Please see Speaker Bios for upcoming Symposium:
Invited Speakers
Raj S. Ambay, MD
Paul Albear, MD
Gem Ashby, MD
Madelyn Butler, MD
Yvonne Yolie Capin
Charles Cox, MD
Sophie Dessureault MD, PhD
Mary Gardner, MD
Steven Greenberg, MD
Lennox Hoyte, MD
William C. Kohler, MD
Sonia Lal
Charles R. Lambert, Jr., MD
Wayne C. Lee, MD, FACS
Alan Levine
Mary H. Lien, MD
Steven L. Maskin, MD
Dilip Mathew, MD
Commissioner Sandra L. Murman
William Newton, MD
Brendan C O'Malley, MD, FACE, FRCP
Shayne Plosker, MD
Stephen Raterman, MD
Jason J. Rosenberg
Tracy Sheehan
Joel Silverfield, MD
James O. Smith, MD, FACC, FSCAI
James Von Thron, MD
Marc A. Weinstein, MD
Gregory Wilkerson, MD
Raj S. Ambay, MD
Dr. Ambay is a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon specializing in robotic-assisted micro vascular reconstructive surgery. Dr. Ambay received his medical degree from MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He continued his education as Resident in Plastic Surgery at the University of Wisconsin. He then continued on to University of Texas at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, as Clinical Specialist and Fellow in Micro-vascular Reconstructive Surgery.
Dr. Ambay has a diverse background and has been recognized at the Plastic Surgery Senior Residents Conference for first place in research, received the Clifford C. Snyder Past Chairman's award at the Plastic Surgery Research Council, received the Gaspar Anastasi Award for best research at the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Annual Meeting, and received the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for the National Institutes of Health.
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Paul Albear, MD
Dr. Paul R. Albear is a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon who is an active member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). His practice in Wesley Chapel Florida serves residents in the Tampa Bay area. He received his medical degree from The University of Illinois College of Medicine and completed a five-year General Surgery residency at Michigan State University where he received the James Heersink Teaching Award. Dr. Albear then completed his Plastic Surgery Fellowship at the University of Tennessee. He continued his education in Houston, Texas, at the world-renowned Texas Medical Center at the Baylor College of Medicine, where he completed his education in Hand Surgery in the Department of Plastic Surgery at the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital from August 2006 through 2007. He was appointed Chief of Plastic Surgery at Florida Hospital Tampa in 2010, a position he currently holds today.
Dr. Albear has a personal interest in breast reconstruction after removal of the breast/s due to breast cancer or other disease and has recently completed training for robotic micro vascular breast reconstruction, which will give his patients the most advanced reconstruction options available.
Dr. Albear's family is of Cuban origin and he is fluent in Spanish. He lives the New Tampa area with his wife, two sons, and daughter.
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Gem Ashby, MD
Dr. Gem Ashby is board-eligible with the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and is a Junior Fellow in the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Dr. Ashby was born on the beautiful island of Barbados and moved to New Jersey at the age of eighteen to pursue higher-level education. She completed a Bachelor of Science in Biology at Bloomfield College in New Jersey, graduating Summa Cum Laude. She earned her medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. While in college and medical school she served her country by spending six years in the U.S. Army Reserves. Dr. Ashby completed her residency training at the FSU OB/GYN program in Pensacola, Florida.
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Madelyn E. Butler, MD
Madelyn E. Butler was born in Cuba and immigrated to the United States with her family at a young age. She spent her childhood in Georgia, then moved to Florida, where she completed high school. She attended the University of Florida, where she received both her undergraduate and medical degrees. She later completed her residency at the University of South Florida.
Since beginning her practice in 1994, Madelyn's contributions to the field have been recognized by both processional organizations and her peers. She has served as President of the Florida Medical Association and is a delegate to the American Medical Association, She has provided public education as "medical expert in OB/GYN" for Channel 8 and has received the "Outstanding Physician Award". Recently named "GYN Group "by the Florida Medical Journal and the Tampa Tribune. Madelyn and her partners have seen their vision for a "best in class" practice come closer. Madelyn loves to spend time with her family: Bill, her husband, her three children: Olivia, Christina and Donovan and her cats, birds, dog and rabbit.
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Yvonne Yolie Capin
Generations of my family have lived and worked in Tampa. My mother and father were born in Tampa; my grandmother was born in Tampa and my great-grandmother was born in Key West.
