded Anesthesia Pain Care Consultants (APCC) with Dr. Jay Lasner, the first South Florida anesthesia group specializing in the treatment of chronic pain. His goal has always been to provide long-term relief for individuals living with all types of pain from spinal stenosis, injuries, accidents, cancer, chronic arthritic conditions as well as failed neck and lumbar spine surgeries. Dr. Fox is continuously perfecting new procedures and techniques, and this year APCC has seen their 90,000th new patient.

Dr. Fox works closely with primary care physicians, specialists, and the insurance industry to pursue the most accurate diagnosis. Each year, he assembles nearly 200 health care professionals for a pain symposium featuring APCC’s physicians and other leaders from throughout the country to provide insight and information on the latest studies and literature.

Additionally, he educates and collaborates with physicians around the globe, including underserved third-world countries. He is also involved in clinical trials and has delivered many presentations at international meetings. Dr. Fox has organized a world pain congress, and directed multiple educational conferences and workshops for pain specialists. He is the president of the World Society of Pain Clinicians, and is currently planning an international meeting for 2021.

APCC provides all types of minimally invasive techniques in treating pain, as well as physical therapy and medication management if necessary. They also offer a wide array of interventional procedures and stem cell therapies for patients with autoimmune disorders, COPD and those suffering from joint and disc pain. They have successfully used ozone injections in the treatment of bulging or herniated discs. APCC is an exclusively selected practice for studies involving the latest advances in spinal cord stimulation in the treatment of patients with severe pain. They very recently were published in the Journal of Pain Medicine.

COLLEGE

Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

MEDICAL SCHOOL

• U.A. of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico • State University of New York at Stony Brook

CHIEF RESIDENCY

Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

• American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians (ABIPP) • World Institute of Pain, Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) • American Board of Pain Medicine • American Board of Anesthesiology with Certification in Pain Management

ADDITIONAL DISTINCTIONS

• President, World Society of Pain Clinicians • Past Honorary Treasurer, World Institute of Pain • Past Chairman of World Institute of Pain Advisory Board • Examiner for FIPP Certification and ABIPP Interventional Practical Examination • Inaugural Executive Examiner, 1st Annual American Academy of Pain Medicine Ultrasonography • World Institute of Pain Inaugural Chairman of the Committee on Project Development • 2018 ASIPP Racz award for clinical excellence • 2018 American Society Interventional Pain Physicians Racz award for clinical excellence

ANESTHESIA PAIN CARE CONSULTANTS

7171 N. University Dr., Suite 300 • Tamarac • 954.720.3188 2900 N. Military Trail, Suite 230, North Tower • Boca Raton • 561.338.3274 AnesthesiaPainCare.com

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RICHARD R. BOBÉ, M.D., F.A.C.P. Concierge Internal Medicine

Top Doctor ‘19

Through the years, Dr. Bobe’s patients have always found him to be a careful listener. He firmly believes that the insights of diagnosis come primarily from what the patient tells him. He provides medical care incorporating the latest evidence-based data with his many years of experience handling a wide range of medical disorders. During your entire visit you will be face-to-face with your physician, assuring your concerns and questions are addressed to your complete satisfaction. Dr. Bobe’ has consistently kept office wait times to under 5 minutes in most instances, and your visit will be spent discussing your issues and concerns in a personal, friendly manner. He will admit and manage your in-patient care (he is associated with Delray Medical Center) and will coordinate your aftercare with rehabilitative and other ancillary services. Coordinating with nationally renowned Castle Connolly health care system, you will have access to health care specialists in 50 states and abroad.

He can even employ telemedicine video conferencing, electronic prescriptions and medical record reviews for your convenience. With wellness at the heart of your healthcare, you can be certain that he will work overtime so that you will remain at home and out of the hospital. And you will find his office staff of medical assistants to be friendly, courteous and hard-working–all to ensure your care at his practice is the very best you can find.

MEDICAL SCHOOL

State University of New York at Downstate

RESIDENCY

Staten Island Hospital Medical Center, New York

INTERNSHIP

Montefiore Medical Center/Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center, NY

APPOINTMENTS

• Chairman, Constitution Committee Westchester Square Medical Center January 1993 – January 1993 • Treasurer, Medical Staff Western Arizona Regional Medical Center January 2000 – January 2002 • Chairman, Department of Medicine Western Arizona Regional Medical Center January 2002 – January 2004

AWARDS

• “Best Physician in Tri-State Area” by The Mohave Daily News (Reader’s Poll) - 2000 • “Guardian Angel” by Mohave High School for outstanding service on behalf of the students.

• “Best Physician” in the Jewish Journal (Reader’s Poll) – 2017, 2018 • “Top Doctor” in Boca Life Magazine • Induction into the Fellowship of the American College of Physicians – 2016.

CASTLE CONNOLLY PRIVATE HEALTH PARTNERS, LLC 561.249.4330 • bobeccphp.com

2 019 T O P D O CS Martin Allan Lesser, M.D. Holy Cross Medical Group - Neuroscience Institute 4725 N. Federal Highway Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital Fort Lauderdale 954.414.9750 Electrodiagnosis, Stroke Prevention

Marc A. Swerdloff, M.D. BocaCare Marcus Neuroscience Institute 800 Meadows Road Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.955.4600 Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, Myasthenia Gravis, Headache

Ridwan Lin, M.D./Ph.D. Neurologic Institute 201 E. Sample Road, Floor 2 Deerfield Beach, FL 33064 Primary Hospital: Broward Health North 954.786.5151 Interventional Neuroradiology, Stroke/Cerebrovascular Disease, Carotid Artery Disease, Aneurysm

Seth C. Tarras, M.D. Memorial Neuroscience Institute 1150 N. 35th Ave., Ste. 590 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Memorial Regional Hospital 954.265.9500 Neuromuscular Disorders

Eduardo R. Locatelli, M.D. Holy Cross Medical Group 4725 N. Federal Highway Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital Fort Lauderdale 954.414.9750 Epilepsy, Neurological Imaging

NEURORADIOLOGY Bruce H. Braffman, M.D. Radiology Associates of Hollywood 9050 Pines Blvd., Ste. 200 Pembroke Pines, FL 33024 Primary Hospital: Memorial Regional Hospital 954.265.5886

Efrain D. Salgado, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Department of Neurology 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5671 Cerebrovascular Disease, Stroke, Headache, Multiple Sclerosis

NUCLEAR MEDICINE

Carl Salvati, M.D. 13455 Military Trail, Ste. A Delray Beach, FL 33484 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.495.4644 Electromyography (EMG), Electroencephalography (EEG), Nerve Conduction Studies

OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY

Damon R. Salzman, M.D. Sunrise Medical Group 12596 Pines Blvd.

Pembroke Pines, FL 33027 954.437.4000 Sleep Disorders, Headache, Memory Disorders, ADD/ADHD Nicholas Suite, M.D. 2525 Embassy Drive, Ste. 5 Hollywood, FL 33026 954.431.6884

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Jon Kotler, M.D. Nuclear Medicine/PET - Holy Cross Hospital 4725 N. Federal Highway Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital Fort Lauderdale 954.492.5748 PET Imaging, CT Scan, Thyroid Disorders

Gostal Arcelin, M.D. Women’s Health Partners 6859 SW 18th St., Ste. 300 Boca Raton, FL 33433 Primary Hospital: West Boca Medical Center 561.368.3775 Minimally Invasive Surgery, Robotic Surgery, Hysteroscopic Surgery Brian A. Bernick, M.D. Boca Raton OB/GYN Specialists 1050 NW 15th St., Ste. 215A Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.362.6789 Adolescent Gynecology, Menopause Problems, Gynecologic Surgery

Steven Birnbach, M.D. 9960 Central Park Blvd. N., Ste. 300 Boca Raton, FL 33431 Primary Hospital: West Boca Medical Center 561.482.8100 Richard A. Conlen, M.D. Florida Women Care 660 Glades Road, Ste. 240 Boca Raton, FL 33431-6466 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.368.2005 Gynecology Only, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Menopause Problems, Menstrual Disorders Bradley S. Douglas, M.D. Boca Raton OB/GYN Specialists 1050 NW 15th St., Ste. 215A Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.392.7704 Robotic Surgery, Laparoscopic Surgery, Uterine Fibroids, Endometriosis Trudi E. Fahey, M.D. 1625 SE Third Ave., Ste. 701 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Medical Center 954.467.2013 Adolescent Gynecology, Robotic Surgery Samuel Lee Heering, M.D. 9970 Central Park Blvd., Ste. 303 Boca Raton, FL 33428 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.218.0767 Ultrasound, Colposcopy, Pap Smear Abnormalities Mark McCormick, M.D. Boca Raton OB/GYN Specialists 1050 NW 15th St., Ste. 215A Boca Raton, FL 33486-1393 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.392.7704 Gynecology Only Stefan Novac, M.D. Memorial Hospital West 601 N. Flamingo Road, Ste. 406 Pembroke Pines, FL 33028 Primary Hospital: Memorial Hospital West 754.201.3700

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2 0 1 9 T OP D OC S Amy C. Roskin, M.D. 8333 W. McNab Road, Ste. 122 Tamarac, FL 33321 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Coral Springs 954.718.7180 Gynecology Only Amy L. Sonnenblick, M.D. 600 S. Pine Island Road, Ste. 102 Plantation, FL 33324 Primary Hospital: Plantation General Hospital 954.635.6243 Gynecology Only, Preventive Medicine, Adolescent Gynecology, Minimally Invasive Surgery OPHTHALMOLOGY Scott R. Anagnoste, M.D. Retina Group of Florida 6333 N. Federal Highway, Ste. 300 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Imperial Point 954.776.6880 Trauma, Endophthalmitis, Macular Degeneration, Retinal Disorders Brent W. Bellotte, M.D. West Boca Eye Center 9325 Glades Road, Ste. 201 Boca Raton, FL 33434 Primary Hospital: West Boca Medical Center 561.488.1001 Mario R. Del Cid, M.D. Retina Group of Florida 6333 N. Federal Highway, Ste. 300 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Imperial Point 954.776.6880 Retinal Disorders, Retinal Disorders-Complex, Retina/Vitreous Consultation, Retina/Vitreous Surgery Mandeep S. Dhalla, M.D. Retina Group of Florida 6333 N. Federal Highway, Ste. 300 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Imperial Point 954.776.6880 Retinal Detachment, Diabetic Eye Disease/ Retinopathy Kendall Donaldson, M.D. 8100 SW 10th St., Ste. 3000 Plantation, FL 33324 Primary Hospital: Bascom Palmer Eye Institute 954.465.2700 Cataract Surgery, Cornea & External Eye Disease, Laser Surgery

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Mark S. Dorfman, M.D. Eye Surgery Associates 2300 N. Commerce Parkway, Ste. 307 Weston, FL 33326 Primary Hospital: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital 954.217.3155 Pediatric Ophthalmology, Strabismus, Retinopathy of Prematurity, Amblyopia Steven Fagien, M.D. 660 Glades Road, Ste. 210 Boca Raton, FL 33431 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.393.9898 Oculoplastic Surgery, Eyelid Surgery/Blepharoplasty, Cosmetic Surgery-Eyes George A. Fournier III, M.D. Fort Lauderdale Eye Associates 2466 E. Commercial Blvd.

