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Current Events
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SFHEF presents
Healthcare Networking
Thurs., Sept. 6
Storer Auditorium | Coral Gables
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SFBJ presents
Disrupting Technologies in the Digital Healthcare Era
Thurs., Sept. 13
Ft. Lauderdale
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NAMI Palm Beach County presents
Suicide Prevention Training for Families
Thurs., Sept. 13
Wellington
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Nelson Mullins Broad and Cassel presents
South Florida Health Forum
Wed., Oct. 3, 2018
Signature Grand Davie
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The Healthcare Roundtable presents...
Women in Medicine
Breakfast Panel Discussion
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Hollywood, FL
Proceeds to Benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
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University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology receives multi-million dollar NIH grant for genetic hearing loss research
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The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology received a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to  fund research related to biological treatments and clinical diagnosis of patients with hearing loss.
Xue Long Liu, MD, PhD, FACS, professor of otolaryngology, human genetics, biochemistry, and pediatrics will serve as principal investigator. The grant will allow Liu to continue his research on human hearing loss, the most common sensory disorder affecting more than 28 million Americans.
Liu, who is the vice chair and
Marian & Walter Hotchkiss Chair in Otolaryngology,
is one of the top NIH-funded surgeon-scientists in the specialty
. Having also received a $3 million dollar grant to research hearing loss in 2017, Liu is now the most successfully funded genetic hearing loss researcher in the United States.
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Cleveland Clinic Florida Wellington Expands Primary Care Team
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Cleveland Clinic Florida Wellington, which opened to patients in the spring, has expanded its team of family medicine and internal medicine specialists who provide primary care services for adults and children six and older.
Jessica Garcia, MD, and
Giovanni Spatola, MD, who helped open the new office located in the Village Green Center at 2789 S. State Road 7, are joined by S
hari Robins, MD, FACP, FAAP and
Sarah Mitchell, DO, MS.
"Opening our first location in western Palm Beach County has been a crucial step in meeting the needs of our patients and the communities we serve," said
Wael Barsoum, MD, CEO and President of
Cleveland Clinic Florida, based in Weston. "We've assembled an excellent team of primary care physicians who are committed to delivering exceptional, high quality care to the Wellington community."
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Based in Dania Beach, the
South Florida Healthcare Executive Forum
(SFHEF) serves healthcare professionals in Monroe, Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties plus the Treasure Coast. The SFHEF is the local chapter of
the American College of Healthcare Executives
(ACHE) and currently boasts over 850 members.
Member Spotlight
Elizabeth Paine, MS, MBA, is an assistant administrator at
Wellington Regional Medical Center. In this role, Paine works closely with the chief executive officer and the chief operating officer in the planning, coordination and supervision of hospital expansion and renovation projects and assists in the daily operations of the facility.
Prior to joining the team at Wellington Regional Medical Center, Paine worked with
Tenet Healthcare Corporation at its corporate office in Dallas, Texas and at
Delray Medical Center in Delray Beach, Florida as an associate in the MBA Leadership Development Program, where she was involved in national performance management and innovation projects.
Paine earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the
Owen Graduate School of Management at
Vanderbilt University and a Master of Science degree in Hearing and Speech Sciences from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the
University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida.
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