November 2014 - American College of Physicians

Florida Chapter American College of Physicians
E-News
SPECIAL
POINTS OF
INTEREST:
N O V E M B E R
2 0 1 4
FL Chapter ACP 2014 Annual Scientific Meeting
The FL Chapter
will be sponsoring
August 22—24, 2014 ~ Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six ~ Ft Lauderdale, Florida
Abstract Competition
the Orlando Health
Doctors’ Dilemma
team, and Abstract
Competition participants Dr. Oral
Waldo and Dr.
Jordan Ray as they
represent the chapter at Internal
Medicine 2015 in
Resident/Fellow
Poster Competition
Resident/Fellow
Oral Competition
Medical Student
Poster Competition
Research Division
First Place
Research Division
First Place
First Place
Boston, MA
INSIDE
THIS ISSUE:
2014 Chapter
Awards
2
Lucas A. Burke MD
University of Florida
Governor Elect
Designee
3
Clinical Vignette Division
AMWA Outstanding Leader
3
Chapter Excellence Award
4
Oral A. Waldo, MD
Mayo Clinic Florida
First Place
2015 Annual
4
Resident & Medical Student
Meeting
Save the Date
The Doctors Co
5
Welcome New
Members
6
Jordan C. Ray, MD
Mayo Clinic Florida
Ashok Shiani
University of South Florida
Clinical Vignette Division
First Place
Meghana Vellanki
University of South Florida
Doctors’ Dilemma© Competition
2014 Champions
Orlando Health
Team Members
Daniel Anscher, MD
Omar Qazi MD
Talia Zahra MD
Pictured with Program Director
Mario J. Madruga, MD FACP
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Florida Chapter 2014 Awards
2
Outstanding Teacher of the Year
Community Based Teacher Award
Robert J. Ledford MD
Margarita M. Cancio, MD FACP
Volunteerism & Community
Service Award
Internist of the Year
Farzanna S. Haffizulla, MD FACP
Daniel S. Bendetowicz, MD FACP
Special Thanks to
Cristina Pravia MD, FACP
2014 Scientific Program Chair
and the Program Committee
for their contributions
to a very successful
Annual Scientific Meeting!
2014 Annual Scientific Meeting
Program Committee Members:
Michelle L. Rossi, MD FACP
John G. Langdon, MD FACP
Ankush K. Bansal, MD FACP
Jason M. Goldamn, MD FACP
2014 Laureate Award
Naresh H. Pathak, MD FACP
John F. Rubin, MD FACP
MI CHA EL T. FLANN ERY, MD FAC P
Michael T. Flannery, MD FACP embodies all of the characteristics of an individual deserving of this recognition. He has
had an enormous effect on hundreds of students and residents
in his career through his outstanding teaching, role modeling,
guidance and mentoring. He has demonstrated supreme courage in the face of adversity and continues to exemplify all
that we look for in truly outstanding internists.
SAVE THE
DATE
FL Chapter 2015
Annual Scientific
Meeting
September 11—13, 2015
Tampa, FL
Watch for more
information on the FL
Chapter website.
The Laureate Award was presented on November 6th during Grand Rounds at USF College of Medicine by Florida ACP Governor Dr. John Langdon. Distinguished guests included Charly Lockwood, Dean of College of Medicine & SR VP of USF Health, John T. Sinnott,
Jr, MD FACP, Chair, CoM Internal Medicine, Dr. Flannery’s wife and sister and USF Faculty
members.
The Chapter leadership did the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in Dr. Flannery’s honor on Fri Aug 22 nd.
Visit the FL Chapter Facebook page to view the video.
FLORIDA
CHAPTER
AMERICAN
COLLEGE
OF
PHYSICIANS
AMWA Outstanding Leader
Michelle L. Rossi, MD FACP
American Medical Women's Association President;
Farzanna S. Haffizulla, MD FACP; presents an Outstanding Leadership Award to FL Chapter ACP
Governor & President, Michelle L. Rossi, MD FACP
during the AMWA Interim Meeting September 17,
2014 in Ft Lauderdale, FL.