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Imperial Point 954.492.1177 Glaucoma, Cataract Surgery

Gary R. Hopen, M.D. Eye Physicians Of Florida 3419 Johnson St. Hollywood, FL 33021-5420 Primary Hospital: Memorial Regional Hospital 954.989.2800 Neuro-Ophthalmology Daniel A. Jewelewicz, M.D. Delray Eye Associates 16201 S. Military Trail Delray Beach, FL 33484 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.498.8100 Glaucoma, Anterior Segment Surgery, Cataract Surgery, Intraocular Lens Replacement David T. Jones, M.D./Ph.D. Eye Surgery Associates 603 N. Flamingo Road, Ste. 250 Pembroke Pines, FL 33028 Primary Hospital: Memorial Hospital Miramar 954.925.2740 Cataract Surgery, Cornea & External Eye Disease, LASIK-Refractive Surgery

Lee S. Friedman, M.D. Florida Eye Microsurgical Institute 1717 W. Woolbright Road Boynton Beach, FL 33426 Primary Hospital: St. Mary’s Medical Center West Palm Beach 561.737.5500 Pediatric Ophthalmology

Randy S. Katz, M.D. Florida Eye Microsurgical Institute 1717 W. Woolbright Road Boynton Beach, FL 33426 Primary Hospital: St. Mary’s Medical Center West Palm Beach 561.737.5500 Diabetic Eye Disease/Retinopathy, Macular Disease/Degeneration, Retina/ Vitreous Surgery

Michael L. Glassman, M.D. Eye Surgery Associates 2740 Hollywood Blvd.

Hollywood, FL 33020 Primary Hospital: Memorial Hospital West 954.925.2740 Eyelid Surgery/Blepharoplasty, Eyelid Reconstruction, Oculoplastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Lawrence Katzen, M.D. Katzen Eye Care & Laser Center 901 N. Congress Ave., Ste. 104 Boynton Beach, FL 33426-5802 Primary Hospital: JFK Medical Center Atlantis 561.732.8005 LASIK-Refractive Surgery, Cataract Surgery, LASIK-Refractive Surgery

Howard B. Goldman, M.D. Eye Associates of Boca Raton 950 NW 13th St. Boca Raton, FL 33486-2310 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.391.8300 Cataract Surgery, LASIK-Refractive Surgery

Douglas A. Kohl, M.D. Eye Associates of Boca Raton 950 NW 13th St. Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.391.8300 Glaucoma, Cataract Surgery

Marvin E. Greenberg, M.D. 7421 N. University Drive, Ste. 109 Tamarac, FL 33321-2952 954.726.2080 Cataract Surgery, Glaucoma, Diabetic Eye Disease/Retinopathy

Jan W. Kronish, M.D. Delray Eye Associates 16201 S. Military Trail Delray Beach, FL 33484-6503 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.498.8100 Oculoplastic Surgery, Eyelid Tumors/ Cancer, Eyelid Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgery, Tear Duct Problems

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2 019 T O P D O CS Aarup Kubal, M.D. Your Eye Specialists 1776 N. Pine Island Road, Ste. 214 Plantation, FL 33322 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital - Fort Lauderdale 954.945.7766 Cataract Surgery, Cornea & External Eye Disease Garima Lal, M.D. Pediatric Eye Associates 17901 NW Fifth St., Ste. 204 Pembroke Pines, FL 33029 Primary Hospital: Memorial Hospital Miramar 954.885.6575 Strabismus, Pediatric Ophthalmology, Tear Duct Problems James E. Lang, M.D. Lauderdale Eye Specialists 4800 NE 20th Terrace, Ste. 305 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital Fort Lauderdale 954.491.1111 Cataract Surgery Tirso M. Lara, M.D. Fort Lauderdale Eye Institute 1930 NE 47th St. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital Fort Lauderdale 954.741.5555 Retina/Vitreous Surgery, Retinal Detachment, Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Eye Disease/ Retinopathy Jeffrey Perlman, M.D. Eye Associates of Boca Raton 950 NW 13th St. Boca Raton, FL 33486-2310 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.391.8300 Pediatric Ophthalmology Nelson Preschel, M.D. Premium Eye Centers 17900 NW Fifth St., Ste. 204 Pembroke Pines, FL 33029 Primary Hospital: Memorial Hospital Pembroke 305.222.7082 Glaucoma, Corneal Disease, Laser Refractive Surgery William J. Rand, M.D. Rand Eye Institute 5 W. Sample Road Deerfield Beach, FL 33064-3542 Primary Hospital: Broward Health North

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954.782.1700 Cataract Surgery, Corneal Disease & Transplant, LASIK-Refractive Surgery, Laser Refractive Surgery Steven I. Rosenfeld, M.D. Delray Eye Associates 16201 S. Military Trail Delray Beach, FL 33484-6503 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.498.8100 Cataract Surgery, Corneal Disease & Transplant, Laser Refractive Surgery, Intraocular Lens Replacement Patrick E. Rubsamen, M.D. Retina Group of Florida 950 Glades Road, Ste. 1-C Boca Raton, FL 33431 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.394.6499 Macular Degeneration, Retinal Detachment, Diabetic Eye Disease/Retinopathy Michael A. Schaffer, M.D. Delray Eye Associates 16201 S. Military Trail Delray Beach, FL 33484 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.498.8100 Neuro-Ophthalmology, Pediatric Ophthalmology, Optic Nerve Disorders, Strabismus Ernesto I. Segal, M.D. Eye Associates of Boca Raton 950 NW 13th St. Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.391.8300 Retinal Disorders Andrew C. Shatz, M.D. Sight Trust Eye Institute 1601 Sawgrass Corporate Parkway, Ste. 430 Sunrise, FL 33323 Primary Hospital: Plantation General Hospital 877.878.7890 Cataract Surgery, Intraocular Lens Replacement Jeffrey E. Siegal, M.D. 15340 Jog Road, Ste. 210 Delray Beach, FL 33446 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.495.8558 Glaucoma, Cataract Surgery, LASIK-Refractive Surgery

Keith A. Skolnick, M.D. Fort Lauderdale Eye Institute 850 S. Pine Island Road, Ste. A100 Plantation, FL 33324 954.741.5555 Cataract Surgery, Trauma, Diabetic Eye Disease/Retinopathy Barry S. Taney, M.D. Retina Group of Florida 6333 N. Federal Highway, Ste. 300 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Imperial Point 954.776.6880 Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Eye Disease/ Retinopathy, Retinal Detachment, Retina/Vitreous Surgery W. Scott Thompson, M.D. Retina Group of Florida 6333 N. Federal Highway, Ste. 300 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Imperial Point 954.776.6880 Retinal Disorders Eduardo Uchiyama, M.D. Retina Group of Florida 6333 N. Federal Highway, Ste. 300 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Imperial Point 954.776.6880 Uveitis, Retinal Disorders, Ocular Inflammatory Disease, Macular Degeneration Mark H. Weiner, M.D. Eye Associates of Boca Raton 950 NW 13th St. Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.391.8300 Oculoplastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Eyelid Surgery Russell M. Wolfe, M.D. Eye Physicians Of Florida 3419 Johnson St. Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Memorial Regional Hospital 954.989.2800 Cataract Surgery Donald R. Woods, M.D. Coral Springs Eye Institute 7886 W. Sample Road Coral Springs, FL 33065 954.752.6465

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2 0 1 9 T OP D OC S ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY Jeffrey E. Balazsy, M.D. Spine & Orthopedic Center 8251 W. Broward Blvd., Ste. 102 Plantation, FL 33324 Primary Hospital: Memorial Hospital Pembroke 888.409.8006 Limb Salvage, Pelvic & Acetabular Fractures, Trauma Marc Bergman, M.D. Boca Raton Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine 1905 Clint Moore Road, Ste. 214 Boca Raton, FL 33496 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.241.8668 Arthroscopic Surgery, Rotator Cuff Surgery, Shoulder Surgery, Knee Surgery Alexander J. Bertot, M.D. Sports Medicine Associates of South Florida 220 SW 84th Ave., Ste. 102 Plantation, FL 33324 Primary Hospital: Westside Regional Medical Center 954.720.1530 Sports Medicine Kalman D. Blumberg, M.D. Florida Spine Specialists 6000 N. Federal Highway Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Medical Center 954.771.2551 Spinal Disorders, Spinal Surgery Mark S. Bromson, M.D. Boca Raton Orthopaedic Group 660 Glades Road, Ste. 460 Boca Raton, FL 33431 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.391.5515 Foot & Ankle Surgery, Dance Medicine, Sports Injuries-Foot & Ankle Jeffrey B. Cantor, M.D. Cantor Spine Institute 3000 Bayview Drive Fort Lauderdale, FL 33306 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital Fort Lauderdale 954.567.1332 Spinal Surgery, Spinal Disorders Brad S. Chayet, M.D. Orthopaedic Center of South Florida 600 S. Pine Island Road, Ste. 300 Plantation, FL 33324-3179

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Primary Hospital: Westside Regional Medical Center 954.473.6344 Sports Injuries, Arthroscopic Surgery Randolph B. Cohen, M.D. Joe Dimaggio Children’s Hospital - Department of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery 1150 N. 35th Ave., Ste. 345 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital 954.265.6300 Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Injuries, Spinal Deformity-Pediatric Brian E. Coleman, M.D. South Palm Orthopedics 4800 Linton Blvd., A Building, Ste. 201 Delray Beach, FL 33445 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.496.6622 Foot & Ankle Surgery, Ankle Replacement, Deformity Reconstruction, Arthritis Mark Eskenazi, M.D. Spine Institute of South Florida 5210 Linton Blvd., Ste. 103 Delray Beach, FL 33484 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.381.4271 Scoliosis, Trauma

