Author: Dorron Blumberg

May 4, 2020 – I will be an advocate for patients in need and strive for justice in the care of the sick.” No other time in recent history do the words resonating from the Hippocratic Oath convey the importance of the vow that all physicians solemnly swear to hold and value throughout their careers. Today, 63 members of the class of 2020 at Florida Atlantic University’s Schmidt College of Medicine made that vow virtually, in unison, as they were conferred the Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree. Family, friends, faculty, staff and others celebrated the occasion with the graduating class using a web-based virtual gathering.

May 4 2020 – Students are getting MAD about science! The MAD (Making a Difference) Scientist Awards at the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium recently brought together 40 top middle and high-school student regional science fair winners for an evening of recognition and celebrating achievements in STEM.

The Nursing Consortium of South Florida is pleased to announce the election of five nursing profession leaders to their Board of Directors, to serve a term of two years  The Consortium is a non-profit corporation with more than 60 member organizations including accredited schools of nursing, hospitals and other providers of nursing services.

May 4 2020 – Today, Memorial Healthcare described the process of reopening it’s Hospital as outlined by Governor Ron DeSantis, Memorial Healthcare System’s medical leaders provided information about re-opening readiness. At the press conference leadership provide an update on comprehensive testing capabilities throughout Memorial, and they informed the public about the safeguard measures taken for patient care at all Memorial facilities.

May 1 2020 – A recent letter to the editor in The Palm Beach Post inspired a local resident to anonymously donate his car to Palm Health Foundation’s new Neighbors Helping Neighbors Fund. In the letter published on April 14, 2020, foundation president and CEO Patrick McNamara spoke of his organization’s focus on long term investment in health equity to strengthen the communities that will be hardest hit by COVID-19 and its economic aftermath. The recipient of the donor’s pristine 2012 Lexus, Cassandra Tomlin, is a resident who lives within the foundation’s Healthier Boynton Beach community. The emotional presentation of the car to Tomlin and her family was made on April 29, 2020.