FL Chapter Governor-Elect Designee
Jason M. Goldman, MD FACP
Congratulations to our Governor-Elect designee,
Jason M. Goldman, MD FACP! We are grateful for his
extensive service thus far and excited about what the
future holds. He will continue to work closely with
ACP Florida Governors Dr. Rossi and Dr. Langdon as
he prepares to lead our Chapter into ACP's second
millennium. Dr. Goldman officially becomes Florida
Governor-Elect in Boston, MA at Internal Medicine
2015 and ascends to office in 2016.
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Goldman- you may
send your well-wishes to him at
at [email protected].
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2014 Chapter Excellence Award
Congratulations to Michael A. Zimmer, MD FACP; President/Governor
and Michelle L. Rossi, MD FACP, Governor for the Florida Chapter receiving the 2014 Chapter Excellence Award! The award recognizes chapters which successfully meet the standards for managing a chapter. In
order to achieve the Chapter Excellence Award, chapters must meet all
basic criteria and seven optional criteria. Criteria include such activities
as formulating an effective Governor’s Council and committees, communicating frequently with membership, providing educational opportunities, recruiting and advancing members and celebrating membership through local awards. Special thanks is extended to those chapter
members who assisted in all of these endeavors! For their hard work
and dedication, we received this award.
SAVE THE DATE: March 28-29, 2015
FL Chapter ACP Annual Residents & Medical Students Meeting
Make plans now and mark your calendar to attend the Florida
Chapter ACP 2015 Annual Resident & Medical Student Meeting
which will be held March 28- 29, 2015 at the Embassy Suites
Downtown Orlando in Orlando, FL .
The Annual Resident & Medical Student Meeting will include
Oral Presentations by Resident/Fellow Members, a formal Poster
Competition for both Resident/Fellow and Medical Student
Members and the always popular Doctors’ Dilemma Competition. Medical Students—Watch for more information on workshops and Call for Abstracts.
Additional information will be posted on the website as it becomes available.
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Be Cybersecure: Protect Patient
Records, Avoid Fines, and Safeguard
Your Reputation
Cybercrime costs the U.S. economy billions of dollars each year
and causes organizations to devote substantial time and resources to keeping their information secure. This is even more
important for healthcare organizations, the most frequently attacked form of business.1 Cybercriminals target healthcare for
two main reasons: healthcare organizations fail to upgrade their
cybersecurity as quickly as other businesses, and criminals find
personal patient information particularly valuable to exploit.
The repercussions of security breaches can be daunting. A
business that suffers a breach of more than 500 records of unencrypted personal health information (PHI) must report the
breach to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’
Office for Civil Rights (OCR). This is the federal body with the
power to enforce the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and issue fines. To date, the OCR has levied
over $25 million in fines, with the largest single fine totaling $4.8
million.2 A healthcare organization’s brand and reputation are
also at stake. The OCR maintains a searchable database
(informally known as a “wall of shame”) that publicly lists all entities that were fined for breaches that meet the 500-record requirement.3
If you think you may not be fully compliant with HIPAA privacy
and security rules, consider taking the following steps:
 Identify all areas of potential vulnerability. Develop secure
office processes, such as:
Sign-in sheets that ask for only minimal information.
Procedures for the handling and destruction of paper records.
Policies detailing which devices are allowed to contain PHI and under what circumstances those
devices may leave the office.
 Encrypt all devices that contain PHI (laptops, desktops,
thumb drives, and centralized storage devices). Make sure
that thumb drives are encrypted and that the encryption
code is not inscribed on or included with the thumb drive.
Encryption is the best way to prevent a breach.
 Train your staff on how to protect PHI. This includes not
only making sure policies and procedures are HIPAAcompliant, but also instructing staff not to openly discuss
patient PHI.
 Audit and test your physical and electronic security policies
and procedures regularly, including what steps to take in
case of a breach. The OCR audits entities that have had a
breach, as well as those that have not. The OCR will check
if you have procedures in place in case of a breach. Taking
the proper steps in the event of a breach may help you
avoid a fine.
 Insure. Make sure that your practice has insurance to assist
with certain costs in case of a breach.
