Happy summer from Orlando Health!

First and foremost, welcome to all of our new interns! We are so excited for you to join our family, and look forward to getting to know you better and learning alongside you. The new academic year is bittersweet, as it means we have to say goodbye to our senior residents. You will all be missed dearly, and we will be rooting you on as you continue to accomplish amazing things!

Every June, Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) remembers the tragedy of the Pulse Nightclub shooting, where 49 individuals lost their lives. We also remember the amazing response from our ER and trauma teams, who saw 36 patients in 36 minutes and saved all 40 individuals that made it to the trauma bay. In remembrance of this tragedy, an anonymous donor has given ORMC a $5 million dollar donation to expand and improve the trauma bay. This generous donation will be used to double the size of the current trauma bay. We are incredibly grateful and excited to implement this as soon as possible so we can better serve our community.

In other news, our hospital has officially transitioned to an Epic-based EMR, which means there have been some growing pains in the Emergency Department. We would like to extend a huge thank you to Drs. Joshua Briscoe, Mitch Barneck and Keegan Mullins for helping us through these times. We cannot begin to imagine the hard work you have been doing behind the scenes, and we appreciate it!

Speaking of summer, Symposium by the Sea is coming up! We have missed our Florida colleagues this year, and look forward to seeing each of you in beautiful Naples. We are preparing our sunglasses, flip flops and academic presentations!

Congratulations to the Class of 2021:

John Atiyeh, MD
Florida Regional Emergency Associates at Bayfront Health
Port Charlotte / Punta Gorda, FL

David Bailey, MD
The Queen’s Medical Center
Honolulu, HI

Mark Bender, MD
Pain Management Fellowship, UF
Gainesville, FL

Jordan Bjerke, MD
Orlando Health Freestanding EDs
Orlando, FL

Beulah Castor, MD
Critical Care Fellowship, UF
Gainesville, FL

Michael Clemmons, MD
Ultrasound Fellowship, Orlando Health
Orlando, FL

Danielle DiCesare, MD
EMS Fellowship, Orlando Health / Orange County EMS
Orlando, FL

Agy Gaertig, MD
Ultrasound Fellowship, Orlando Health
Orlando, FL

Justin Kittredge, MD
EMPros at AdventHealth
Northeast Florida

Tucker Maute, DO
Lee Health
Fort Myers, FL

Keegan Mullins, MD
Clinical Informatics Fellowship, Orlando Health
Orlando, FL

Olivia Munizza, MD
Lee Health
Fort Myers, FL

Christian Myburgh, MD
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Tampa, FL

Gustavo Rey, MD
Lee Health
Fort Myers, FL

Mark Schattschneider, MD
Orlando Health at South Lake Freestanding ED
Clermont, FL

Geraldine Uy, MD
UPMC Monongahela Valley Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA

Alex Williams, MD
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Sherman, TX