I attended Thomas Jefferson High School and was in the first graduating class of Leto High School. I was a member of the charter class of Hillsborough Community College and attended the University of Tampa.
I am a retired, small business woman, self-employed all my adult life. I started my first business at age 21 and by age 26 had opened my first jewelry store at a regional mall.
I currently serve as board member of The Spring of Tampa Bay and previously served on the board of the Ybor City State Museum, the Executive Committee for Hillsborough Community College's Festival of the Moving Image and Co-Curator of International Art Works at the Hillsborough Community College Gallery.
As a City Council member, I chair the Transportation Committee and serve on the Streetcar Board, Public Transportation Commission and the Council of Governments.
I am married to Juan R. Capin and we have one daughter, Jessica Lynn, who is married to Mark Dion.
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Charles Cox, MD
Dr. Charles Cox is a Professor of Surgery and the Director of the Breast Cancer Program at the University of South Florida (USF). Dr. Cox specializes in Breast Cancer/Oncology, evaluation of new methods of treatment and the detection and control of breast cancer. Dr. Cox received his Medical Degree at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City and served his internship and residency at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Cox is a McCann Foundation Endowed Professor of Breast Surgery at the USF College of Medicine and the CEO of Breast Health CRISP (Clinical and Research Integrated Strategic Program).
Dr. Cox created and implemented "breast cancer lymphatic mapping," which is a method using radioactive tracer to find the first lymph node to test for cancer. Prior to this discovery, surgeons had to remove all nodes to test for breast cancer, making recovery difficult for patients. He has personally trained more than 10,000 surgeons around the world on lymphatic mapping.
Among his many accolades he has received the Healthcare Heroes Lifetime Achievement Award, the Breast Cancer Champion Award with the Florida Breast Cancer Foundation and has recently been recognized as a Professional of the Year by Strathmore's Who's Who Registry for his outstanding contribution and achievements in the field of Surgical Oncology.
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Sophie Dessureault, MD,PhD
Dr. Dessureault is a Colorectal Surgical Oncologist at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Associate Professor in the Departments of Surgery and Oncologic Sciences at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Dessureault graduated from medical school in 1990 at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia and completed her General Surgery residency at the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada. During her residency years, she spent 4 years in the lab and ultimately received a PhD in tumor immunology and cancer immunotherapy. She finished a Surgical Oncology fellowship at the Moffitt Cancer Center in 2001 and has been on faculty since then. Dr. Dessureault has been active in translational research, medical education, and patient care. She was the Principal Investigator of a few Phase I and Phase II cancer vaccine trials and continues to collaborate with other researchers in the pursuit of novel therapies for cancer patients. In the past 5 years, Dr. Dessureault has been Clerkship Director of the Interdisciplinary Oncology Clerkship for senior medical students. She continues to teach surgical oncology fellows and general surgery residents every month. She sees primarily patients with colorectal cancer, and is one of a few surgeons across the nation who performs HIPEC procedures (hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemoperfusion) for patients with pseudomyxoma peritonei and intraperitoneal mesothelioma.
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Mary Gardner, MD
Dr. Mary Gardner grew up in Winter Haven, Florida, the daughter of a diagnostic radiologist. She left central Florida to pursue an undergraduate degree in biology at the Newcomb Women's College of Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. While at Tulane, she also earned a master's degree in physiology and her doctor of medicine degree. She moved to San Francisco, California, where she completed her internship in medicine at Children's Hospital and her radiology residency and fellowship in diagnostic ultrasound at the University of California, San Francisco.
Dr. Gardner developed an interest in breast imaging early in her career as a diagnostic radiologist. She has implemented several programs aimed at streamlining the processes that women encounter during the discovery, diagnosis, and treatment of breast cancer. She recognizes the difficulties that face indigent women, and has written grants to obtain monies to screen, diagnose, and treat women who fall below the poverty level. She has served on the executive board of the Suncoast Affiliate for Susan G. Komen for the Cure. She currently serves as the medical director for the ultrasound technologist training program at Polk State College.
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Steven Greenberg, MD
Dr. Steven Greenberg is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology. In 2006, Dr. Greenberg became certified in Essure. He is a member of the Tampa OB/GYN Society, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Florida Medical Association, Hillsborough County Medical Society, and Florida Obstetric and Gynecologic Society.
