For Immediate Release:

July

03, 2013

Media Contact:

Edwin O’Dell
[email protected]

305-987-0039

JACKSON HEALTH SYSTEM WELCOMES NEWLY CREDENTIALED PHYSICIANS

Miami, FL – During the Public Health Trust Financial Recovery Board meeting on June 24, 2013, the board approved the credentialing of several new Jackson Health System physicians. These doctors will join the medical teams in various Jackson departments.

The doctors whose primary practice site is Jackson Memorial Hospital are:

  • Garth G. Becker, M.D., medicine (specialty: internal medicine hospitalist)
  • Lukas J. Ceha, M.D., emergency medicine
  • Steven Gorin, D.O., orthopaedics
  • Jordana M. Herschthal, M.D., dermatology
  • James E. Hoffman, M.D., medicine (specialty: hematology and oncology)
  • Marco A. Ladino-Avellaneda, M.D., medicine (specialty: nephrology)
  • R. Judith Ratzan, M.D., medicine (specialty: hematology and oncology)
  • Fredesvindo Rodriguez-Garcia, M.D., ambulatory services (specialty: family medicine)

The doctors whose primary practice site is Jackson South Community Hospital are:

  • Luis R. Cabrera, M.D., family medicine
  • Sarah D. Morrison, M.D., pediatrics
  • Ndemie K. Price, M.D., pediatrics
  • Richard S. Rosenblum, D.O., radiology
  • Adriana Strimbu, D.P.M., orthopaedics (specialty: podiatry)

The doctors whose primary practice site is Jackson North Medical Center are:

  • Karina Baesso, D.P.M., orthopaedics (specialty: podiatry)
  • Imaze M. Davis., D.P.M., orthopaedics (specialty: podiatry)
  • Irmanie Eliacin, M.D., family medicine
  • Francisco J. Pages, M.D., psychiatry

The following doctors will work at Jackson Memorial Hospital and Jackson South Community Hospital:

  • Timothy O’Shaughnessy, M.D., anesthesiology
  • Mario A. Pons, M.D., anesthesiology
  • Sandra L. Rojas M.D., anesthesiology (specialty: pain medicine)

The following doctor will work at Jackson Memorial Hospital and Jackson North Medical Center:

  • Nelson E. Cordero-Torres, M.D., psychiatry

The following doctor will work at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Jackson North Medical Center and Jackson South Community Hospital:

  • Paula-Ann M. Francis, M.D., psychiatry
     

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