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Four physicians who recently completed fellowships in hospice and palliative medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have joined VITAS® Healthcare in leadership roles throughout Florida. This partnership with UM is a testament to the company’s investment in and commitment to the advancement of end-of-life care as both an opportunity-rich career path and medical specialty:

• Angelica G. Torres-Morales, M.D., home care and inpatient unit physician for VITAS in Broward County

• Orly R. Hadar, M.D., VITAS inpatient and palliative care physician at the Cleveland Clinic in Weston

• Valerie Hart Quezada, M.D., team physician for VITAS in Miami-Dade and Monroe counties

• Kamal Wahab, M.D., associate medical director for VITAS in Gainesville

All four credit the personalized, patient-centered care they witnessed, along with the professional expertise of VITAS physicians and mentors who were involved in their training, as factors that influenced them to pursue full-time positions with the nation’s leading provider of end-of-life care.

The four 2021 physicians represent the most UM fellows from any graduating class to accept job offers in the company’s 10-year sponsorship of the fellowship program.