Dr. Greenberg earned his medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center in 1986. He completed his residency at the University of South Florida Affiliated Hospitals in 1990. Dr. Greenberg has been board certified in obstetrics and gynecology since 1991. In 2000, he served as Chief of Staff for Obstetrics and Gynecology at University Community Hospital.
Dr. Greenberg is married with two children. He enjoys playing golf and gourmet cooking.
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Lennox Hoyte, MD
Dr. Hoyte is the director of the female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery at the University of South Florida in Tampa. He is an attending Urogynecologist at Tampa General Hospital, and maintains an active clinical practice specializing in all types of female pelvic floor disorders, including prolapse, urinary and fecal incontinence, overactive bladder, childbirth related pelvic floor injury, and pelvic muscle dysfunction.
Dr. Hoyte received a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT, an MD degree from Stanford Medical School, and completed OB/GYN residency training at Brigham and Women's/Massachusetts General Hospital. He was fellowship trained in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois. He is a board certified Obstetrician/Gynecologist, a Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and an elected member of the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons. He serves as editorial reviewer for several peer reviewed medical journals. Dr. Hoyte has been invited to speak nationally and internationally on Female Pelvic Anatomy and Biomechanics, Overactive Bladder Syndromes, Management of Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Incontinence.
Dr. Hoyte is an active clinical researcher, seeking to better understand why some women develop pelvic floor dysfunction after childbirth and others do not. Using live imaging, he has developed videos and images of MR-based 3D reconstructions to demonstrate normal and abnormal pelvic anatomy, many of which are available without charge on the internet.
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William C. Kohler, MD
Dr. William C. Kohler is the Director of Pediatric Sleep Services and the Assistant Medical Director at The Sleep Center at Florida Hospital Tampa. He is a Courtesy Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Florida, and an Affiliate Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of South Florida. His 1968 publication in the Journal of Pediatrics on sleep in two-year olds was the first description of sleep parameters in that age group.
Dr. Kohler is Board Certified in Sleep Medicine, Neurology, with special competence in Child Neurology, Pediatrics and Electroencephalography. He is a spokesperson for the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and past Chairman of their Accreditation Committee. Dr. Kohler is also an approved consultant in clinical hypnosis by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis who maintains an active clinical practice, teaching, and research program in sleep disorders.
Dr. Kohler has been a guest speaker at numerous conferences and seminars in the United States, Canada, and abroad.
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Sonia Lal, MD
Education: Medical education: Government Medical College, Patiala
Residency ( Neurology) New York Medical College, Valhalla 2007-2011
Fellowship: Headache Medicine : University of South Florida 2011-2012
Sonia Lal was born in Michigan and later her family shifted to India when she was two years old. She completed her education in medicine from India and moved to the US for further education inspired by her father who is a cardiologist. She completed her residency from New York Medical College and later moved to Tampa to pursue her fellowship in headaches under the guidance of Dr.Maria-Carmen Wilson.
She will be graduating in June 2012 and will be joining as an assistant professor at Loyola University in Chicago starting July 2012.
Her active interests include headache medicine and stroke.
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Charles R. Lambert, Jr., MD
Dr. Charles Lambert, Jr., is the Medical Director of Florida Hospital Pepin Heart Hospital Institute., as well as a Professor of Medicine at the University of South Florida College of Medicine. Dr. Lambert is responsible for the hospital's outcomes measurement and analysis, and research trials at the Dr. Kiran C. Patel Research Institute. He is an Interventional Cardiologist and obtained his medical degree and a Ph.D. in physiology from the University of Florida, as well as a Master in Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts. Prior to his arrival in Tampa, Dr. Lambert spent 10 years at the University of Florida as its Director of Interventional Cardiology.
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Wayne C. Lee, MD, FACS
Wayne C. Lee, MD, F.A.C.S., is a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon in Tampa. Dr. Lee was Valedictorian of his high school in Madison, Wisconsin, where he received a full Academic Excellence Scholarship. He was accepted immediately into the University of Wisconsin Medical School under the Medical Scholar's Program and completed his MD degree in 2000.
