The Miami-Dade County Health Department Women’s Health & Preventive Services Breast & Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program is pleased to announce the receipt of a grant from Health Foundation of South Florida in the amount of $90,000.

The grant will allow the Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program to screen an additional 315 women for mammograms and 159 women for pap smears as well as provide education and outreach activities to women 18 years of age and older. Approximately 890 women currently receive screenings through the program.



John Carstensen, M.D., a Board-Certified Internal Medicine Physician has recently joined the medical staff at Lower Keys Medical Center. For the past six years, Dr. Carstensen has practiced medicine with Iowa Health Physicians and Clinics in Des Moines, Iowa.



During the month of March, GlobalHealth is sponsoring American Heart Association CPR courses for medical staff professionals, physicians and nurses associated with the Palm Beach County Medical Society.

Penny Shifrin, RN, BSN, CCRC, ASLNC, and Maxene Lackey, RN, BSN, of GlobalHealth, will be leading two sessions at the Palm Beach County Medical Society’s office:

– March 18th, 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.: Heartsaver CPR/AED for medical staff professionals
– March 20th, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.: BLS/ Healthcare Provider Recertification for physicians

RSVP is required. Contact Penny Shifrin at pshifrin@ghetraining.com or at (561) 267-2244 for more information.

“Our company’s success is dependent upon mutually beneficial relationships with healthcare providers. Our goal is to help their staff advance their education and careers, and we hope that by offering CPR courses, we can also help them provide better care to their patients while simultaneously increasing the value they receive from our relationship,” said Shifrin.

GlobalHealth was founded in April 2009 to offer healthcare-focused educational programs. The company is acquiring a regionally accredited university. The university will offer both on-ground and online healthcare-focused degrees, including those that could be offered online. In the next few years, GlobalHealth plans to offer on-ground and online higher education in healthcare and business in the national and international markets. Currently GlobalHealth offers its online educational services in partnership with other regionally accredited universities.



Boca Raton Community Hospital (BRCH) announces the appointment of Lynn Stevens, RN, BSN, CEN, MHA, as director for its Stroke Center.

Stevens comes to BRCH from Winston Salem, NC where she was stroke coordinator for Forsyth Stroke and Neurovascular Center. She worked in several nursing positions at Forsyth Medical Center and was instrumental in establishing its stroke program for which she served as stroke coordinator since 2004. In addition, Stevens is the founder and president of the National Consortium of Stroke Coordinators.



Tenet South Florida is proud to announce the opening of a new Health & Wellness by Tenet on-site medical clinic at the BankAtlantic headquarters in Fort Lauderdale. Patients are receiving medical care from Dr. Anthony Maher, a board certified family physician with Tenet Florida Physician Services, and a member of the medical staff at North Shore Medical Center – FMC Campus in Lauderdale Lakes. The clinic features the same set up as a traditional doctor’s office and includes a waiting room, physician’s office, nurse’s station and two exam rooms. Pictured are (l-r) Jarett S. Levan, President and CEO of BankAtlantic, with Dr. Anthony Maher.