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Game Changers
Volume V, Issue 41 | Oct. 14, 2016
South Florida Healthcare Professionals on the Move:
Promotions, Achievements, Engagements & Accolades
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From the publisher of FHIweekly, Specialty Focus & FloridaHealthIndustry.com
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Current Events
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Bank of America Practice Solutions & Carr Healthcare Realty present...
Practice Startup/Practice Expansion
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A Panel Discussion & Workshop
Tues., 10/18/16 | 7:30-9:30 a.m.
Ft. Lauderdale
Sponsors:
Digital Resource
CareCloud
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SFHEF presents
Accountability for the Care We Provide
Th., 10/20/16 | 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Memorial Regional Hospital South
Register/Learn More
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Current Events
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PBCMS presents
Getting Ready for MACRA
Th., 10/20/16 | 5:30-8 p.m.
Boca Raton
Register/Learn More
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BCMA presents
90th Presidential Inauguration & Dinner
Sat., 10/22/16 | 6 p.m.
Ft. Lauderdale
Register/Learn More
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SFHNG presents
Healthcare Breakfast Networker
Wed., 10/26/16 | 7:45-10 a.m.
Memorial Hospital Pembroke
Register/Learn More
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JJ Karmacharya Foundation for Vascular Research presents
Annual Fundraiser
10/27/16 | 5:30-8 p.m.
Miami
RSVP or Learn More by
e mail or call Carol at 561-962-2918
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Publisher of
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Week in Review, Specialty Focus,
Updates in Pediatrics,
FHIweekly & Game Changers
INFORM | CONNECT | ENGAGE
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S. FL Based Entrepreneur Launches Health and Wellness Marketplace for Cash Paying Patients
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Alain Fernandez, Founder ValueDOC
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Q & A with Alain Fernandez, ValueDOC
ValueDOC is a free health and wellness marketplace for cash-paying patients. Founder Alain Fernandez launched the website earlier this year with a couple of hundred doctors and dentists featured. ValueDOC won the
Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge
's FIU Track in May. I had a chance to catch up with Alain earlier this week.
Follow this link for a transcript of our chat.
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Larkin Community Hospital Opens New Cancer Center
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South Miami based
Larkin Community Hospital recently held an open house to celebrate the opening of its new
Cancer Center at Larkin. The new center, led by
Dr. Orlando E. Silva, specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. Dr. Silva's patients benefit from his 20 years of experience in Hematology and Oncology, as well as his ongoing research and publications in the field. Treatments available at the center include chemotherapy, biologic agents, and endocrine therapy. In addition to traditional breast cancer treatments, Dr. Silva advocates for the prevention of cancer occurrence and/or reoccurrence through nutrition, anti-inflammatory, and immune system boosting treatments.
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Three S. FL Firms Win Semi-Finalist Status in BioPitch
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Marcia Heroux Pounds
SunSentinel.com
Three South Florida companies are semifinalists in
BioPitch, the business competition at the annual
BioFlorida conference this month. They are:
- Neuro Pharmalogics in Boca Raton
- Vova Ida in Jupiter
- Sharktec in Davie
Neuro Pharmalogics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative therapies for people with rare neurological diseases.
Vova Ida is a startup company dedicated to the discovery and development of drugs to treat neurodegenerative disorders. It is currently developing drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer's and Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseases, based on research conducted at Scripps Florida in Jupiter.
Sharktec is a research development company aimed at providing innovative products for both health-care professionals and consumers related to the changing technology of 3D printing.
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Miami Health Briefs
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Gastro Health Doc to Present at ACG Event
James S. Leavitt, MD, FACG, President of Miami based
Gastro Health, LLC will present four separate topics at the 2016
American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)
Premier GI Clinical & Post Graduate Course at
The Venetian, Las Vegas, Nevada,
October 14th through the 18th. Dr. Leavitt will be speaking on the
Ins and Outs of Joining a Medical practice, Protecting Your Practice, Maintaining Practice Independence plus
Engaging and Improving the Patient Experience.
Miami Hospital CEO Retires
Brian Bandell | SFBJ
Gilda Baldwin will retire as CEO of
Westchester General Hospital, where she has worked for 24 years.
The 125-bed hospital in Miami named
Jack Ayala as her successor. He's the former COO of
Broward General Medical Center and more recently was a hospital consultant.
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