It was during his General Surgery Residency when his interests in Plastic Surgery naturally took shape. During a vacation month he returned to his birth country of Taiwan to learn cutting-edge microsurgery and plastic surgery at Chung-Gung Memorial Hospital. He completed his General Surgery Residency at University of Illinois Metropolitan Group Hospitals in Chicago, Illinois. Afterward he went on to complete a three-year Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship at University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Dr. Lee has presented at many regional and national conferences, including the American Burn Association's nation meeting in Boston on "Illicit Drug Use in Thermally Injured Patients." He is double-boarded by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery. He is an active member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Lee enjoys volunteering his time and surgical expertise on Operation Smile and Interplast South medical missions to Honduras, to help children with cleft lip and palate deformities.
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Alan Levine
Alan Levine is Senior Vice President of Health Management Associates, a Naples-based operator of 66 hospitals in 15 states, and serves as President of the Florida Group Operations. With 20 years of hospital operations experience, Alan has served as CEO of various hospitals and health systems throughout Florida, from the rural north Florida town of Perry to Broward Health, the fifth largest public not-for-profit health system in the nation.
Alan served on Governor Bobby Jindal's Cabinet as Secretary of Louisiana's Department of Health and Hospitals and as Governor Jindal's senior health policy advisor following Hurricane Katrina. Prior to that, Florida Governor Jeb Bush appointed Alan to serve as Secretary of Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration, an agency responsible for administering a $17 billion budget. More recently, Florida Governor Rick Scott appointed Alan to serve as the Chairman of his health care transition team,
Alan received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Florida and now serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of UF. Modern Healthcare Magazine named Alan one of 30 people in the nation who will have a powerful impact on health care in the next 30 years.
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Mary H. Lien, MD
Dr. Lien grew up in southern California and received her Bachelor of Science degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She received her MD from Duke University School of Medicine. After completing her dermatology residency at the University of Michigan Medical Center and a melanoma fellowship at the University of Michigan Multidisciplinary Melanoma Clinic, Dr. Lien moved to Florida in 1996. Dr. Lien is the Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery at the University of South Florida. Dr. Lien specializes in Cutaneous Oncology––specifically in melanoma and other skin malignancies.
Dr. Lien is the Chief of Dermatology at the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital and also practices dermatology in the Division of Cutaneous Oncology at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center. Dr. Lien is a member of numerous professional dermatologic societies.
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Steven L. Maskin, MD
Steven L. Maskin, MD specializes in solving difficult cornea, ocular surface and dry eye disorders with patients traveling from over 35 states and 5 continents for his evaluation. Dr. Maskin is a leader for managing these disorders using innovative medical therapies and surgical techniques, which have restored eye comfort to his patients. These breakthrough advances include the use of placenta derived amniotic membrane, the discovery of a topical cure for ocular surface cancer, and a new patent pending natural eye lubricant drop to provide relief for dry eye sufferers. Dr. Maskin has also recently pioneered a landmark procedure to unblock obstructed and swollen lid glands which is a major cause of dry eye. Dr. Maskin has furthermore now authored the first consumer book on dry eye for Yale University Press. Entitled, “Reversing Dry Eye Syndrome“, his book has ranked #1 on Amazon for all ophthalmology books. Dr. Maskin received his specialty fellowships at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute.
You can learn more by visiting his site on the web at www.drmaskin.com
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Dilip Mathew, MD
Dr. Dilip Mathew went to medical school at Milpauk Medical College in Madras, India. His Internship and Residency were at Trivandrum Medical College for Internal Medicine and Senior House Office for Internal Medicine in the United Kingdom. He continued his education at Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, and Yale New Haven Hospital, in New Haven, Connecticut.
His Fellowships were at Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, studying Cardiovascular Disease, and then specializing in Cardiac Electrophysiology at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Massachusetts.
Dr. Mathew performs many specialized procedures including Electrophysiology, Arrhythmia and Rhythm Disorders, Ablations Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation, Defibrillators, Permanent Pacemakers, and Laser Lead Extraction.
He has been interviewed and filmed for his cutting-edge approach to treating Atrial Fibrillation. He was among the first in the Bay Area to treat atrial fibrillation (AF) patients using cryoballoon technology.
Dr. Mathew is a member of the American Board of Internal Medicine; the American College of Cardiology; the Heart Rhythm Society and Board Certified in Cardiac Electrophysiology; Cardiovascular Disease; and Internal Medicine.
Dr. Mathew has volunteered for Project Pacer performing implants in India. His hobbies include film making, literature, and reading fiction books.
