Message From CEO

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National Health Center week is one of my favorite times of the year because it highlights the great contributions that community health centers, like Community Health of South Florida, Inc., have made to their communities.

For us, it is extra special as we continue to celebrate our 50th anniversary. We will be hosting exciting events throughout the week, where we will visit different parts of the community. To close off National Health Center Week, we will also be having a Drive-In Movie Night. I hope you will join us and keep up with all the fun on our social media accounts.

It is also back to school time, so make sure the kids come in for their school and sports physicals. You can get them in now before the rush and avoid the stress.

I also want to take this opportunity to underscore the importance of getting vaccinated against the deadly COVID-19 virus. The variants are bouncing back with vengeance, putting unvaccinated people at risk. The hospitals are filling up with those who are unvaccinated while the rest of us who have been vaccinated are not getting seriously ill. Here at CHI, we offer free vaccinations for you or anyone in your family 12 years of age or older. Just call to schedule your appointment today or go to our website to request an appointment at chisouthfl.org. Let’s leave this pandemic behind us. The only way to do so is to encourage your family and friends to get vaccinated.

We are also encouraging folks to get vaccinated so that they can safely attend our Golden Legacy 50th Anniversary Gala celebration on September 25th at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Miami Airport and Convention Center. This premiere event will honor the legacy of excellence in compassionate, quality care that CHI has created over the last five decades. It will also benefit the Children’s Crisis Center, a new facility that will be completed at our Doris Ison Health Center campus by next year.
Head over to our website chisouthfl.org to get your gala tickets, request an appointment for vaccination or school physicals, and to get more information on our National Health Center Week events.

 

Regards,

Brodes H. Hartley, Jr.

The Brodes H. Hartley, Jr. Teaching Health Center Celebrates 2021 Graduation and White Coat Ceremony

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The Brodes H. Hartley Teaching Health Center class of 2021 (left to right) Dr. Romeena Lee, Dr. Janey Garcia Oviedo, Dr. Jana Cua, Dr. Jamie Bolduc and Dr. Jheannel White, stand together as they receive their medal of recognition.

There was something very unique about the 2021 graduating class of the Brodes H. Hartley, Jr. Teaching Health Center. It wasn’t the fact that all five graduates were brilliant young doctors, even though they were. It was the fact that all of them were women. According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, there has been a steady rise in the number of women students, and CHI’s 2021 class was living proof.

Four family medicine residents and one psychiatry resident received medals and certificates at the graduation on June 12.

“We are very proud of our graduates,” said Dr. Elizabeth Philippe, Chief of Family Medicine, Associate Director of Medical Education, and Program Director for Family Medicine. “They are now better clinicians with diverse experience, who are ready to provide high-quality services.”

The graduation was streamed live on CHI’s Facebook and YouTube pages. Dr. Romeena Lee, graduate and chief resident, addressed those in attendance.

“I have found a place that fulfilled my heart again, where I was able to learn and help those with the most needs,” said Dr. Lee. “I call CHI my ‘little gem in the South’.”

Brodes H. Hartley, Jr., CEO, proudly places a white coat on Dr. Stainley Williams’ shoulders, new family medicine resident.

Dr. Sydney Coupet, founder of SPARK Health, delivered the keynote address.
“I am so excited to share this special day with these graduates and their families as they start the next phase of their medical career,” said Dr. Coupet. “CHI has definitely attracted the best and brightest physicians from across the country to train right here and enhance its goal to deliver high-quality, patient-centered care to the community.”

On June 23, CHI also held a virtual White Coat Ceremony to welcome the incoming class of residents, which included four family medicine and three psychiatry residents. The donning of the white coat is a symbol of passage for incoming residents, as they take on the responsibility of becoming a physician for the community.

This moment was especially important for resident Dr. Yeily Hernandez-Mato. When she was only 18, she nearly died in a violent car accident. Four months later, she was released from the hospital, left to recover in her mother’s car as the two of them were homeless. Without any money or insurance, Hernandez-Mato went to CHI where doctors nursed her back to health. On June 23, she returned full circle to train and serve among those doctors.

“It’s an emotional moment for me to come back to CHI,” said Dr. Hernandez-Mato. “The care team here showed me compassion, and now I have the opportunity to show others the same compassion.”

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