Spring 2021: North Florida Regional

by Jayden Miller, MD | Apr 20, 2021

We are just a few months into 2021, yet have so many exciting things to share.

First, we would like to applaud and congratulate one of our core faculty members and medical director, Dr. Gary Gillette, on concluding his year as Chief of Staff during one of the most difficult times in the history of our specialty. Dr. Gillette will continue to be very involved this year with his new role as past Chief and, as always, continue to be a true administrative exemplar and mentor for our residency. We also want to recognize and congratulate some familiar faces on their new titles: Drs. Diana Mora and Tom Bentley as Associate Program Directors, and Drs. James Lee, Marcos Marugan-Wyatt and Andrew Nicholas as Chief Residents.

Our PGY-2s just returned from their class retreat where they discussed QI projects, community service and transitioning to being a PGY-3. Several wellness activities were also scheduled, one of which was a 3-hour ropes course! Several of our senior residents, led by Program Director Dr. Robyn Hoelle and faculty members Drs. Dakota Lane and Mahesh Setty, will be publishing an upcoming chapter in the Healthy Aging and Longevity series in the volume “Redox Signaling and Biomarkers in Aging,” set for publication in January 2022. The chapter will discuss the clinical applications of redox biomarkers in the acute setting with a focus on the geriatric population. Contributors to the chapter include resident Drs. Anthony DeRenzi, James Lee, Jyoti Das and Mollie Powell. Lastly, it wouldn’t be a NFEM update if we didn’t mention ultrasound! We are thrilled to announce that we officially have two ultrasound fellows, Drs. Joshua Middleton and Mollie Powell, set to start this July for our new ultrasound fellowship.