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Sandra Murman
Sandra Murman was elected as a County Commissioner in 2010, representing District 1. Prior to joining the County Commission, Murman completed eight years as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1996-2004. Representative Murman was the first Republican Woman to hold the position of Speaker Pro-Tempore in the Florida House of Representatives.
During her tenure in the House of Representatives, Murman worked on issues such as nursing shortages, long term care reform for elderly services, nursing home litigation reform, and critical reform of child protective services and foster care. She also spearheaded growth management legislation to address school facility issues, financial practice reviews of our school districts, and keeping adult entertainment establishments from being located near schools and children and led the effort to protect abandoned babies. Murman has lived in Hillsborough County for more than 35 years and has spent many hours volunteering her time as an active community advocate as well as a public policy leader. She has been directly involved in more than 20 organizations that support our community and enhance the lives of children and families. Her lifetime dream was to build a children's museum in our community and spearheaded the Capital Campaign to raise $16 million to build the new Glazer Children's Museum in downtown Tampa. She also served as Chair of the Board of Directors for the Museum.
Murman was selected to serve on the Prepaid College Foundation Board, the Florida Taxwatch Commission on Education Performance and Accountability, Florida Healthy Kids Foundation and the Early Learning Coalition of Hillsborough County. She also serves as a civic leader on many other boards and commissions that help children such as past chair of the board of the Brandon Chamber of Commerce, past chair of the Brandon Regional Hospital Board, and Junior Achievement, Hillsborough Kids, Inc., The Children's Home, Healthy Start Coalition, Communities In Schools, founding director of LLT Charter School, Dream Givers, and many more.
As part of her duties as County Commissioner, Murman will serve on the following Boards and Councils: Florida Association of Counties Urban Caucus Representative, HART Authority Board, Metropolitan Planning Organization, Southwest Florida Water Management District Liaison, Tampa Port Authority, Tampa Bay Water, Tampa Bay Workforce Alliance, Inc., Value Adjustment Board and Council of Governments.
Murman is a native of Indiana and a graduate of Indiana University with a Bachelors of Science degree in Marketing. She is married to local attorney Jim Murman of Barr, Murman, Tonelli, P.A. and they have a daughter, Michele, who graduated from Florida State University and is currently a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist at Tampa General Hospital.
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William Newton, MD
Dr. William Newton has been board certified in obstetrics and gynecology since 1987. He is a member of the Tampa OB/GYN Society, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Florida Medical Association, Hillsborough County Medical Society, and Florida Obstetric and Gynecologic Society. Currently, Dr. Newton is the Secretary of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Florida Hospital Tampa.
Dr. Newton earned his medical degree from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in 1981. He completed his residency at the University of South Florida Affiliated Hospitals in 1985. In 2003, Dr. Newton received advanced training in Gynecare TVT tension-free support for incontinence and in NovaSure RF Endometrial Ablation.
Dr. Newton is married, with two children. He enjoys fishing, hunting, boating, golfing, and all outside activities.
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Brendan C O'Malley, MD, FACE, FRCP
Dr. Brendan O'Malley graduated from the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom in 1970. He continued at Sheffield University completing a Residency in Internal Medicine and a Fellowship in Diabetes by 1975. During the following year, he accepted a faculty position at the University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and was the first Director of the USF Diabetes Center. He left USF for private practice at the former University Community Hospital, where he established its Diabetes Treatment Center in 1985. He later became Medical Director of the Diabetes & Endocrinology Institute. He served as Chief of Medicine, and later Chief of Medical Staff at the hospital and is currently a Board Member of Florida Hospital Tampa.
He is a Charter Fellow of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, Member of American Diabetes Association and the Endocrine Society and was elected Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London in 1998. He has more than 30 years of clinical experience in managing diabetes and endocrine disorders and has published several articles. He speaks regularly on diabetes and endocrine topics to medical professionals, the media, and the public.
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Shayne Plosker, MD
Dr. Plosker has been an Associate Professor at USF, and the Division Director of USF IVF and Reproductive Endocrinology, since USF IVF's inception in October 2006. He and the USF IVF team take pride in being leaders at the forefront of Assisted Reproductive Technology and infertility treatments, and in providing individualized, compassionate, patient care.