Manish K. Gupta, M.D. Sports & Orthopedic Center 6280 W. Sample Road, Ste. 203 Coral Springs, FL 33067 Primary Hospital: Broward Health North 954.481.9942 Arthroscopic Surgery-Hip, Sports Injuries, Joint Reconstruction, Cartilage Damage Marc Z. Hammerman, M.D. Broward Institute For Orthopedic Specialties 4310 Sheridan St. Hollywood, FL 33021-3512 Primary Hospital: Memorial Regional Hospital 954.989.3500 Knee Surgery, Hip Surgery, Sports Medicine Kenneth S. Jeffers, M.D. Tenet Florida Physician Services 9960 N. Central Park Blvd., Ste. 150A Boca Raton, FL 33428 Primary Hospital: West Boca Medical Center 561.394.8443 Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Scoliosis,Pediatric Sports Medicine, Trauma-Pediatric

Howard J. Gelb, M.D. 9980 Central Park Blvd. N., Ste. 222 Boca Raton, FL 33428 Primary Hospital: West Boca Medical Center 561.558.8898 Sports Medicine, Arthroscopic Surgery, Knee Surgery, Shoulder Reconstruction

Michael H. Jofe, M.D. Joe Dimaggio Children’s Hospital - Department of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery 1150 N. 35th Ave., Ste. 345 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital 954.265.6300 Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Spinal Deformity-Pediatric, Bone & Soft Tissue Tumors

Gregory J. Gilot, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5430 Shoulder Surgery, Rotator Cuff Surgery, Shoulder Replacement, Knee Ligament Reconstruction

Kevin J. Kessler, M.D. Kessler Sports Medicine & Orthopedics Center 4800 N. Federal Highway, Floor 3 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Imperial Point 954.491.7758 Shoulder & Elbow Surgery, Rotator Cuff Surgery, Knee Injuries/ACL, Sports Medicine

Michael A. Gleiber, M.D. Concierge Spine Surgery 1555 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., Ste. 950 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Primary Hospital: Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center 561.972.6464 Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery, Spinal Surgery-Low Back, Spinal Surgery-Neck, Spinal Microdiscectomy

George J. Kolettis, M.D. Boca Raton Orthopaedic Group 660 Glades Road, Ste. 460 Boca Raton, FL 33431 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.391.5515 Sports Medicine, Arthroscopic Surgery, Shoulder Surgery-Complex, Knee Injuries

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2 019 T O P D O CS William A. Leone Jr., M.D. The Leone Center for Orthopedic Care 1000 NE 56th St. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33334 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital - Fort Lauderdale 954.489.4575 Minimally Invasive Surgery, Hip Replacement & Revision, Knee Replacement & Revision, Robotic Surgery Jonathan C. Levy, M.D. Holy Cross Medical Group - Orthopaedic Institute 5597 N. Dixie Highway Fort Lauderdale, FL 33334 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital - Fort Lauderdale 954.958.4800 Shoulder Replacement, Rotator Cuff Surgery, Elbow Reconstruction, Arthroscopic Surgery Richard M. Linn, M.D. Orthopaedic Center of South Florida 600 S. Pine Island Road, Ste. 300 Plantation, FL 33324 Primary Hospital: Westside Regional Medical Center 954.473.6344 Knee Reconstruction, Shoulder Reconstruction, Arthroscopic Surgery, Sports Medicine Eric W. Lloyd, M.D. Boca Raton Orthopaedics/Sports Medicine 1905 Clint Moore Road, Ste. 214 Boca Raton, FL 33496 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.241.8668 Foot & Ankle Surgery, Arthroscopic Surgery, Ankle Replacement, Sports Injuries-Foot & Ankle Gregory M. Martin, M.D. Personalized Orthopaedics of the Palm Beaches 6056 Boynton Beach Blvd., Ste. 215 Boynton Beach, FL 33437 Primary Hospital: JFK Medical Center Atlantis 561.733.5888 Hip & Knee Replacement, Arthritis, Joint Preservation, Arthroscopic Surgery Neal P. Mcnerney, M.D. Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital - Department Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery 1150 N. 35th Ave., Ste. 345 Hollywood, FL 33021-5488 Primary Hospital: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital 954.265.6300 Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Cerebral Palsy, Clubfoot, Hip Disorders & Dysplasia

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Steven E. Naide, M.D. East Coast Orthopaedics 1201 E. Sample Road Pompano Beach, FL 33064 Primary Hospital: Broward Health North 954.942.4433 Joint Replacement, Arthroscopic Surgery, Knee & Shoulder Surgery, Trauma Robert P. Norton, M.D. Florida Spine Associates 670 Glades Road, Ste. 200 Boca Raton, FL 33431 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.495.9511 Spinal Surgery-Neck, Spinal Surgery-Low Back, Spinal Reconstructive Surgery, Spinal Surgery Preetesh D. Patel, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida - Weston 954.659.5430 Hip Replacement & Revision, Knee Replacement & Revision, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Arthritis Joseph R. Purita, M.D. Boca Raton Orthopaedic Group 660 Glades Road, Ste. 460 Boca Raton, FL 33431 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.391.5515 Arthroscopic Surgery, Hip Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery Martin W. Roche, M.D. Holy Cross Medical Group - Orthopaedic Institute 5597 N. Dixie Highway Fort Lauderdale, FL 33334 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital - Fort Lauderdale 954.958.4800 Robotic Surgery, Knee Replacement, Cartilage Damage & Transplant, Sports Injuries Ashish K. Sahai, M.D. Spine & Orthopedic Center 280 SW Natura Ave. Deerfield Beach, FL 33441 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.549.9090 Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery, Spinal Surgery, Pain-Back, Sports Injuries

Mitchell S. Seavey, M.D. Holy Cross Medical Group - Orthopaedic Institute 5597 N. Dixie Highway Fort Lauderdale, FL 33334 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital - Fort Lauderdale 954.958.4800 Arthroscopic Surgery, Fractures, Sports Medicine Kevin B. Shrock, M.D. Fort Lauderdale Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine 1414 SE Third Ave. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Medical Center 954.764.8033 Shoulder Reconstruction, Knee Cartilage/Meniscus Transplants, Arthroscopic Surgery, Trauma Stephen K. Storer, M.D. Joe Dimaggio Children’s Hospital Department of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery 1150 N. 35th Ave., Ste. 345 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital 954.265.6300 Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine Kenneth W. Taylor, M.D. Broward Institute of Orthopaedic Specialties 4400 Sheridan St. Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Medical Center 954.963.3500 Sports Injuries, Arthroscopic Surgery, Fractures, Reconstructive Surgery Russell D. Weisz, M.D. South Palm Orthopedics 4800 Linton Blvd., A Building, Ste. 201 Delray Beach, FL 33445 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.496.6622 Trauma, Fractures, Fractures-Non Union Clive C. Woods, M.D. Gelb Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center 9980 N. Central Park Blvd., Ste. 222 Boca Raton, FL 33428 Primary Hospital: West Boca Medical Center 561.558.8898 Foot & Ankle Surgery, Ankle Reconstruction, Fractures, Achilles Tendon Rupture

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2 0 1 9 T OP D OC S Erol A. Yoldas, M.D. Orthopedic Specialty Institute 5400 N. Federal Highway, Ste. 102 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Medical Center 954.866.9699 Sports Injuries, Shoulder Injuries, Knee Ligament Reconstruction, Knee Injuries

Nasal & Sinus Disorders, Hearing Disorders/ Tinnitus, Endoscopic Sinus Surgery, Sleep Disorders/Apnea/Snoring

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Sabine V. Hesse, M.D. South Florida ENT Associates 4700 Sheridan St., Ste. K Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Medical Center 954.966.7000 Head & Neck Cancer & Surgery, Endoscopic Sinus Surgery, Airway Disorders, Sleep Apnea

Gilberto O. Alemar, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Department of Otolaryngology 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5124 Head & Neck Surgery, Head & Neck Cancer, Skull Base Surgery, Voice & Swallowing Disorders Michael S. Aronsohn, M.D. ENT & Allergy Associates of South Florida 1601 Clint Moore Road, Ste. 105 Boca Raton, FL 33487 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.391.3333 Head & Neck Cancer, Thyroid & Parathyroid Surgery, Hearing & Balance Disorders Scott E. Brietzke, M.D. Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology 1131 N. 35th Ave., Floor 3, Ste. 300 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital 954.265.1616 Pediatric Otolaryngology, Ear Infections, Hearing Loss/Tinnitus, Cochlear Implants Richard H. Callari, M.D. Broward Sinus & Allergy Center 415 E. Davie Blvd.

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Medical Center 954.760.7836 Sinus Disorders, Allergy,Endoscopic Sinus Surgery George E. Georgakakis, M.D. ENT Surgeon & Hearing Aid Center 4801 N. Federal Highway, Ste. 302 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital Fort Lauderdale 954.493.8773

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Kendall L. Hanft, M.D. South Florida ENT Associates 3079 E. Commercial Blvd., Ste. 100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 954.776.0620 Voice Disorders, Sinus Disorders

James G. Houle, M.D. Boca Raton Otolaryngology 660 Glades Road, Ste. 400 Boca Raton, FL 33431 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.750.2100 Sinus Disorders, Voice Disorders, Hearing Loss/Tinnitus, Balance Disorders David Jassir. M.D. South Florida ENT Associates 4700 Sheridan St., Ste. K Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Memorial Regional Hospital 954.966.7000 Sleep Disorders Curtis D. Johnson, D.O. Ear, Nose & Throat Associates of South Florida 3100 Coral Hills Drive, Ste. 307 Coral Springs, FL 33065 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Coral Springs 954.796.0400 Facial Plastic Surgery Paul E. Lapco, M.D. Ear, Nose & Throat Associates 1 W. Sample Road, Ste. 103 Pompano Beach, FL 33064 Primary Hospital: Broward Health North 954.942.6868 Sinus Disorders, Endoscopic Sinus Surgery, Allergy, Hearing Disorders/Tinnitus

Nancy J. Liu, M.D. Boca Raton Otolaryngology 660 Glades Road, Ste. 400 Boca Raton, FL 33431 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.750.2100 Sinus Disorders, Voice Disorders, Swallowing Disorders, Sleep Disorders/Apnea/ Snoring Ram K. Madasu, M.D. Broward ENT Consultants 5511 N. University Drive, Ste. 101B Coral Springs, FL 33067 Primary Hospital: Northwest Medical Center 954.755.4002 Head & Neck Surgery, Sinus Disorders, Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Daniel S. Morse, M.D. South Florida ENT Associates 601 N. Flamingo Road, Ste. 210 Pembroke Pines, FL 33028-1008 Primary Hospital: Memorial Hospital West 954.438.1015 Nathan Nachlas, M.D. Nose & Sinus Institute of Boca Raton 1601 Clint Moore Road, Ste. 170 Boca Raton, FL 33487 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.939.0900 Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Sinus Disorders/Surgery Eloy Villasuso III, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Department of Otolaryngology 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida - Weston 954.659.5124 Neuro-Otology, Hearing Loss/Tinnitus, Balance Disorders, Facial Nerve Disorders Mark H. Widick, M.D. ENT & Allergy Associates of South Florida 1601 Clint Moore Road, Ste. 105 Boca Raton, FL 33487 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.391.3333 Ear Disorders, Neuro-Otology, Hearing Disorders/Tinnitus, Cochlear Implants

