Date: Thursday, February 16th, 2012

Place:
Lauderdale Yacht Club
1725 Southeast 12th Street
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316
954 – 524 – 5500
Valet Parking Available
www.lyc.org

Time:
6:30 PM – Sign-in and Registration
7:30 PM – Dinner and Didactic Presentation

Topic: Pediatric Plastic Surgery

Speaker:
Eric Stelnicki, M.D., Pediatric Craniofaclal Surgeon
Surgery Center of Weston (SCW)

Sponsor: Christopher Wing, CEO
Surgery Center of Weston (SCW) and
Gabe Pennone, KLS Martin

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Biography:

Dr. Eric J. Stelnicki M.D.

Birthplace – Clearwater, Florida

Medical Degree – Junior Honors Medical Program – University of Florida

Internship – Washington University/Barnes Hospital

General Surgery Residency – Washington University/Barnes Hospital

Fetal/Pediatric Surgery Fellowship – University of California San Francisco

Plastic Surgery Residency – Washington University/Barnes Hospital

Pediatric, Cleft, & Craniofacial Surgery Fellowship – New York University Medical Center

Date: Thursday, January 19th, 2012

Place:
Morton’s The Steakhouse
500 East Broward Blvd.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394
954 – 467 – 9742
Valet Parking Available
www.mortons.com

Time:
6:30 PM – Sign-in and Registration
7:30 PM – Dinner and Didactic presentation

Topic: Advances in Post-Surgical Pain Management

Speaker:
Fernando Guzman, M.D., Anesthesiology
Community Hospital East, Indianapolis

Sponsor: I-Flow Corporation

Represented By: Michael Yancosky

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Date: Thursday, November 17th, 2011

Place:
Bistro Mezzaluna
1821 SE 10th Ave.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316
954 – 522 – 9191
www.bistromezzaluna.com

Time:
6:30 PM – Sign-in and Registration
7:30 PM – Didactic presentation

Topic: Healing Through Regenerative Medicine

Two Speakers:

• Armand R Lucas, M.D.
  Staff Surgeon, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
  “Case Examples of Improved Wound Repair”
• William G Robertson III, M.D.
  Colorectal Surgeon
  Central Texas Colon & Rectal Surgeons, L.L.C.
  “MatriStem Closure of Fistulotomies” 

Sponsor:
ACeLL, Inc.
www.acell.com
Representative: Allison McMahon.

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Date:
Thursday, October 20, 2011

Place:
Lauderdale Yacht Club
1725 SE 12^th Street
Fort Lauderdale 33316
954 – 524 – 5500
www.lyc.org
Valet or self parking available

Time:
6:30 PM – Sign-in and Registration
7:30 PM – Didactic presentation

Topic: Current Platelet Transfusion Therapy

Speaker:
Harold Alvarez, M.D.
Medical Director, Community Blood Centers of Florida

Sponsor:
Community Blood Centers of South Florida

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Date:
Thursday, September 15, 2011

Place:
The Grateful Palate
817 SE 17th Street, Fort Lauderdale
954 – 467 – 1998

Time:
6:30 PM – Sign-in and Registration
7:30 PM – Didactic presentation

Topic: “The Use of Anticholinergics in Clinical Practice”

Speaker:
Darren Bruck, M.D.
Urology Center of South Florida

Sponsor: Warner Chilcott, represented by Karen Sidoti

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Speaker Bio

Darren Bruck, M.D., F.A.C.S. Urology Center of South Florida

Dr Bruck attended the Sackler School of Medicine in Tel Aviv Israel, and completed his urology training at the University of Miami. Dr. Bruck joined the Urology Center of South Florida in 2005 and has been instrumental in bringing minimally invasive and robotic surgery into the practice. Dr. Bruck’s expertise is in laparoscopic and robotic prostate and kidney surgery.

Date:
Thursday, June 16, 2011

Place:
Lauderdale Yacht Club
1725 SE 12th St.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316
Valet Parking available
954 – 524 – 5500
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Time:
6:30 PM – Registration
7:30 PM – Dinner and Business meeting

AGENDA includes:
- Nomination of new fellows
- Election of new officers

Date:
Thursday, May 19, 2011

Place:
The Riverside Hotel
620 East Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale
954 – 467 – 0671

Time:
6:30 PM – Sign-in and Registration
7:30 PM – Didactic presentation

Topic: “Vertebral Augmentation in the Thoracolumbar Spine: What is the Evidence?”
Speaker: Kevin D. Cairns, M.D. Florida Spine Specialists
Sponsor: Medtronic

