The medical staff at Broward Health Medical Center awarded $10,000 in scholarships to local high school students who will be continuing their education in the medical field. Ten high school graduates from Dillard High School, Fort Lauderdale High School and Stranahan High School each received a $1,000 scholarship at a drive-through, no contact ceremony at Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale. Students were awarded their scholarship check and received a gift bag with a special message of encouragement from Broward Health physicians. 



Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital welcomes board-certified internal medicine physician Richard J. Wyderski, M.D., MMM, FACP.

Dr. Wyderski earned his doctorate of medicine from University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and his Master of Medical Management degree from University of Southern California. He completed his residency and fellowship in Internal Medicine at University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
 
Prior to joining Indian River Hospital, Dr. Wyderski was the Medical Director of the Acute Care for Elders Unit at Wake Forest Baptist Davie Medical Center in North Carolina.
 
Dr. Wyderski has taught and mentored US and international residents and students throughout his career, including as a member of the Affiliate Faculty for the Wake Forest School of Medicine Office of Global Health.He has also volunteered and has served as an officer for a number of community and professional organizations including the Dayton and Winston-Salem Units of the NAACP, Epilepsy Foundation of Western Ohio, Ohio and North Carolina Medical Societies, and founded the Domestic Abuse and Violence Institute of Dayton.


Broward Health North has welcomed Cheryl Wild, RN, MSN, MBA, as its new chief nursing officer (CNO). Wild has more than 30 years of clinical and administrative experience in her role.

Wild most recently served as the CNO at Broward Health Coral Springs and was previously with Good Samaritan Medical Center as Chief Nursing Officer and Delray Medical Center as Assistant Chief Nursing officer and Director of Nursing. She currently serves as chair for Broward Health’s Chief Nursing Officer Council and has been instrumental in enhancing Broward Health’s quality composite scores.
 
Wild earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Trenton State College in New Jersey, a Master of Business Administration from Trinity University in San Antonio, TX, and a master’s in nursing, leadership and health systems management from Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. 


Broward Health Coral Springs has expanded its cardiac program with a state-of-the art cardiac catheterization lab. This new lab, which includes four pre-and-post-procedure patient care bays and is equipped with the latest patient monitoring technology, is part of the hospital’s initiative to provide patients with advanced and critical life-saving cardiac procedures close to home. 

“Combined with Broward Health physicians’ clinical expertise, this new lab is a great example of our commitment to enhance services for our growing community in Broward’s northwest corridor,” said Jared Smith, CEO of Broward Health Coral Springs. “The cardiac catheterization lab performs a variety of diagnostic tests associated with cardiac and vascular diseases.”
 
Smith said that from screening and diagnosing, to treating cardiovascular disease, the center’s goal is to help improve the overall health of the community, particularly as patients will be treated closer to home. Broward Health Coral Springs anticipates meeting STEMI (ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction) criteria in 2021 so that the most acute heart attack patients will be able to receive critical interventional care.
 
The new cath lab is the latest capital improvement made in cardiac care at Broward Health. The health system has a 50-plus-year history in advanced cardiac care, dating back to the 1960s when Broward Health opened the first follow-up pacemaker clinic in the country. In the 1970s, the first cardiac cath lab and open heart surgery took place at Broward Health.
 


Health Foundation of South Florida (HFSF) President and CEO Dr. Steven E. Marcus recently announced his plans to retire from the Foundation at the end of 2020.

Dr. Marcus joined HFSF in 2000 and since then has overseen the investment of more than $100 million in initiatives to promote a culture of health for residents in Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties—programs and efforts that have helped improve the lives of millions South Floridians.
 
Under Dr. Marcus’ guidance, HFSF became South Florida’s leading voice in health philanthropy. In 2016, he received the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/National Recreation and Park Association Award for Health Equity, recognizing individuals who successfully implement a systems-change approach to reduce health disparities in their community. That same year, Miami-Dade County received the Robert Wood John Foundation’s Culture of Health prize, and Dr. Marcus played a key role in helping secure the prestigious designation. In 2008, he led the Foundation’s effort to launch a strategic initiative called Healthy Aging, which helped more than 38,000 older adults age strong, and paved the way for the establishment of the Age-Friendly Miami-Dade collaborative. During his tenure, the Foundation also supported the creation of the Live Healthy Community Partnerships initiative to reduce poor health outcomes in the City of Miami Gardens and in the Little Havana neighborhood by engaging community residents to improve selected public health indicators.
 
Most recently, Dr. Marcus ushered in a series of transformative practices that fundamentally changed the Foundation’s approach to philanthropy: he established a collaborative grant-making process in which community organizations work hand-in-hand with Foundation staff to co-develop initiatives, a move that opens the door for more effective and productive partnerships and supports the development of leaders across communities. In addition, he helped to navigate the Foundation’s strategic shift away from the funding of direct service programs toward seeking to change and directly address the entrenched economic and community conditions at the root of health inequities.
 
Prior to joining HFSF, Dr. Marcus served as Executive Vice President of the Mount Sinai Medical Center Foundation in Miami Beach. He began his fundraising career as a capital campaign consultant for American City Bureau in Chicago, which is also his hometown. He received his Doctorate in Higher Education Administration from the University of Georgia in Athens, his Masters in Higher Education Student Personnel Administration from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana and a B.S. in Education from the University of Missouri in Columbia.