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2 019 T O P D O CS Ari I. Wirtschafter, M.D. ENT & Allergy Associates of South Florida 1601 Clint Moore Road, Ste. 105 Boca Raton, FL 33487 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.391.3333 Sinus Disorders/Surgery, Voice Disorders, Balloon Sinuplasty, Sleep Disorders/Apnea/ Snoring OTOLARYNGOLOGY/FACIAL PLASTIC SURGERY Ryan M. Greene, M.D./Ph.D. 2731 Executive Park Drive, Ste. 1 Weston, FL 33331 954.651.6600 Facial Plastic Surgery, Rhinoplasty, Botox Therapy Jacob D. Steiger, M.D. 1001 N. Federal Highway Boca Raton, FL 33432 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.499.9339 Rhinoplasty, Rhinoplasty Revision, Facial Plastic Surgery, Facial Rejuvenation John G. Westine, M.D. Delray Beach Plastic Surgery 250 Dixie Blvd., Ste. 103 Delray Beach, FL 33444 Primary Hospital: Broward Health North 561.278.3245 Facial Plastic Surgery, Facial Rejuvenation, Rhinoplasty PAIN MEDICINE Jonathan J. Aarons, M.D. Anesco Interventional Pain Institute 2964 N. State Road 7, Ste. 206 Margate, FL 33063 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Imperial Point 954.580.8838 Pain-Interventional Techniques, Pain-Chronic, Pain-Back Ira B. Fox, M.D. Anesthesia Pain Care Consultants 7171 N. University Drive, Ste. 300 Tamarac, FL 33321 Primary Hospital: University Hospital & Medical Center - Tamarac 954.720.3188 Pain-Interventional Techniques, Pain-Chronic, Pain-Back & Neck, Sciatica

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PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY Maryanne R. Chrisant, M.D. Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Heart Institute 1150 N. 35th Ave., Ste. 575 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital 954.265.3437 Heart Failure, Transplant Medicine-Heart Steven B. Iskowitz, M.D. Pediatrix Medical Group/MEDNAX 2825 N. State Road 7, Ste. 302 Margate, FL 33063 Primary Hospital: Northwest Medical Center 954.972.1600 Congenital Heart Disease Larry A. Latson, M.D. Joe Dimaggio Children’s Hospital Heart Institute 1005 Joe DiMaggio Drive Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital 954.265.3437 Congenital Heart Disease-Adult & Child, Interventional Cardiology, Heart Valve Disease Jeffrey W. Skimming, M.D. Pediatrics Medical Group of Florida 2237 N. Commerce Parkway, Ste. 1 Weston, FL 33326 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital Fort Lauderdale 954.385.5545 Congenital Heart Disease Ming-Lon Young, M.D. Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital - Heart Institute 1005 Joe DiMaggio Drive Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital 954.265.3437 Cardiac Electrophysiology, Arrhythmias, Syncope, Catheter Ablation PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY Manuela C. Almaguer, M.D. Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital - Department of Pediatric Endocrinology 1131 N. 35th Ave., Ste. 200 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital 954.265.6984 Diabetes, Metabolic Disorders

Robin L. Nemery, M.D. Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital - Department of Pediatric Endocrinology 1131 N. 35th Ave., Ste. 200 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital 954.265.6984 Diabetes PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY -ONCOLOGY Brian E. Cauff, M.D. Joe Dimaggio Children’s Hospital - Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 1150 N. 35th Ave., Ste. 100 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital 954.265.2234 Pediatric Cancers Iftikhar Hanif, M.D. Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital - Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 1150 N. 35th Ave., Ste. 100 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital 954.265.2234 Pediatric Cancers, Clinical Trials Deborah Kramer, M.D. Joe Dimaggio Children’s Hospital - Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 1150 N. 35th Ave., Ste. 100 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital 954.265.2234

Lynn A. Meister, M.D. Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital - Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 1150 N. 35th Ave., Ste. 100 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital 954.265.2234 Palliative Care, Pediatric Cancers Hector M. Rodriguez-Cortes, M.D. BGMC Cancer Center 1600 S. Andrews Ave. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Medical Center 954.355.4527 Pediatric Cancers, Palliative Care, Sickle Cell Disease

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2 0 1 9 T OP D OC S Anne M. Schaefer, M.D. Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology 1150 N. 35th Ave., Ste. 100 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital 954.265.2234 Pediatric Cancers PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY Alexandru R. Constantinescu, M.D. Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital - Department of Pediatric Nephrology 1131 N. 35th Ave., Floor 2 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital 954.265.9344 PEDIATRIC OTOLARYNGOLOGY Samuel T. Ostrower, M.D. Joe Dimaggio Children’s Hospital - Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology 1131 N. 35th Ave., Floor 3, Ste. 300 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital 954.265.1616 Airway Disorders, Cochlear Implants, Tonsil/Adenoid Disorders Steven L. Singer, M.D. Pediatric ENT Associates of South Florida 1150 N. 35th Ave., Ste. 395 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital 954.987.5430 Pediatric Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY Juan C. Martinez, M.D. Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Department of Pediatric Pulmonology 1131 N. 35th Ave., Ste. 330 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital 954.265.6333 Cystic Fibrosis, Sleep Disorders Galia D. Napchan Pomerantz, M.D. Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Department of Pediatric Pulmonology 1131 N. 35th Ave., Ste. 330 Hollywood, FL 33021

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Primary Hospital: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital 954.265.6333 Sleep Disorders PEDIATRIC SURGERY Michele A. Markley, M.D. South Florida Pediatric Surgeons 300 NW 70th Ave., Ste. 202 Plantation, FL 33317 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Medical Center 954.584.8500 Trauma, Cancer Surgery Marshall Stone, M.D. Childrens Surgical Specialists 9970 Central Park Blvd., Ste. 202 Boca Raton, FL 33428 Primary Hospital: West Boca Medical Center 561.852.0038 Chest Wall Deformities, Neonatal Surgery PEDIATRIC UROLOGY Charles E. Flack, M.D. Palm Beach Pediatric Urology 10301 Hagen Ranch Road, Ste. 130-C Boynton Beach, FL 33437-3725 Primary Hospital: Bethesda Memorial Hospital 561.736.7313 PEDIATRICS Teresa Anaya, M.D. Holy Cross Medical Group - Gallagher Pediatrics Practice 1900 E. Commercial Blvd., Ste. 202 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital - Fort Lauderdale 954.351.5840 Shira Bassly, M.D. Pediatric Associates Boca Raton 19615 State Road 7, Ste. 32 Boca Raton, FL 33498 Primary Hospital: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital 561.477.7700 Joel D. Cheresnick, M.D. Coral Square Pediatrics 700 Riverside Drive, Ste. 702 Coral Springs, FL 33071 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Coral Springs 954.753.7870

Rachel Cyrlak, M.D. Children’s Medical Center 4651 Sheridan St., Ste. 270 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital 954.989.6000 Paul J. Goldberg, M.D. South Florida Pediatric Partners 11011 Sheridan St., Ste. 311 Cooper City, FL 33026 Primary Hospital: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital 954.435.7400 David B. Harrison, M.D. Pediatric Associates 4570 Lyons Road, Ste. 110 Coconut Creek, FL 33073 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Coral Springs 954.971.3210

Deborah E. Ingram, M.D. Ingram Pediatrics 4100 S. Hospital Drive, Ste. 302 Plantation, FL 33317 Primary Hospital: Plantation General Hospital 954.321.1591 Y. Aaron Kaweblum, M.D. Boca Del Mar Pediatric & Adolescent Center 6877 SW 18th St., Ste. H147 Boca Raton, FL 33433-7043 Primary Hospital: West Boca Medical Center 561.347.8382 Environmental Diseases, Asthma, Behavioral Disorders, Allergy Jacinta Magnus, M.D. Children’s Medical Center 4651 Sheridan St., Ste. 270 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital 954.989.6000 David Marcus, M.D. Pediatric Associates Boca Raton 19615 State Road 7, Ste. 32 Boca Raton, FL 33498 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.477.7700 Hoda A. Mikhail, M.D. Holy Cross Medical Group 2100 E. Sample Road, Ste. 101 Lighthouse Point, FL 33064 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital - Fort Lauderdale 954.943.2100

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2 019 T O P D O CS Juan C. Millon, M.D. Worldwide Pediatrics & Primary Care Group 1222 N. University Drive Plantation, FL 33322 Primary Hospital: Memorial Hospital West 954.581.3100 Adoption & Foster Care, International Adoptions

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Lisa J. Sirota, M.D. Children’s Medical Association 8430 W. Broward Blvd., Ste. 300 Plantation, FL 33324 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Coral Springs 954.473.1101 Sam A. Skaff, M.D. All Star Pediatric Care 1951 SW 172nd Ave., Ste. 417 Miramar, FL 33029 Primary Hospital: Memorial Hospital Miramar 954.255.7827 Mary Ellen Zondorak-Perez, M.D. Personal Care Pediatrics 2964 N. State Road 7, Ste. 340 Margate, FL 33063 Primary Hospital: Northwest Medical Center 954.974.3006 Behavioral Disorders, Nutrition, Adolescent Medicine, Breastfeeding PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION Kevin D. Cairns, M.D. Florida Spine Specialists 6000 N. Federal Highway Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Medical Center 954.771.2551 Spinal Rehabilitation Harold L. Dalton, D.O. Florida Spine Specialists 6000 N. Federal Highway Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Medical Center 954.771.2551 Spinal Rehabilitation, Pain-Spine Jeffrey S. Farber, M.D. Rehabilitation Physicians 1325 S. Congress Ave., Ste. 208 Boynton Beach, FL 33426 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.659.5443 Fibromyalgia, Osteoporosis, Sports Injuries, Pain-Knee & Shoulder