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Date:
Thursday, April 21, 2011

Place:
Morton’s The Steakhouse
500 East Broward Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394
954 – 467 – 9720

Time:
6:30 PM – Sign-in and Registration
7:30 PM – Didactic presentation

Topic: “Economic Outlook for 2011 and Beyond”
Speaker: Joseph Fernandez, CFP, Managing Director – Portfolio Management
BNY Mellon
Sponsor: BNY Mellon represented by:

Kenneth Bierman and Stephen LaForte

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Speaker Biography

Joseph A. Fernández, CFP® Managing Director, Florida

Joe Fernández is the managing director for BNY Mellon Wealth Management in its Florida region.  In this role, he oversees client service, new business development and marketing activities on Florida’s east coast.

Joe has 22 years of investment and finance experience, including 12 years at BNY Mellon. Prior to his current role, Mr. Fernández was a senior director of portfolio management and team leader in the Miami office of BNY Mellon Wealth Management.  In this role he provided direct leadership for the region’s portfolio management efforts. Before that, Joe was a director of strategic planning for BNY Mellon Wealth Management. Prior to his tenure at BNY Mellon, Joe held several management positions for wealth management firms and international private banking organizations.

In addition, Joe is a vice president and member of the investment committee for Mellon Hedge Advisors, LLC. He is a member of BNY Mellon’s International Wealth Management Strategy Committee. Joe was a member of the inaugural class of The Partnership’s Next Generation Executive program at Harvard Business School.

Joe received his bachelor’s degree, cum laude, from Barry University and certificate in Personal Financial Planning from Florida State University.  He is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER^TM professional.  He is a former member of the board of directors and executive committee of the Miami Lighthouse for the Blind.  Joe is a founding member of BNY Mellon’s Global Diversity Council and is a member of the Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting.

Date:
Thursday, March 17, 2011

Place:
Sea Level Restaurant at the Marriott Harbor Beach
3030 Holiday Drive
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316
954 – 525 – 4000

Time:
6:30 PM – Sign-in and Registration
7:30 PM – Didactic presentation (information below)

Topic: “Update on Endovascular Repair of Thoracic and Aortic Aneurisms”
Speaker: Linda Hughes, M.D. Interventional Radiologist, Fort Lauderdale
Sponsor: W. L. Gore

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Speaker Biography

Specialty: Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology
Medical Education: Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Fellowship: Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Baptist Hospital of Miami, Florida
Radiology Residency: Department of Radiological Sciences, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Linda Hughes M.D. Interventional Radiologist

Linda Hughes, a native of Boston, MA came to South Florida in 1997 for additional training at the Baptist Cardiovascular Institute in Miami, FL. In 1998 she was hired to develop the Interventional Radiology (IR) Department at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale. There she spent 6 years successfully developing the program prior to being recruited by Memorial Healthcare System in Hollywood, FL. During her two year tenure she was instrumental in furthering their vascular and Interventional Radiology program including the opening of the interventional lab at Memorial Miramar Hospital.

In Sept 2006, she accepted the position as Chief of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at North Ridge Medical Center where she practiced for the next two years. There she continued to develop the interventional and vascular services including educating physicians and patients on the new minimally invasive innovative technologies interventional radiology has to offer.

In June of 2008, Dr Hughes joined NBR to help develop the vascular and IR program at Imperial Point Medical Center for Broward Health. She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience with regard the most cutting edge technologies. She has expertise in a number of areas including, uterine fibroid embolization (UFE), endovascular repair of thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms, angioplasty, stent placement, and thrombolysis for peripheral vascular disease, hemodialysis access management, TIPSS (transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt ), endovenous vein laser treatment, vertebroplasty and a number of interventional oncology procedures such as biopsy, port placement, chemoembolization and radiofrequency ablation.

Dr. Hughes has coauthored a number of publications in cardiovascular and interventional radiology including a text book chapter on UFE. She is a member of a number of local and national societies including the Fort Lauderdale Surgical Society and is a past president of the South Florida Vascular and Interventional Radiology Society.

Keith Candiotti M.D.

Date: Thursday, February 17, 2011

Place: China Grill

1881 Southeast 17th Street

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316

(954) 759-9950

Time: Sign-in and Registration 6:30 PM

Didactic presentation 7:30 PM

Topic: “New Modalities in Pain Treatment”

Speaker: Keith Candiotti, M.D.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami

Sponsor: PriCara

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