Contributed by The Doctors Company. For more patient safety
articles and practice tips, visit www.thedoctors.com/
patientsafety.
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Florida Chapter New Members
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AUGUST—NOVEMBER 2014
Vera U Abaaba, MD
Triveni Abburi, MBBS
Omar Abumahfouz
Aisha Afzal, MBBS
Markus Angelo D Agito, MD
Bushra Ajaz, MD
Halis Kaan Akturk, MD
Muhammad Mobeen Ali, MD
Kawther F Alquadan, MBBS
Natesha Manoucheri Ambs, MD
Joseph J Arena, MD
Tali Arviv, MD
Mohammad Fahad Bin Asad, MBBS
Christohper Austin, MD
Iryna Babych, MD
Prabhava Bagla, MBBS
Ravneet Bajwa, MD
Ajoke Bamisile, MD
ASHA L BANSARI, MD
Luz J Barahona, MD
Claude Bassil, MD
Nathalie Bastien-Montpeirous, MSPH MD
Steve Beiser, MD
Robin T Bhasin, MD
Winston Bokor, MD
Vicki Viveros Britton, MD
Janet W Brownstein, MD
Adeeb Bulkhi, MD
Philip J Burke, MD
Jennifer Byer, MD
Leyaini Cabezas, MD
Kerry-Ann Cadogan, MD
Tracey Cao, MD
Daniela Capota, MD
Foiqa A Chaudhry, MBBS
Brittany Clark, MD
Aaron Cohen, MD
Jose E Collado, MD
Emmanuel Coronel, MD
Jeffrey M Cummings, MD
Dana D Dameron, DO
Sarah Darr, MD
Sonia Daryanani, DO
Pierre C Deltor, MD
Josenie Desamour, MD
Manuel Diaz, MD
Katia Dieguez Otero, MD
Suma Dondapati, MBBS
Hany Elmariah
Claudia J Emmons, MD
Gabriel Todd Faz, MD
Jacksonville
Jacksonville
Gainesville
Orlando
Gainesville
Longwood
Jacksonville
Lynn Haven
Gainesville
Apopka
Deerfield Beach
Orlando
Oakland
Jacksonville Beach
Port Charlotte
Orlando
Gainesville
Tampa
Gainesville
Coral Springs
Tampa
Wellington
Jacksonville
Maitland
Tampa
Delray Beach
Gainesville
Tampa
Orlando
Tampa
Hollywood
St Petersburg
Naples
Boca Raton
Gainesville
Tallahassee
Boca Raton
Weston
Miami
Tampa
Davie
Sunrise
Pembroke Pines
West Palm Beach
Pembroke Pines
Hialeah
Santa Rosa Beach
Tallahassee
Gainesville
Ocala
Jacksonville
Jennifer E Fergeson, DO
Keshia Cindy Ferguson, MD
Radames I Fernandez Felipe, MD
Karem I Figueroa, MD
Keely Fischbach, MD
Jarod D Fox, MD
Shenoda Gadalla, MD
Vinay Prasad Rao Gagadam, MBBS
Sherri M Gampel, DO
Elisa M Gard
Faithlore P Gardner, MD
German Esteban Giese, MD
Julieta Gilson, MD
Joette L Giovinco-Barbas, MD
Valerie Gironda, MD
Fernando Gonzalez Vergara, MD
Dwayne K Gordon, MD
Shyla N Gowda, MD
Teas Gray, MD
Youhana Z Greges, MD
James Winston Grigg, MD
Raja Ramesh Gummalla, MBBS
Devjit Halder, MD
Jodie Angela Hargus, DO
Ryan K Harris, MD
Jameson Henry, MD
Gabriel A Hernandez, MD
Larissa Hernandez, MD
Marlow B Hernandez, DO
Edgardo Hernandez Pons, MD
Mary B Hilal, MD
Tung T Ho, MD
Neal Holland, DO
Abid Hussain, MBBS
Kumar Ilangovan, MD
Manrique O Iriarte, MD
Belmar Irizarry, MD
John Isaak, MD
Bahaa Ismail, MD
Ahmad I Issa, MD