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2 0 1 9 T OP D OC S Mark S. Fishman, D.O. South Florida Spine & Sports Specialists 3000 SW 148th Ave., Ste. 115 Miramar, FL 33027 Primary Hospital: Westside Regional Medical Center 954.438.7000 Spinal Rehabilitation, Pain-Interventional Techniques, Pain-Spine, Sports Injuries

David P. Bogue, M.D. 660 Glades Road, Ste. 380 Boca Raton, FL 33431 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.886.1000 Cosmetic Surgery-Breast, Breast Reconstruction, Cosmetic Surgery-Face, Liposuction & Body Contouring

Lauren L. Lerner, M.D. 4399 Nob Hill Road Sunrise, FL 33351-5813 Primary Hospital: Healthsouth Sunrise Rehabilitation Hospital 954.746.1505 Brain Injury Rehabilitation, Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Christopher J. Brooks, M.D. 3800 Johnson St., Ste. G Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Memorial Regional Hospital 954.501.0505 Breast Reconstruction & Augmentation, Breast Reduction, Facial Cosmetic Surgery, Pediatric Craniofacial Surgery

Alan K. Novick, M.D. Memorial Regional Hospital - Division of Physical Medicine & Rehab 3702 Washington St., Ste. 303 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Memorial Regional Hospital 954.518.2424 Brain Injury Rehabilitation, Stroke Rehabilitation John A. O’Connell, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Spine Care Center 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida - Weston 954.659.5630 Pain Management, Spinal Disorders, Sports Injuries, Spinal Rehabilitation

Rafael C. Cabrera, M.D. Plastic Surgery Specialists of Boca Raton 951 NW 13th St., Ste. 4A Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.393.6400 Cosmetic Surgery-Face & Neck, Breast Augmentation, Abdominoplasty, Liposuction

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Albert Dabbah, M.D. 1599 NW Ninth Ave., Ste. 1 Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.488.1700 Cosmetic Surgery, Facial Rejuvenation, Breast Reconstruction, Abdominoplasty

David J. Applebaum, M.D. David Applebaum Aesthetics Surg Center 1599 NW Ninth Ave. Boca Raton, FL 33486-1310 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.347.7777 Cosmetic Surgery-Face, Cosmetic SurgeryBody, Liposuction & Body Contouring, Facial Rejuvenation

George Dreszer, M.D. Vanguard Plastic Surgery 2320 NE Ninth St., Ste. 300 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Medical Center 954.563.4500 Breast Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgery, Liposuction & Body Contouring, Microvascular Surgery, Labiaplasty

Yoav Barnavon, M.D. Plastic Surgery Specialists Of South Florida 1201 N. 35th Ave., Ste. 200 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Memorial Regional Hospital 954.987.8100 Cosmetic Surgery-Breast, Cosmetic SurgeryFace, Rhinoplasty, Liposuction & Body Contouring

Lawrence S. Ennis, M.D. Ennis Plastic Surgery 233 S. Federal Highway, Ste. 110 Boca Raton, FL 33432 Primary Hospital: Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast 561.266.4344 Facial Cosmetic Surgery, Breast Cosmetic Surgery, Gynecomastia

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James W. Fletcher IV, M.D. Vanguard Plastic Surgery 2320 NE Ninth St., Ste. 300 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Medical Center 954.563.4500 Liposuction & Body Contouring, Breast Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgery, Rhinoplasty, Hand Surgery David Yude Globerman, M.D. 3700 Washington St., Ste. 208 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Memorial Regional Hospital 954.987.0222 Cristina F. Keusch, M.D. Boca Raton Plastic Surgery Center 950 Glades Road, Ste. 3A Boca Raton, FL 33431-6401 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.368.9455 Cosmetic Surgery-Breast, Liposuction & Body Contouring, Cosmetic Surgery-Face, Facial Rejuvenation David J. Levens, M.D. 1725 N. University Drive, Ste. 300 Coral Springs, FL 33071 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Coral Springs 954.752.1020 Cosmetic Surgery-Breast, Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, Facial Rejuvenation, Liposuction & Body Contouring Martin I. Newman, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Plastic Surgery 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida - Weston 954.659.5220 Cosmetic Surgery-Breast, Liposuction & Body Contouring, Facial Rejuvenation, Breast Reconstruction Renato V. Ocampo Jr., M.D. Ocampo Plastic Surgery 9980 Central Park Blvd., Ste. 108 Boca Raton, FL 33428 Primary Hospital: West Boca Medical Center 561.477.9771 Breast Cosmetic Surgery, Facial Cosmetic Surgery, Liposuction & Body Contouring

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2 019 T O P D O CS Russel S. Palmer, M.D. Palmer Cosmetic Surgery 2699 Stirling Road, Ste. B101 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 Primary Hospital: Memorial Regional Hospital South 954.989.5001 Cosmetic Surgery, Liposuction & Body Contouring Jorge A. Perez, M.D. Perez Plastic Surgery 2421 NE 65th St., Ste. 105 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308-1915 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital - Fort Lauderdale 954.351.2200 Cosmetic Surgery-Face, Cosmetic SurgeryBreast, Liposuction & Body Contouring, Facial Rejuvenation Pamela B. Rosen, M.D. Coral Springs Plastic Surgery 8130 Royal Palm Blvd., Ste. 204 Coral Springs, FL 33065 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Coral Springs 954.341.8907 Cosmetic Surgery-Face, Cosmetic Surgery-Breast, Liposuction & Body Contouring, Facial Rejuvenation Robert E. Rothfield, M.D. Weston Plastic Surgery 2300 N. Commerce Parkway, Ste. 202 Weston, FL 33326 Primary Hospital: Memorial Hospital West 954.389.7999 Cosmetic Surgery, Liposuction & Body Contouring, Facial Rejuvenation Russell F. Sassani, M.D. Take Shape Plastic Surgery & Surgery Center 4161 NW Fifth St., Ste. 100 Plantation, FL 33317 Primary Hospital: Westside Regional Medical Center 954.585.3800 Cosmetic Surgery-Face & Breast, Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, Liposuction & Body Contouring, Hand Surgery Bernard A. Shuster, M.D. 4001 Hollywood Blvd.

Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Memorial Regional Hospital 954.961.5500 Facelift, Breast Augmentation, Abdominoplasty, Liposuction & Body Contouring

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Eric J. Stelnicki, M.D. Atlantic Center for Aesthetic & Reconstructive Surgery 100 SE 15th Ave. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 Primary Hospital: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital 954.983.1899 Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Craniofacial Surgery, Cleft Palate/Lip, Facial Reconstruction PSYCHIATRY Gail C. Eisenberg, M.D. 3990 Sheridan St., Ste. 204 Hollywood, FL 33021 954.964.9242 Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy Leonard M. Gralnik, M.D./Ph.D. FIU Health 1600 S. Andrews Ave., Ste. 1090 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Medical Center 954.523.2727 Suicide Prevention, Child Psychiatry David A. Gross, M.D. 4600 Linton Blvd., Ste. 320 Delray Beach, FL 33445 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.496.1281 Psychopharmacology, Anxiety & Mood Disorders, ADD/ADHD, Substance Abuse Dennis M. Liston, M.D. 4800 NE 20th Terrace, Ste. 202 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital Fort Lauderdale 954.492.4525 Dean J. Rotondo, M.D. 399 Camino Gardens Blvd., Ste. 200 Boca Raton, FL 33432-5828 561.368.6853 Neuro-Psychiatry, Addiction/Substance Abuse, Mood Disorders John P. Schosheim, M.D. 2499 W. Glades Road, Ste. 114 Boca Raton, FL 33431-7202 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.368.3800 Anxiety & Depression, Marital/Family/Sex Therapy, Eating Disorders

PULMONARY DISEASE Mark Adelman, M.D. Pulmonary Associates 9980 N. Central Park Blvd., Ste. 322 Boca Raton, FL 33428 Primary Hospital: West Boca Medical Center 561.488.2988 Asthma & Allergy, Cough-Chronic, Pleural Disease, Emphysema Kenneth Baron, M.D. Pulmonary Associates of Boca Raton 15340 Jog Road, Ste. 203 Delray Beach, FL 33446 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.498.7332 Bruce Berkowitz, M.D. Bruce Berkowitz Pulmonary Diseases 5258 Linton Blvd., Ste. 102 Delray Beach, FL 33484-6529 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.498.3002 Jeremy S. Breit, M.D. Pulmonary & Sleep Associates of South Florida 1601 Clint Moore Road, Ste. 100 Boca Raton, FL 33487 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.939.0200 Lung Disease, Critical Care, Asthma Barry L. Davis, M.D. 951 NW 13th St., Ste. 2A Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.391.1666 Steven B. Gittler, M.D. Sunrise Medical Group Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine 7369 Sheridan St., Ste. 302 Hollywood, FL 33024 Primary Hospital: Memorial Regional Hospital 954.981.3700 Sleep Disorders, Sleep Medicine Samuel A. Gurevich, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Pulmonary Medicine 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida - Weston 954.659.5450

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2 0 1 9 T OP D OC S Anas Hadeh, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Pulmonary Medicine 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida - Weston 954.659.5450 Ralph R. Palumbo, M.D. Pulmonary & Sleep Associates of South Florida 1601 Clint Moore Road, Ste. 100 Boca Raton, FL 33487 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.939.0200 Franck F. Rahaghi, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Pulmonary Medicine 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida - Weston 954.659.5450 Pulmonary Hypertension, Interstitial Lung Disease, Scleroderma, Pulmonary Fibrosis Jose F. Ramirez, M.D. Integrated Sleep Care 14601 SW 29th St., Ste. 109 Miramar, FL 33027 Primary Hospital: Aventura Hosp & Medical Center 954.289.6106 Sleep Disorders/Apnea, Asthma & Emphysema, Interstitial Lung Disease, Critical Care Gary J. Richmond, M.D. 315 SE 14th St. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital Fort Lauderdale 954.524.2250 Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (COPD), Interstitial Lung Disease, Pulmonary Hypertension Noah B. Schreibman, M.D. Pulmonary Associates 9980 N. Central Park Blvd., Ste. 322 Boca Raton, FL 33428 Primary Hospital: West Boca Medical Center 561.488.2988 Emphysema & Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (COPD), Sleep Disorders Glenn R. Singer, M.D. 255 SE 14th St., Ste. 1B Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Medical Center 954.467.8266 Sleep Disorders

