Aventura Hospital and Medical Center recently recognized Michael T. Lemont, M.D., Nephrology, as Physician of the Quarter

Dr. Michael T. Lemont is a Board Certified Nephrologist who has been an active member of the medical staff at Aventura Hospital and Medical Center for the past five years. He graduated from Sackler School of Medicine in Tel-Aviv, Israel and went on to complete his Residency at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia. He completed his Fellowship in Nephrology and Transplant Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City.



West Boca Medical Center recently announced the addition of Dr. David O. Kateb to its internal medicine staff.

In addition to being on staff at West Boca Medical Center, Dr. Kateb is also in private practice, specializing in both internal and pulmonary medicine in Delray Beach. His background also includes work as an Emergency Department Physician and Assistant Clinical Professor at Nova Southeastern University.



Hospice Partners On Call (HPOC) is proud to announce Gina Rhodes has joined their team as Sales Manager.

Prior to joining HPOC, Gina worked as a Business Development Representative for Hospice of Palm Beach County, as Vice President of Development and Public Relations for Alzheimer’s Community Care and a variety of other marketing positions.



Lower Keys Medical Center is proud to announce that it has installed the EVOTECH® ECR (Endoscopic Cleaner and Reprocessor) in its Ambulatory Department for same-day surgeries.

This ground breaking technology is the first commercially available system in the U.S. that both cleans and high-level disinfects endoscopes. It is also the first system of its kind that is FDA approved for flushing and brushing flexible endoscopes.

This new system makes endoscope reprocessing (cleaning, disinfecting and sterilizing) a totally automated process. It eliminates strenuous brushing, resulting in complete confidence that endoscope reprocessing is safe, fast and consistent each time.

Phyllis Stout, Director of Surgical Services at LKMC said, “Our new system saves valuable time for our medical staff, improves employee and patient safety and prevents infection. It takes away the possibility of human error in cleaning and also keeps a record of the cleaning.”

After a scope procedure is completed, a hands-free foot switch opens the dual basin lids to prevent contamination. An endoscope is loaded into each of the two independent basins of the system. Cleaning occurs using a special detergent, followed by a single-metered dose of a highly concentrated solution which assures high-level disinfection. All of this increases efficiency and frees staff to focus on our high-level of patient care.



Every quarter, Broward Health North Broward Medical Center recognizes two outstanding doctors as Most Valuable Physicians (MVP). This quarter’s MVP recipients are David Lessen, M.D., and Selwyn Waterton, M.D.

Dr. Lessen has been a Hematology/Oncology physician at North Broward Medical Center since 2005. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia before earning a medical degree from the Sackler School of Medicine in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Dr. Waterton joined North Broward Medical Center as an Emergency Medicine physician in 2008. He received his undergraduate degree from Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, NY. He earned an M.D. from Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, DC.