Charles L. Vogel, M.D., F.A.C.P., an internationally recognized expert in the multidisciplinary management of breast cancer, has joined the Aptium Oncology network as Senior Research Advisory for Breast Cancer and has moved his practice to the Lynn Regional Cancer Center West Campus of Boca Raton Community Hospital.

A highly respected practitioner, researcher and thought leader, Dr. Vogel has been the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the United States Public Health Service Commendation Medal, as well as the distinction of being one of the “Best Doctors in America,” as voted by his peers. He was also invited by former Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala to participate in a meeting to design a National Action Plan for Breast Cancer.

A seasoned physician with more than 35 years of experience, Dr. Vogel most recently ran a private medical oncology practice specializing in breast cancer, and directed the Cancer Research Network, Inc. in South Florida.

He launched his medical career as a Resident at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, GA, then became a clinical associate and a senior investigator at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, MD. Subsequent positions have included Associate Professor of Medicine at the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, and Associate Professor and later tenured Professor of Oncology at the University of Miami Sylvester Cancer Center in Miami, Florida.

Dr. Vogel received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University and his medical degree from Yale Medical School.



Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center (PBGMC) recently announced that five of its Cardiac Surgery Registered Nurse First Assistants (RNFA) have been named to the Endoscopic Vessel Harvesting (EVH) Leadership Circle. This recognition comes from Guidant Corporation, makers of the VasoView® System, technology used in these procedures.

(l-r) Ann Spaziani, Donna Morgan, Marlene Forrest, Cyndi Shamy, Rachael Posset, and Margie Hickey

Eligibility for nomination into the EVH Leadership Circle is based on a harvester’s total number of cases or number of years of EVH. The PBGMC RNFAs were named to the Platinum circle for completing over 2500 cases in five years. The RNFAs include: Donna Morgan, RN, BSN, CNOR, RNFA, assistant manager, open heart surgery; Ann Spaziani, RN, CNOR, RNFA; Rachel Posset, RN, BSN, CNOR, RNFA; Marlene Forrest, RN, CNOR, RNFA; and Margaret Hickey, RN, CNOR, RNFA.



Barry University Nursing Students Association members (l-r) Lindsey Wright, Megan Conroy, Amy Beliveau, Indra Hershorin (faculty), Kathy Delong and Michelle Delong all participated in the American Cancer Society’s “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” walk at Miami’s Bayfront Park recently. The nursing students raised over $600, which exceeded the total raised last year. All proceeds from the walk were donated to the ACS to support its mission for the fight against cancer. It is the third consecutive year that Barry University’s School of Nursing has participated in the walk.



New board members for 2006 were installed at the annual board meeting of the Douglas Gardens Community Mental Health Center of Miami Beach, Inc (DGCMHC). Immediate Past President Brett Feinstein served as installing officer for the ceremony in which Jacque Hertz was elected board president, Gert Arfa was named vice president, Stella Davidovic assumed the position of secretary and Micahel Mowatt was installed as treasurer.

(l-r) Immediate Past President Brett Feinstein, newly–elected Board President Jacque Hertz and DGCMHC Executive Director Dr. Daniel Brady



VHA Inc. has hired Trent T. Haywood, M.D., J.D., deputy chief medical officer for the Office of Clinical Standards and Quality within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to fill the newly created position of chief medical officer.

As VHA’s chief medical officer, Haywood will work with more than 150 other physicians and nurses employed in the organization. In 2007, Haywood will focus on developing VHA’s best practices platform to drive quality across the VHA network, stimulating clinical innovation and supporting pay-for-performance.

When not serving in his government role, Haywood practiced emergency medicine at a Veterans Affairs hospital in the Chicago area.

Haywood holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame and a medical degree from the University of Illinois in Chicago; he completed his internal medicine residency at Loyola University. Haywood also holds a law degree from Northwestern University School of Law.