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Laurence A. Smolley, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Pulmonary Medicine 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33311 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5450 Sleep Disorders/Apnea, Narcolepsy, Lung Disease Frank H. Sorhage, M.D. Holy Cross Medical Group - Pulmonary Practice 1930 NE 47th St., Ste. 205 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital Fort Lauderdale 954.491.8981 Sleep Disorders, Lung Disease Douglas E. Weiner, M.D. 2929 N. University Drive Coral Springs, FL 33065 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Coral Springs 954.340.1992 Asthma, Emphysema, Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (COPD) Jeffrey C. Wolkowicz, M.D. 3100 Coral Hills Drive, Ste. 304 Coral Springs, FL 33065 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Coral Springs 954.341.1007 Lung Disease, Asthma RADIATION ONCOLOGY Christopher T. Chen, M.D. 21st Century Oncology 350 NW 84th Ave., Ste. 102, Westside Medical Arts Building Plantation, FL 33324 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Coral Springs 954.370.7555 Laura M. Freedman, M.D. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center 1192 E. Newport Center Drive Deerfield Beach, FL 33442 Primary Hospital: University of Miami Hospital & Clinics/Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center 954.571.0111 Breast Cancer, Head & Neck Cancer, Lung Cancer Lav K. Goyal, M.D. Holy Cross Medical Group - Michael & Dianne Bienes Comprehensive Cancer Center 4725 N. Federal Highway, Floor 1

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital - Fort Lauderdale 954.492.5764 John F. Greskovich Jr., M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Maroone Cancer Center 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida - Weston 954.659.5840 Edward J. Kaplan, M.D. 21st Century Oncology - South Florida Radiation Oncology 4848 Coconut Creek Parkway, Ste. 100 Coconut Creek, FL 33063 Primary Hospital: Northwest Medical Center 954.379.4848 Prostate Cancer, Rectal Cancer, Breast Cancer, Brain Tumors Tony T. Lee, M.D. 21st Century Oncology 2101 Riverside Drive, Ste. 101 Coral Springs, FL 33071 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Coral Springs 954.341.6200 Brachytherapy, Prostate Cancer, Breast Cancer, Head & Neck Cancer Marshal E. Lieberfarb, M.D. 21st Century Oncology 1625 SE Third Ave., Ste. 100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Medical Center 954.355.5365 Breast Cancer, Gastrointestinal Cancer, Lung Cancer, Gynecologic Cancers Abdon J. Medina, M.D. 21st Century Oncology - South Florida Radiation Oncology 4848 Coconut Creek Parkway, Ste. 100 Coconut Creek, FL 33063 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Imperial Point 954.379.4848 Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Brachytherapy James T. Parsons, M.D. South Florida Radiation Oncology 10301 Hagen Ranch Road, A Building, Ste. 960 Boynton Beach, FL 33437 Primary Hospital: Bethesda Memorial Hospital 561.374.5440 Head & Neck Cancer, Genitourinary Cancer, Sarcoma, Stereotactic Radiosurgery

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2 019 T O P D O CS Bruce W. Phillips, M.D. 21st Century Oncology 21020 State Road 7 Boca Raton, FL 33428 Primary Hospital: JFK Medical Center Atlantis 561.883.8656 Brachytherapy, Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY/INFERTILITY Mick Abae, M.D. Fertility & Genetics 201 N. Pine Island Road, Floor 2 Plantation, FL 33324 954.584.2273 Infertility-IVF, Infertility-Male, Endometriosis, Laparoscopic Surgery Marcelo J. Barrionuevo, M.D. IVF Florida Reproductive Associates 2960 N. State Road 7, Ste. 300 Margate, FL 33063 Primary Hospital: Northwest Medical Center 954.247.6200 Infertility-IVF Kenneth M. Gelman, M.D. IVFMD 9900 Stirling Road, Ste. 222 Cooper City, FL 33024 Primary Hospital: Memorial Regional Hospital 954.433.7060 Infertility

RHEUMATOLOGY David Alboukrek, M.D. Rheumatology Associates of South Florida 1050 NW 15th St., Ste. 212A Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.368.5611 Arthritis, Osteoporosis Shawn Baca, M.D. Rheumatology Associates of South Florida 1050 NW 15th St., Ste. 212A Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.368.5611 Osteoarthritis MaryPat L. Clements, D.O. Arthritis Associates of South Florida 5130 Linton Blvd., Ste. F-1 Delray Beach, FL 33484-6596 561.495.0600 Musculoskeletal Disorders, Osteoporosis, Arthritis, Gout John P. Donohue, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Rheumatology/ Immunologic Disease 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida - Weston 954.659.5185 Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus/SLE, Spondyloarthritis, Osteoarthritis

David I. Hoffman, M.D. IVF Florida Reproductive Associates 2960 N. State Road 7, Ste. 300 Margate, FL 33063 Primary Hospital: Northwest Medical Center 954.247.6200 Infertility-IVF, Miscarriage-Recurrent, Endometriosis, Endoscopic Surgery

Arnold Falchook, M.D. 1050 NW 15th St., Ste. 106A Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.362.1166 Arthritis

Steven J. Ory, M.D. IVF Florida Reproductive Associates 2960 N. State Road 7, Ste. 300 Margate, FL 33063 Primary Hospital: Northwest Medical Center 954.247.6200 Infertility-IVF, Hormonal Disorders, Endometriosis, Uterine Fibroids

Joseph Forstot, M.D. Rheumatology Associates of South Florida 1050 NW 15th St., Ste. 212A Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.368.5611 Arthritis, Osteoporosis

Vanessa N. Weitzman, M.D. IVF Florida Reproductive Associates 2960 N. State Road 7, Ste. 300 Margate, FL 33063 Primary Hospital: Northwest Medical Center 954.247.6200 Infertility-IVF, Fertility Preservation, Laparoscopic Surgery

Richard S. Glick, M.D. 6405 N. Federal Highway, Ste. 105 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308-1414 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital - Fort Lauderdale 954.772.3660 Connective Tissue Disorders, Lupus/SLE

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Jonathan M. Greer, M.D. Arthritis and Rheumatology Associates of Palm Beach 1301 N. Congress Ave., Ste. 200 Boynton Beach, FL 33426 Primary Hospital: JFK Medical Center Atlantis 561.439.1800 Arthritis, Osteoporosis Marc J. Hirsh, M.D. The Hirsh Center for Arthritis & Sports Medicine 15300 Jog Road, Ste. 101 Delray Beach, FL 33446 561.819.3100 Musculoskeletal Disorders, Musculoskeletal Ultrasound, Arthritis Prabodh Kapila, M.D. 201 NW 82nd Ave., Building 303 Plantation, FL 33324-1855 Primary Hospital: Westside Regional Medical Center 954.370.1153 Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis, Fibromyalgia, Rheumatoid Arthritis David Makover, M.D. 2900 N. Military Trail, Ste. 244N Boca Raton, FL 33431 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.367.0078 Rheumatoid Arthritis, Sjogren’s Syndrome, Lupus/SLE, Scleroderma Ira Pardo, M.D. Rheumatology Associates Of South Florida 1050 NW 15th St., Ste. 212A Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.368.5611 Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus Nephritis Trumane J. Ropos, D.O. Ropos Rheumatology Association 6405 N. Federal Highway, Ste. 103 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital - Fort Lauderdale 954.358.1325 Philippe A. Saxe, M.D. Arthritis Associates of South Florida 5130 Linton Blvd., Ste. F-1 Delray Beach, FL 33484 561.495.0600 Osteoporosis

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2 0 1 9 T OP D OC S SPORTS MEDICINE George L. Caldwell Jr., M.D. Florida Institute of Orthopaedic Surgical Specialists 2307 W. Broward Blvd., Ste. 200 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Medical Center 954.792.1010 Sports Injuries, Shoulder Surgery, Knee Surgery, Elbow Surgery Joseph Chalal, M.D. Personalized Orthopaedics of the Palm Beaches 6056 Boynton Beach Blvd., Ste. 215 Boynton Beach, FL 33437 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.733.5888 Sports Injuries, Shoulder & Knee Surgery, Arthroscopic Surgery Daniel Grobman, D.O. 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida - Weston 954.659.5363 Larry P. Levin, M.D. Toman Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 7301A W. Palmetto Park Road, Ste. 100B Boca Raton, FL 33433 561.221.6895 Joel D. Stein, D.O. Institute for Non-Surgical Orthopaedics 4109 N. Federal Highway Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Medical Center 954.563.2707 Primary Care Sports Medicine, Acupuncture, Pain Management SURGERY Joseph J. Casey, M.D. Holy Cross Medical Group - Cancer Center 4725 N. Federal Highway Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308-2600 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital Fort Lauderdale 954.772.6700 Breast Cancer Joseph A. Colletta, M.D. BocaCare Lynn Womens Institute 690 Meadows Road Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.955.2131 Breast Surgery, Breast Cancer

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Jeremy Gallego Eckstein, M.D. 4651 Sheridan St., Ste. 350 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Memorial Regional Hospital 954.276.8559 Bariatric/Obesity Surgery Christopher J. Gannon, M.D. Memorial Cancer Institute - Division of Surgical Oncology 1150 N. 35th Ave., Ste. 650 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Memorial Regional Hospital 954.265.9520 Liver & Biliary Surgery, Pancreatic Cancer, Gastrointestinal Cancer

Robyn M. Moncrief, M.D. BocaCare Lynn Womens Institute 690 Meadows Road Boca Raton, FL 33486 Primary Hospital: Boca Raton Regional Hospital 561.955.2131 Breast Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Breast Cancer George L. Mueller, M.D. Bethesda Health Physician Group 2800 S. Seacrest Blvd., Ste. 200 Boynton Beach, FL 33435 Primary Hospital: Bethesda Memorial Hospital 561.736.8200 Vascular Surgery, Laparoscopic Surgery

Matthew A. Klein, M.D. Boca Care Surgical Associates 670 Glades Road, Ste. 300 Boca Raton, FL 33431 Primary Hospital: Delray Medical Center 561.395.2626 Laparoscopic Surgery

Alexander G. Parr, M.D. 2438 E. Commercial Blvd.