Dr. Plosker attended medical school and residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at The University of Western Ontario in London, Canada. Residency was followed by fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at The University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Plosker returned to Canada to join the ObGyn Faculty at The University of Toronto from 1989-1992. He immigrated to the United States in 1992, entering practice in Fall River, Massachusetts where he was Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Charlton Memorial Hospital from 1999-2002. He joined the Division of Reproductive Medicine and Infertility at Women & Infant's Hospital of Rhode Island in 2000, and the clinical faculty at Brown Medical School in 2002. At Brown, he was the Director of the donor egg program, received four Dean's Teaching Excellence awards, and was chosen as a Top Full-time Faculty Teacher of the Year on three occasions. Since joining USF, Dr. Plosker has overseen dynamic growth in the IVF program, which did over 200 IVF cycles last year and serves patients both in the Tampa Bay region and internationally.
Dr. Plosker has published on diverse research and clinical interests in reproductive medicine. These include optimizing embryo transfer technique in In Vitro Fertilization, optimizing outcomes in intrauterine insemination, fertility preservation, polycystic ovary syndrome, early pregnancy loss, endometrial polyps, and neuroendocrine regulation of pituitary hormone secretion.
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Stephen Raterman, MD
Dr. Stephen Raterman is one of the most experienced Hip Resurfacing Surgeons in the United States. He is an innovator in minimally invasive joint replacement surgery of the knee and hip. He performs partial knee resurfacing, as well as arthroscopic surgery of the knee, hip, and shoulder.
Dr. Raterman received his medical degree from the University of Louisville and completed his orthopaedic surgical residency at the Medical College of Georgia. He was Chief of Surgical Subspecialties at Florida Hospital Tampa as well as Chief of Staff and Chief of Credentials. For the past five years, he has been an Associate Professor of Orthopaedics at University of South Florida. In 2006, Dr. Raterman was among the first surgeons in this country who trained in England to perform the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) technique. Rather than replacing the entire hip joint, as in a total replacement, hip resurfacing simply shaves and caps a few centimeters of bone within the joint
He co-authored "Early Clinical Experience with the Use of the BIRMINGHAM HIP Resurfacing System" which was published in Orthopedics, December 2008, volume 31 #12. Dr Raterman also co-wrote "Initial American Experience with Hip Resurfacing Following FDA Approval," published online 24 Oct. 2008 with the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons (2008).
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Jason J. Rosenberg
Dr. Rosenberg earned his undergraduate, masters and Doctor of Medicine degree graduating with honors from the University of Florida in Gainesville. He trained in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Shands at the University of Florida and then went on to complete a fellowship in Reconstructive Microsurgery at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston Texas.
Dr. Rosenberg began his surgical career as a faculty member in the Department of Surgery at the UF College of Medicine. In 2005 he joined The Orthopaedic Institute, a multi-specialty group practice in Gainesville. Dr. Rosenberg's practice focuses in complex microsurgical reconstruction where he performs nearly 100 free tissue transfers per year, most for breast cancer reconstruction.
Dr. Rosenberg has been active in his community serving as an Executive Board Member of the Gainesville Rotary. He has served as the President of the UF College of Medicine Alumni Association and is currently the first UF College of Medicine graduate to be elected to serve as the President of the University of Florida's National Alumni Association, a term that will begin in July of 2012.
Dr. Rosenberg is a Diplomate of the American Board of Plastic Surgery, a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery, and the Florida Medical Association. Dr. Rosenberg has served in executive leadership positions in the Alachua County Medical Society before his appointment by Florida's Governor to serve on the Florida Board of Medicine.
This year, Dr. Rosenberg has been elected by his peers to serve as the Chairman of the Florida Board of Medicine. Dr. Rosenberg has served on the Board of Medicine for the past three years and has chaired the Rules and Legislative Committee and the Surgical Care Committee.
Dr. Rosenberg and his wife Denise have four wonderful children and live on a farm just outside of Gainesville.
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Tracy Sheehan - Keynote Speaker
Tracy Sheehan is a Circuit Court Judge in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, currently assigned to the juvenile delinquency bench. She took the bench in January of 2007 and served four years in juvenile dependency court, adjudicating cases involving abused, abandoned and neglected children. Prior to her career as a judge, Tracy was a partner in the Law Firm of Cohen, Jayson, Foster and Sheehan, a lead trial attorney at the Hillsborough Public Defender's Office and practiced law for nineteen years, specializing in criminal defense and juvenile litigation.