Rafik Jacob, MD
Shilpa Naren Jadeja, MD
Sunil Jadonath, MD
Ankur Jain, MD
Haibing Jiang, MD
Kai Jing, MD
Lily N Jones, DO
Krista Joseph, MD
Sushma Kadiyala, MD
Shivam Kalan, MD
Rana Kanaan
Tampa
Orlando
Miami
Plantation
Jacksonville
Oakland
Boynton Beach
Jacksonville
Gainesville
Trinity
Cape Coral
Miami
Punta Gorda
Tampa
Spring Hill
Miramar
Longwood
Lakeland
Tallahassee
Clearwater
Gainesville
Jacksonville
Tampa
Jacksonville
Orlando
Miami Shores
Miami
Miami
Davie
Rockledge
Orlando
Orlando
Gainesville
Lake Mary
Miami
Miami
Orlando
Palm Harbor
Weston
Apollo Beach
Jacksonville
Bradenton
Winter Garden
Gainesville
Maitland
Tallahassee
Safety Harbor
Lakewood Ranch
Gainesville
Tampa
Tampa
Puja Karanth, MBBS
Ehsanul Karim
Ashkan Karimi, MD
Awais Khan, MD
Nareesha Khan, MD
Muhammad A N Khan, MBBS
Shahzad Y Khan, MD,MBBS
Thiri Khin, MBBS
Kelli R King
Venkata Kollipara, MBBS
Amit J Kothari, MD
Stepan Kravchuk, MD
Ankush Lahoti, MBCHB
Tulisa Hanflink LaRocca, MD
Leah Leisch, MD
Melanie C Letobarone, MD
Scott Mitchell Lieberman, MD
David R Linz, MD
Ajibola Loye, MD
Madel Lumbres, MD
Maykel Luna Concepcion, MD
Natalya Lyubynska
Kim M Maguire, MD
Maria Eugenia Maiori, MD
Yadira Manso, MD
Zwadie C March, MD
Marshall B Marcus, MD
Marialina Martell-Gravie, MD
Dario Martinez, MD
Oscar I Martinez, MD
Ricardo Martinez, MD
Edlira Maska, MD
Ashley Mathews Askew, MD
Anita J Medina
Aseret D Medina, MD
Suleyki Medina, MD
Melissa Y Mejia Disla
Tetyana Metyk, MD
Richard A Meyerholz, MD
Yazan Migdady, MD
Tiago Miguel, MD
Julietta Militello, DO
Shashank Mishra, MD
Federico A Montalvo-Bisono, MD
Alfredo Montero, MD
Georges Mora Rasquin, MD
David Moreno, MD
Kimikawa Morgan, MD
Christopher S Morley, MD
Lalitkumar J Mundhra, MBBS
William Munoz, MD
Gainesville
Wellington
Gainesville
Celebration
Orlando
Tallahassee
Lake Worth
Winter Park
Orlando
Clearwater
Tampa
Sanford
Weston
Delray Beach
Avon Park
Seffner
Boca Raton
Marco Island
Lithia
Jacksonville
Clearwater
Boca Raton
Tampa
Miami
Medley
Ocala
Tampa
Miami
Hialeah
Holly Hill
Naples
Gainesville
Navarre
Miami
North Bay Village
Hialeah
Coconut Creek
Orlando
Gainesville
Gainesville
Delray Beach
Boca Raton
Tampa
Orlando
Plantation
Lakewood Rch
Brooksville
Pembroke Pines
Jupiter
Gainesville
Windermere
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Florida Chapter New Members continued
Andrew Myers, MD
Adam C Nader
Ryan W Nall, MD
Melissa D Newman, DO
Lauren K Ng, MD
Hongxen Nguyen, MD
Caroline N Nguyen-Min, MD
Syed J Noor, MD
Affiong A Nsunwara, MBBS
Barnabas C Nwanyanwu, MBBS
Blessing I Obukwelu, MD
Michael P O'Neill, MD
Kristoffer L Orocio, DO
Merlin I Osorio, MD
April L Oxford, MD
Ricardo J Pagan, MD
JUAN D PALACIOS, MD
Rishi Jay Panchal, DO