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital Fort Lauderdale 954.772.6740 Minimally Invasive Surgery

Gary S. Lehr, M.D. South Florida Surgical Specialists 3467 W. Hillsboro Blvd., Ste. B Deerfield Beach, FL 33442 Primary Hospital: Broward Health North 954.574.0252 Laparoscopic Surgery, Cancer Surgery

Christopher R. Seaver, M.D. Memorial Hospital West - General Surgery 601 N. Flamingo Road, Ste. 409 Pembroke Pines, FL 33028 Primary Hospital: Memorial Hospital West 954.844.4480 Minimally Invasive Surgery, Robotic Surgery, Gastrointestinal Surgery, Vascular Surgery

Jonathan S. Levine, M.D. Fort Lauderdale Surgical Specialists 4801 N. Federal Highway, Ste. 101 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital Fort Lauderdale 954.202.0242 Thyroid Cancer & Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Robotic Surgery, Breast Disease Emanuele Lo Menzo, M.D./Ph.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Department of Surgery 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5249 Bariatric/Obesity Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Hernia, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) Cosme Y. Manzarbeitia, M.D. 1625 SE Third Ave., Ste. 721 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Medical Center 954.831.2763 Transplant-Liver, Transplant-Kidney, Hepatobiliary Surgery, Hepatobiliary Cancer

Mark S. Shachner, M.D. South Florida Surgical Specialists 3001 Coral Hills Drive, Ste. 320 Coral Springs, FL 33065 Primary Hospital: Northwest Medical Center 954.755.0111 Breast Cancer, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Gastrointestinal Cancer, Hernia Rafael Sierra, M.D. South Florida Surgical Specialists 2825 N. State Road 7, Ste. 300 Margate, FL 33063 Primary Hospital: Westside Regional Medical Center 954.975.0350 Minimally Invasive Surgery, Laparoscopic Surgery Samuel Szomstein, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Department of Surgery 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5249 Bariatric/Obesity Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Hernia, Gastric Bypass Surgery

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2 019 T O P D O CS Nicholas Tranakas, M.D. Broward Surgical Associates 6405 N. Federal Highway, Ste. 401 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308-1414 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Medical Center 954.491.0900 Breast Cancer, Gastrointestinal Cancer, Laparoscopic Surgery, Melanoma THORACIC & CARDIAC SURGERY Mark I. Block, M.D. Memorial Thoracic Surgery 1150 N. 35th Ave., Ste. 660 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Memorial Regional Hospital 954.265.1125 Thoracic Surgery, Lung Cancer Frank P. Catinella, M.D. Heart Center Of Excellence 1625 SE Third Ave., Ste. 300 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Medical Center 954.355.4665 Coronary Artery Surgery Michael Cortelli, M.D. 1150 N. 35th Ave., Ste. 440 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Memorial Regional Hospital 954.265.6356 Atrial Fibrillation, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Heart Valve Surgery-Mitral Eugene N. Costantini, M.D. 1777 S. Andrews Ave., Ste. 301 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Medical Center 954.462.4413 Cardiothoracic Surgery, Coronary Artery Surgery Irving B. David, M.D. Holy Cross Medical Group - Department of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery 4725 N. Federal Highway, Ste. 402 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Primary Hospital: Holy Cross Hospital - Fort Lauderdale 954.267.6770 Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart Valve Surgery-Aortic, Aneurysm-Abdominal & Thoracic Aortic

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Kenneth Herskowitz, M.D. Heart Center Of Excellence 1625 SE Third Ave., Ste. 300 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Medical Center 954.355.4665 Cardiovascular Surgery, Minimally Invasive Heart Valve Surgery, Coronary Artery Surgery, Arrhythmias Frank G. Scholl, M.D. Joe Dimaggio Children’s Hospital - Heart Institute 1005 Joe DiMaggio Drive Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital 954.265.3437 Congenital Heart Disease, TransplantHeart-Pediatric, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Neonatal Cardiac Surgery Cedric Sheffield, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Thoracic/Cardiovascular Surgery 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida - Weston 954.659.5320 Cardiothoracic Surgery, Transplant-Heart, Heart Valve Surgery Wael Z. Tamim, M.D. 1625 SE Third Ave., Ste. 723 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Medical Center 954.616.1916 Minimally Invasive Surgery, Aneurysm, Lung Cancer, Cardiac Surgery Francisco A. Tarrazzi, M.D. Memorial Thoracic Surgery 1150 N. 35th Ave., Ste. 660 Hollywood, FL 33021-5424 Primary Hospital: Memorial Regional Hospital 954.265.1125 Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery

Jennifer T. Pollak, M.D. Florida Center for Urogynecology 4340 Sheridan St., Ste. 201 Hollywood, FL 33021 Primary Hospital: Memorial Hospital West 954.989.9998 Incontinence-Urinary, Pelvic Floor Reconstruction, Pelvic Organ Prolapse Repair, Robotic Surgery UROLOGY Eric S. Chenven, M.D. Broward Urology Center 1200 E. Broward Blvd.

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Weston, FL 33331 Primary Hospital: Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston 954.659.5188 Genitourinary Cancer, Transplant-Kidney, Prostate Benign Disease (BPH) Azeem M. Sachedina, M.D. Sachedina Urology 1670 University Drive, Ste. A Coral Springs, FL 33071 Primary Hospital: Broward Health Coral Springs 954.227.6747 Robotic Surgery, Urologic Cancer, Kidney Stones, Incontinence Alok Shrivastava, M.D. Cleveland Clinic Florida - Department of Urology 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd.

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Prepare to Care Nurturing the aged is one of humanity’s noblest and most beloved practices.

In Korea, caregiving is so intricately woven into the communal fabric that younger generations feel it’s their filial duty to care for elderly relatives until their deaths. Yet, as benevolent as it sounds, would you be ready to become a family caregiver, if the opportunity arose? If not, read on for helpful advice and practical tips from local caregivers and industry pros in the Palm Beaches and beyond.

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r. Shady Salib isn’t the sort of physician who sugarcoats the truth. “Becoming a caregiver suddenly can be very stressful,” says Salib, a touted internist and the chief of staff at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center.

Easing his patients’ families through the caregiving process is part of his daily routine, but he felt altogether unprepared when he learned his mother, a retired physician in her 70s, had fallen and fractured her leg during a visit to his sister’s home in Houston.

“I freaked out and panicked,” he admits. He also remembers how his mind flooded with questions: How would his mother get up and down the stairs? Would he need to take time off from work?

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Communities like La Posada and MorseLife offer independent and assisted living options.

According to AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving, approximately 43.5 million Americans have served as unpaid caregivers to a family member in the past 12 months. With the nation’s elderly on the rise, so will be the need for affordable and accessible elder services and quality caregiving.

In “The Silver Tsunami,” a recent study spearheaded by Broward’s Community Foundation, Jewish Federation and United Way, the region will witness its greatest population shift, from ages 55-64 to 60-74, in the next five to 10 years.

“Broward is a growing community and the aging population is the biggest part of that growth,” says Sheri Brown, vice president of grants and initiatives at the Community Foundation of Broward. “The study’s important because, when we look at how our systems are currently designed, we find that it’s not equipped to handle this massive growth of older people.”

While the system requires tweaking, family caregivers already have many resources at their disposal, including the Aging and Disability Resource Center in Broward and Palm Beach counties, and the Area Agency on Aging, whose office locations are listed on the State of Florida’s Department of Elder Affairs website.

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point. Aging experts recommend talking to a loved one about their desires and expectations, which will help you determine your next steps. There’s always the possibility an older adult won’t want to divulge personal details or admit they need help, especially from children. Try discussing one area of concern, such as estate planning or gathering important paperwork. If you encounter resistance, ask their doctor or lawyer to run interference.

BUILD AN ESTATE PLAN Your parents should have an estate plan, if they don’t already have one. This will outline how their assets are to be preserved, managed and distributed when they’ve passed away. Assets are typically transferred through a will, a trust or both. Lou Lehr, partner emeritus at Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr in West Palm Beach, recommends having both, but the trust being the operative document.

“A trust can be used to avoid probate, a will cannot,” he says.

Trusts can also reduce estate taxes and safeguard the inheritance from a beneficiary’s creditors. Trusts laws can be complicated and vary from state to state, so hiring an estate-planning lawyer to prepare them properly is a safe bet. A power of attorney agent or an estate trustee should also be appointed.

Advance care planning is deciding and documenting, in an advance directive for example, the type of medical care a loved one

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would want if they became sick or incapacitated. A health care proxy can be assigned to make medical treatment decisions on the elder’s behalf. Be familiar with any health conditions your loved one has, and had, as well as what their insurance pays and what it doesn’t.

CONSIDER LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE The cost of elder care, especially if someone requires roundthe-clock assistance, can cause sticker shock. Depending on the policy purchased, long-term care insurance can pay part of the cost of care received at home, in assisted living residences or nursing homes, and other specialized services.

HOME IS WHERE THE HELP IS Families often struggle over the best living situation for their parents. Three options to consider include in-home care agencies, nursing homes and assisted living communities. Nursing homes can be costlier than assisted living communities because they typically provide more intensive levels of care while elder care costs associated with in-home care can easily surpass assisted living expenses.

For local Patti Unruh, her parents, John and Patricia Atwater, didn’t want to become an encumbrance to their six children.

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“They would say, ‘We want to be able to take care of ourselves so that we’re never a burden on anybody,’” Unruh says. After her father, a former FBI agent and WWII fighter pilot, died and her mother suffered a stroke that affected her vision, Unruh started looking for a retirement community with continuum care.

With some coaxing from Unruh and her siblings, Enid and Jeff Atwater, the family matriarch agreed to stay in an independent living community at La Posada in Palm Beach Gardens, but on a trial basis. After six weeks, she was hooked. “Our mother was always very physically active,” Unruh says. “Here, she had a place to go, everybody knew her name and she could be busy all day long.”

Continuing care retirement communities, like La Posada and MorseLife Health System, a five-star, 50-acre senior living community in West Palm Beach, are “one-stop shops” offering independent and assisted living options as well as memory care and skilled nursing. They also feature a range of amenities, like wellness and fitness programs and a busy social calendar.

MorseLife President and CEO Keith Myers says due diligence and research are keys to finding quality senior living. “Once you’ve researched the facility, go see it and ‘kick the tires.’ Ask residents if they like living there and why they like it.”

Keep in mind many assisted living facilities and nursing homes have waiting lists, and it may take years to snag a spot.

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STARING IS CARING: LOOK FOR THE EARLY SIGNS OF DEMENTIA In 2018, more than 540,000 Floridians 65-years and older were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, the most common type of dementia. Dr. Salib says looking for signs of early dementia can lead to a quicker diagnosis and treatment. After noticing two of his patients, both in their 80s and active, appeared unkempt and kept forgetting their medications, he reached out to their daughter.

They discussed dementia and the warning signs.

“I also asked if she or another family member could come with them to every visit,” he says. Over the next year, the couple’s blood pressure and sugars improved, and their confidence returned. “We slowed down the progression of the disease just by getting the caregiver involved and educated.”