Sheehan is a founding member of Kids Charity of Tampa Bay, which built A Kids Place, a home for children entering the foster care system. She is active with Joshua House, another home for foster children, and works with many other community efforts to advance the causes of children and families in Hillsborough County.
In November of 2002, Sheehan discovered a mass in her chest during a breast self examination. It was a grape sized tumor that went undetected during a prior mammogram. A second mammogram confirmed it was indeed breast cancer. The then 43 year old underwent a lumpectomy to remove the mass, a lymphectomy to remove a cancerous lymph node, seven weeks of radiation therapy and four rounds of chemotherapy. She said she may have lost her hair, but never her will to beat cancer.
Then in September of 2005 a new mass was discovered in her chest. Three months later she underwent a double mastectomy. Still determined to move forward, less than one week after surgery she was back in court arguing a case. What followed were multiple reconstruction surgeries as recent as last year as her plastic surgeon tweaks his work to leave her whole. To date, she is cancer free and an advocate for breast cancer survivors in the community.
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Joel Silverfield, MD
Dr. Silverfield is a graduate of Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. After completing an internship and residency at Emory, he continued his education with a Rheumatology fellowship at the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Silverfield is board certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology. He has authored over twenty publications, including articles in The Journal of Rheumatology and The American Journal and has been rated on multiple occasions as one of the ”Best Doctors in America“. He has received the ”Leader of the Year“ Award by the Arthritis Foundation. Dr. Silverfield is married, has three sons, and loves to collect antiques and play tennis.
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James O. Smith, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Dr. James Smith rapidly completed his premedical education in two years, finishing at Florida International University. He was in the eighth graduating class of the University of South Florida (USF) College of Medicine, where he was president of his class. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Wake Forest University Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and remained there for his fellowship in Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology. Under the tutelage of Dr. Michael Kutcher, he performed hundreds of angioplasty procedures before establishing his practice in Tampa.
Dr. Smith is lifetime board certified in Internal Medicine and in Cardiovascular Medicine. In 2004, he extended his board certification with Added Qualifications in Interventional Cardiology. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Intervention, and the American College of Chest Physicians. Dr. Smith is highly experienced and a frequent lecturer on the topic of women and heart disease for Florida Hospital Pepin Heart Institute.
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James Von Thron, MD
Dr. James Von Thron is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology since 1985. Dr. Von Thron is a member of the Tampa OB/GYN Society, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Florida Medical Association, Hillsborough County Medical Society, Florida Obstetric and Gynecologic Society, and South Central Obstetrical and Gynecological Society.
Dr. Von Thron is involved in drug studies for treatment of menopause and osteoporosis. He believes in a family-centered approach to medicine.
Dr. Von Thron earned his medical degree from the University of South Florida in 1979. He completed his residency at the University of South Florida Affiliated Hospitals in 1984.
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Marc A. Weinstein, MD
Dr. Marc A. Weinstein specializes in spinal surgery. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Rutgers University and received his medical degree from the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. He completed his Orthopaedic residency at the Yale University School of Medicine's Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, a fellowship in spine research at Cornell University and the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, and a fellowship in spine surgery at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center under the direction of Dr. Frank Eismont.
Dr. Weinstein's research interests include molecular biology of spinal fusion, vascular disease and low back pain, and rational surgical treatment options for patients with low back pain. He has published numerous research papers in both peer-reviewed medical journals and textbooks, and has lectured at national and international spine meetings. His special interests are in cervical spine surgery.
Dr. Weinstein is board-certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. He is a member of the North American Spine Society and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
During his free time, Dr. Weinstein enjoys competing in triathlons, theater, and photography. Mostly, he enjoys spending time with his family.
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Gregory Wilkerson, MD
Dr. W. Gregory Wilkerson has been board certified in obstetrics and gynecology since 1987. Dr. Wilkerson believes in approaching the practice of medicine with the goal of providing quality care with a caring attitude. He is a member of the Tampa OB/GYN Society, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Florida Medical Association, Hillsborough County Medical Society, and Florida Obstetric and Gynecologic Society. Currently, Dr. Wilkerson is the Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Florida Hospital Tampa and has served as the Medical Director of Insignia Clinical Research since 2002.
Dr. Wilkerson earned his medical degree from the University of Miami in 1980. He completed his residency at the University of South Florida Affiliated Hospitals in 1984.
Dr. Wilkerson is married, with three children.
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