Amit I Patel, MD
Nachiket Patel, MD
Nidhip A Patel, DO
Nikhil Patel, DO
Ruchi Chandrakant Patel
Vibhaben Patel, MBBS
Vinay M Patel, MD
Rahul Pathak, MBBS,MD
Fernando E Pedraza, MD
Berry Pierre
Osmani Piloto Rodriguez, MD
Jose Carlos Pinero, MD
Kenneth Kehn-Yao Poon, MD
Tampa
Coral Gables
Gainesville
Tampa
Jacksonville Beach
Tampa
Orlando
Tallahassee
Jacksonville
Orlando
Tallahassee
Miami
Fort Lauderdale
Miami
Oakland
Jacksonville
WEST PALM BEACH
Gainesville
Odessa
Jacksonville
Miami
Sarasota
Sebring
Trinity
St Petersburg
Orlando
Aventura
Boca Raton
LITHIA
Miami
Boynton Beach
Negiin Pourafshar, MD
Jyoti Pradhananga, MD
Jose L Prieto, DO
Roshanak Rabbanifard, MD
Wayne T Ramcharitar, MD
Luz Ramos-Vivas, MD
Megha V. Rao, MD, MHA
Justin N Reed, MD
Tanya Marie Reimschissel, DO
Carla R Renaldo, DO
Andres Reyes-Corcho, MD
Nancy A Rihana, MD
Luz Andrea Rincon, MD
David A Rivera, MD
Bryan D Robinson, MD
Anamaria Rodriguez, MD
Angel Javier Rodriguez, MD
Kenneth Rodriguez, MD
Jose R Rodriguez-Castillo
Marie Rubby Roger, MD
Andreina Rojas, MD
Sandor A Romero, MD
Rossana Maria Rosa, MD
Jennifer Rosario Ramos, MD
Frederick Scott Ross, MD
Carl A Ruthman, MD
Scott Matthew Ryals, MD
LCDR Elvys Sacerio Valcarcel, MD
Cecille Marie C Sales, MD
Natalie Sanchez, MD
Joel J Santora, MD
Gainesville
Sunny Isles
Winter Haven
Tampa
Orlando
Orlando
West Palm Beach
Gainesville
Orange Park
Tampa
Doral
Tampa
Tallahassee
Tampa
Tallahassee
Fort Pierce
Hialeah
Orlando
Tampa
Boca Raton
Miami
Miami
Miami
Orlando
Weston
Jacksonville
Gainesville
Port St Lucie
Fort Myers
Coral Gables
Orlando
Bianca S Sarmento, MD
Gina C Schell, DO
Amit N Shah, MD
Imran A Shaikh, MBBS
Mohammed A Shaikhomer, MBBS
Manas Shukla, MD
Jorge Silverio Ferreiro, MD
David Snipelisky, MD
Yu Song, MD
Andrew C Stevens, MD
Alejandro L Suarez, MD
Andrew D Timothy
John A Treven, DO
Jason Triana, MD
Huan Y Tsai, MD
Daniela Uebelhart, MD
John R Untisz, DO
Jose Gustavo Urrutia, MD
Alejandro Valdes, MD
Pradeep K Vangala, MD
Megan Varma, MD
David F Velez, MD
Seema S Verma, MD
Jan Voda, MD
Barryton Decruse Waanbah, MD
Oral A Waldo, MD
Yi Chu Wang, MD
Ashleigh Wright, MD
Syed Farhan Zafar, MD
Li Zhang, MD
Miami
Dunedin
Tampa
St Petersburg
Miami
Gainesville
Homestead
Jacksonville
West Palm Beach
Orlando
Gainesville
West Palm Beach
Pensacola
Bonita Springs
Saint Augustine
St Petersburg
Niceville
Wellington
Miami
Orlando
Tampa
Windermere
Gainesville
Gainesville
Ocala
Jacksonville
Clearwater
Gainesville
Fort Myers
West Palm Beach
Florida Chapter
American College of Physicians
1000 Riverside Avenue, Suite 220
Jacksonville, FL 32204
Phone: 904-355-0800 or 800-542-8461
E-mail: [email protected]
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