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CONSIDER PROFESSIONAL CAREGIVING ASSISTANCE Depending on the family caregiver’s schedule, or where they reside, hiring a professional may be necessary. Home care agencies, like Right at Home in Lake Worth and Palm Beach Gardens, offer a compendium of cost-effective services, ranging from housekeeping and running errands to performing memory and motion exercises. Employing an independent caregiver is another option. Be sure to conduct a complete background check and ask them to sign an independent caregiver agreement with a start date, schedule and responsibilities to avoid any issues later on. For a sample agreement, Paying for Senior Care (payingforseniorcare.com) is a useful resource.

“Help, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” The National Council on Aging reports an elder adult dies every 19 minutes from a fall. Products with motion sensors can detect movement in the home so if someone hasn’t moved in awhile, possibly due to a fall or home health emergency, it will send a signal to your phone.

Smartphone apps can be a caregiver’s best friend. Care.com makes it easy to source excellent caregivers. CareZone stores health information, like medications, medical files and important contacts, tracks refills and doctor’s appointments, and assigns tasks to helpers to squelch caregiver burnout. GoodRX compares prescription drug prices and finds coupons at area drugstores.

There are so many support systems that we, as doctors, can provide caregivers to help them be involved and not overwhelmed and burned out.”

TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF The role of a caregiver can feel taxing and lead to burnout. Lessen anxiety by carving out time for the activities you enjoy. Sign up for a respite service, like South Florida Institute on Aging RELIEF for Caregivers and Senior Companion programs, which sends over a trained volunteer to shoulder some of the caregiving responsibilities for a few hours. Supplement healthy practices by joining a support group and speak with your physician. Salib says, “There are so many support systems that we, as doctors, can provide caregivers to help them be involved and not overwhelmed and burned out.”

BENEFITS FOR CAREGIVERS Balancing a full-time or parttime job with caregiving responsibilities can lead to reduced work produc- Dr. Shady Salib tivity, tardiness and even time off. The Family Caregiver Alliance states that 70 percent of these caregivers suffer from work-related difficulties as a reGET IT TOGETHER sult of their dual roles. Peter Kaldes, president and CEO of South Store your loved one’s health records, medical history and Florida Institute on Aging (SoFIA) in Wilton Manors, recommends personal information in a binder or in a digital document storage learning if your company has an employee assistance program. These system you can access easily. This may include a list of medications employer-sponsored programs are free, confidential and available to and copies of lab results, clinical notes, hospital discharge sumemployees (and sometimes their families). They range from counselmaries and advance directives. Also keep social security numbers, ing to legal assistance. If not, you may want to talk with your employbirth dates and important contacts close by. “I’d update the inforer about telecommuting, flexible hours, job sharing or rearranging mation every six months and had a file on my phone so I could your schedule to help reduce stress. You can learn more about these send it to my family if they needed it,” Salib says. work benefits, community resources for caregivers, the economics of aging and more at SoFIA’s “Aging in South Florida Symposium” at THERE’S TECHNOLOGY FOR THAT Nova Southeastern University on June 21.

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Your guide to upcoming, must-attend philanthropy events.

May 4 Symphony of the Americas Society Kentucky Derby Fundraising Event; 4:30 p.m.; Private Fort Lauderdale home; Tickets from $75; sota.org May 4 Harbor Lights Gala ‘An Evening in Paris’; 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.; The Ritz-Carlton Fort Lauderdale; Tickets from $150; childrensharbor.org

May 1 Lisa Ling will serve as the keynote speaker for United Way’s Women United Magnolia Luncheon.

May 1 United Way of Broward County Women United Magnolia Luncheon; 11:30 a.m.; Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center; $1,000/minimum gift; unitedwaybroward.org May 1 Signature’s Got Talent; 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.; The Funky Biscuit; Tickets from $15; signaturegivesback.com May 2 JAFCO Mother’s Day Luncheon; 10 a.m.; Boca West Country Club; $125; jafco.org

May 4 American Cancer Society Celebration Gala; 6:30 p.m.; Fort Lauderdale Marriott Harbor Beach Resort & Spa; $300, $5,000/VIP table; celebrationgalafl.org May 4 Seafarers’ House International Golden Compass Award Gala; 6:30 p.m.; Pier Sixty-Six Hotel & Marina; $500; seafarershouse.org May 4 Marlow Rosado ‘Feminomania’; 8 p.m.; Arts Garage; Tickets from $35; artsgarage.org May 7 Friends of Birch State Park Birdies for Birch; noon; Lago Mar Country Club; $250; birchstatepark.org

May 2 ‘Express Yourself’ Exhibition Opening; 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Boca Raton Museum of Art; Ticket prices vary; bocamuseum.org

May 9 to 11 Habitat for Humanity of South Palm Beach County Women’s Build; 8 a.m. to noon or noon to 4 p.m.; private home; $1,000; habitatsouthpalmbeach.org

May 4 Pioneer Women of Fort Lauderdale Reunion Luncheon; 11:15 a.m.; Tropical Acres Restaurant; $45; 954.292.4574

May 9 Women in Distress of Broward County Starfish Luncheon; 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; Signature Grand; $100, $2,500/ table sponsor; womenindistress.org

May 9 Henderson Behavioral Health Mind, Body & Soul-tions Celebrating Wellness VIP Dinner; 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.; The Capital Grille; $250; hendersonbh.org

May 18 Broward Health Foundation Broward Health Ball; 6:30 p.m. to midnight; Fort Lauderdale Marriott Harbor Beach Resort & Spa; $500; browardhealthfoundation.org

May 9 Wanda Skyes; 8 p.m.; Hard Rock Event Center; Tickets from $35; myhrl.com

May 18 Unicorn Children’s Foundation ‘The Motown Gala’; 7 p.m.; Boca West Country Club; $300/gala, $150/after party; unicornchildrensfoundation.org

May 10 An Evening in Emerald City; 6:30 p.m.; Pier Sixty-Six Hotel & Marina; $250; browardedfoundation.org/aneveninginemeraldcity May 11 Founders Day Golf Tournament and Dinner; 1:30 p.m.; Plantation Preserve Golf Course; Tickets from $105; plantation.org/golf/plantation-preserve May 11 Children’s Diagnostic & Treatment Center Waterway Soirée Yacht Hop Fundraiser; 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.; Bahia Mar Resort & Yachting Center; $750; waterwaysoiree.com May 17 The Broward Partnership Salute to Leadership; 6:30 p.m.; The Signature Grand; Tickets from $250; bphi.org May 17 Kat Riggins and Blues Revival; 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.; Arts Garage; Tickets from $25; artsgarage.org

May 18 Nicholas David in Concert; 8 p.m.; Abdo New River Room at the Broward Center; Ticket prices vary; browardcenter.org May 19 Musical Matinee; 2 p.m.; Delray Beach Public Library; $25, $80/series; delraylibrary.org May 31 HANDY Scholars Breakfast; 7:30 a.m.; Pier SixtySix Hotel & Marina; $75; scholarbreakfast2019.eventbrite.com May 31 Pinion Inc. End of Year Luncheon ‘Ciao Bella’; 11 a.m.; Timpano’s; $65; pinioninc.com June 6 ‘The Strings Attached’ Tour; 8 p.m.; Au-Rene Theater at the Broward Center; Ticket prices vary; browardcsenter.org

May 18 International Museum Day; noon to 5 p.m.; Boca Raton Museum of Art; free; bocamuseum.org

Note: Dates and times may change. Please contact the individual organization for the most up-to-date information.

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ur new governor continues to draw praise from the media on his new directions for Florida. The most recent was the appointment of a respected University of Florida expert on water resources to the new post of chief science officer. Showing such concern for the environment is a sharp contrast with Gov. Ron DeSantis’ predecessor, who acted as if climate change did not exist.

He delayed the state eight years in reacting to the water crisis affecting Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades.

He was also slow to move on transportation opportunities, turning down federal money for a study of a fast train between Orlando and Tampa. The only positive development in mass transit during his administration—Brightline, recently named Virgin Trains USA—was entirely a private initiative.

Gov. Scott’s obsession with jobs and growth also appears to have been misguided, just leading to crowding up a state that needs to catch its breath while it figures out how to deal with overcrowded downtowns and the roads connecting them. Unlike DeSantis’ picks for most key jobs, Scott’s appointment of political toadies served only to weaken agencies key to solving our problems. It is almost as if DeSantis, without putting it in so many words, is out to reverse the unfortunate course for the state directed

by Scott.

Always one to jump on a good thing, we presume to advise the new governor of the next reform goal he might pursue. And that is putting the state behind the effort to develop the one promising transportation development that continues to feel opposition from broad sections of the state. We speak of the highspeed Brightline train, which has drawn rave reviews from those who had ridden it, but has been criticized—to the point of lawsuits—for its dangerous road

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crossings, and for ignoring the Treasure Coast market on its northward path, eventually to Orlando.

The Treasure Coast concerns have already been addressed. Brightline intends to put a few stations between West Palm Beach and Cocoa Beach, where the train will leave the FEC tracks and use a new track to be built to the Orlando airport. Those new tracks should have no grade-level crossings, enabling the train to make that leg even faster than its current speed. The railroad is also exploring additional stops at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and the Port of Miami, which should add appreciably to ridership. s for the safety issue, that’s more complicated. There is no argument that a 79 mph speed at grade level in congested areas is dangerous, even with the enhanced crossings that have been installed. But a problem created by man—in this case a ridiculous number of crossings on a busy railroad—can be solved by man. Especially if Gov. DeSantis throws some state sup-

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port behind the effort to begin rebuilding the FEC tracks.

To eliminate all the grade crossings is vastly expensive—and impractical.

The crossings near the stations in Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach don’t need fixing because the train slows approaching and leaving them. And there are other less busy crossings that could simply be closed off. That would be an inconvenience to motorists, but a benefit to the neighborhoods that would be made more private, just as they were when numerous cross streets along our busier highways were closed. There are less populated sections of track where closing a crossing or two would open up several miles of unobstructed right of way where the trains could safely speed up to 100 mph or more. That would help offset the time lost with the new stations.

However, there are some crossings where the tracks would have to be bridged. The busiest roads are the main problem, because at rush hour, inattentive drivers can find themselves stopped on the tracks as the gates go down and they hear the warning horn of an approaching train. Such bridges are expensive, especially if the construction involves removing buildings on both sides of the rails. That is where the state could help, but it would be only a fraction of the cost of the two just proposed new expressways in central Florida.

Those roads will require dozens of new bridges, longer and much more costly than a bridge over two railroad tracks.

Those new roads, of course, are designed to speed journeys and reduce congestion, but history has shown that fast new roads tend to quickly generate their own traffic. In contrast, the railroad, one of the few mass transportation steps in the last decade, is designed to relieve congestion. We should support it. So should the governor.

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