Graduate Medical Education program prepares residents for fellowships and jobs

Fort Lauderdale, Florida (January 2, 2024) – A group of residents who completed their Graduate Medical Education (GME) at Holy Cross Health in Fort Lauderdale in the last few years are ready for the next step in their careers as physicians. Some residents will pursue Internal Medicine (IM) subspecialty fellowships and others will begin their careers as primary care physicians, hospitalists or will apply for an IM specialty match in the future.

“We are very proud of all these current and former residents,” said Kenneth Homer, M.D., Chief Graduate Medical Education Officer at Holy Cross Health. “We’d also like to congratulate everyone who played an important role in their education and training.”

One of the goals of the program is to retain talented former residents at Holy Cross Health or other hospitals or medical practices in the South Florida community. IM physicians Jason Ceavers, M.D.; Maya Lucas, M.D.; Kritzia Pineda, M.D.; Rafael Gutierrez, M.D.; and endocrinologist Sebastian Perez-Martinez, M.D. have joined Holy Cross Medical Group, a multi-specialty physician employed group of more than 130 physicians providing services throughout Broward County.

Four doctors matched nearby at University of Miami/Jackson Health System to pursue specialty fellowships — Yaisa Moreno Hernandez, M.D. and Claudia Marcano Ocasio, M.D. in Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine; Eduardo Villa, M.D. in Nephrology; and Robert Briski, M.D. in Hematology/Oncology.

Three residents opted to join private practices as IM physicians throughout South Florida. In August 2024, German Lopez, M.D. will start at University of Miami/Jackson Health System in Doral and Karen Caraballo, M.D. will begin at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach. Holy Cross Health is also proud to share that former IM resident Ryan Lamarca, M.D. is currently an independent nephrologist in eastern Fort Lauderdale.

Others who are moving on are Shane Quo, M.D. who is headed to HCA Healthcare/USF Morsani College of Medicine Bayonet Point Hospital in Hudson, Florida for a Gastroenterology fellowship; Ricky Criado, M.D. is going to AdventHealth Orlando for Cardiology; Sarvani Ginjupalli, M.D. matched at University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio for a Geriatric Medicine specialty; Alexander Lanes, M.D. will take the Windy City by storm during his Nephrology fellowship at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University in Chicago; Sean Patrick Prince, M.D., 2022 Chief Medical Resident, is bound for Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio to focus on Gastroenterology; and Alan Wong, M.D. led with his heart with a Cardiology fellowship at The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Taylor Bracco, M.D.; Sal Farsi, M.D.; and Edgar Bustamante, M.D. are making their rounds as hospitalists with the Sound Hospitalist Group at Holy Cross Health. Hospitalists are doctors who work in hospitals, overseeing admitted patient cases during their hospital stay.

Accredited by the American Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Internal Medicine Residency Program at Holy Cross Health prepares residents for careers in primary and ambulatory care in the ever-changing healthcare landscape and instills the importance of community service. While enrolled in the program, residents complete rotations in various departments and volunteer at the local nonprofit Light of the World, providing medical care to uninsured and underinsured patients. Holy Cross Health also offers medical residency programs in Emergency Medicine and Surgery, as well as Pharmacy, Nursing and Physical Therapy.

ABOUT HOLY CROSS HEALTH 

A member of Trinity Health, Fort Lauderdale-based Holy Cross Hospital, dba Holy Cross Health, is a full-service, non-profit, Catholic, teaching hospital operating in the spirit of the Sisters of Mercy. Holy Cross has been recognized for six Types of Care in U.S. News and World Report’s 2023-24 Best Hospital rankings. Through strategic collaborations and a commitment to being a person-centered, transforming, healing presence, the 557-bed hospital offers progressive inpatient, outpatient and community outreach services and clinical research trials to serve as our community’s trusted health partner for life. Holy Cross Health also encompasses Holy Cross HealthPlex outpatient facility, urgent care centers and more than 40 Holy Cross Medical Group physician practices. To learn more about Holy Cross Health, visit holy-cross.com. Connect @holycrossfl.