Holy Cross Medical Group announces the addition of Andrew Lovy, M.D., M.S., a fellowship trained hand and upper extremity surgeon.

Prior to joining Holy Cross, Dr. Lovy was a hand and upper extremity surgeon and Assistant Professor, Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, and Assistant Fellowship Director, Hand Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Beth Israel.
 
Dr. Lovy completed his fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, in hand, upper extremity and microvascular surgery and his residency in orthopaedic surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital. He earned his M.D. and M.S. in Clinical Research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in Economics from Tufts University.


Board-certified urologist Blake Evans, M.D., FACS, joins BocaCare Physician Network, a part of Baptist Health South Florida.

Dr. Evans joins BocaCare from Lee Health in Fort Myers. Previously, he served as the interim chair of the Department of Surgery at Cape Coral Hospital in Cape Coral.
 
Dr. Evans earned his medical degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He completed his urologic training at Shands Hospital at the University of Florida in Gainesville.


Steven A. Plato, M.D., a cardiothoracic surgeon providing adult cardiac, aortic and endovascular surgery care has joined Tenet Florida Physician Services and opened his office in Fort Lauderdale.

For his education and training, Dr. Plato completed a cardiothoracic surgery fellowship at Loma Linda University Medical Center in Loma Linda, CA. In addition, Dr. Plato served as administrative chief resident (2016-2017) during his five-year integrated vascular surgery residency at University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University located in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Plato finished his basic surgery internship at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, FL. He graduated medical school from Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, located in East Lansing, MI. 


Despite mandated COVID-19 prevention measures that restricted visitation, the Edward J. Healey Rehabilitation and Nursing Center has kept the lines of communication open over the past six months for its 111 residents and their families. Gary Teitelbaum appreciates the ongoing information he receives about his 56-year old brother Eric, who has lived at the skilled nursing center in Riviera Beach for the past five years.

“Every single time there is progress or something happens with my brother, who is confined to a wheelchair, they call me about it,” said Teitelbaum. “I’ve been overwhelmed with joy by the emails and calls that I’ve received. I think the care there is exceptional.”
 
The 120-bed facility, which is owned and operated by the Health Care District of Palm Beach County, sends families weekly emails with updates on their loved ones in English, Spanish and Creole and then follows up to ensure the email or letter was received. The skilled nursing home’s staff also provides iPads to residents so they can see and speak privately with their family and friends via FaceTime and Skype several times a week.
 

“The most important thing is to ensure that the residents’ psychological, emotional and medical needs are met,” said Shelly Ann Lau, Executive Director of the Healey Center. “We understand it’s difficult not to socialize closely with others as we maintain social distancing requirements, so we try to accommodate safe interaction with others.”
 
The Healey Center’s activities, admissions and social services staff replaced bingo games, shopping trips and communal dining with other options. They coordinate with families who deliver their loved ones’ favorite foods and then decorate the residents’ rooms and wheelchairs to celebrate special occasions like birthdays. Staff shops online for items that residents request. Growing vegetables also engages residents in the outdoor patio garden. Unlike most nursing homes that serve senior adults, the average age of Healey Center residents is 61. Their activities are based on their ability levels and interests.
 


Dr. Dror Paley, medical director of the Paley Orthopedic & Spine Institute at St. Mary’s Medical Center & Palm Beach Children’s Hospital, is the first surgeon in the world to perform a new procedure utilizing the new PRECICE™ Plating System, an all-internal remote-controlled limb lengthening device from NuVasive Specialized Orthopedics. Dr. Paley is a co-developer of The PRECICE™ Plate technology, which is designed for complex limb reconstruction, including procedures to treat limb-lengthening discrepancies resulting from congenital abnormalities, major fractures of the legs and arms, and shortened bones due to cancer or other diseases. The PRECICE™ Plate implant and surgical technique are mounted on the outside of the bone which is designed to avoid disturbance to the patient’s growth plates, which is especially important in younger, growing pediatric patients. The mounting location of the plate is also intended to present less risk to the bone’s blood supply.