Emergency Medicine Residency Faculty & Staff

Leon Melnitsky, DO
Program Director
Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida

Hanan Atia, MD
Associate Program Director
Residency: University of Connecticut

Yehuda Wenger, MD
Associate Program Director
Medical Student Clerkship Director
Residency: Orlando Regional Medical Center

Gabriel Colon, MD
Simulation Director
Residency: Mount Sinai Morningside West Hospital
Fellowship: Simulation, Mount Sinai Morningside West Hospital

Alfa Diallo, MD
Residency: Johns Hopkins University

Lara Goldstein, MD, PhD, FCEM(SA), Cert. Critical Care(SA)
Director of Emergency Medicine Critical Care
Residency: HCA Florida Aventura Hospital
Fellowship: Critical Care, College of Emergency Medicine of South Africa

Randy Katz, DO
District Medical Director, Emergency Services Memorial Healthcare System
Medical Director, City of Hollywood Fire Rescue
Residency: St. Barnabas Hospital

Brian Kohen, MD
Director of Emergency Ultrasound
Residency: University of Connecticut
Fellowship: Emergency Ultrasound, Jacobi Medical Center

Sandra Lopez, MD
Director of Prehospital Medicine
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital
Fellowship: Emergency Medical Services, Allegheny General Hospital

Jocelyn Plesa-McCormack, MD
Residency: Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
Fellowship: Pediatric Emergency Medicine- Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Jheanelle McKay, MD
Chief, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Residency: Boston Children's Hospital/Boston Medical Center
Fellowship: Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Franz Mendoza-Garcia, MD
Residency: Jacobi/Montefiore Medical Center
Fellowship: Ultrasound, NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

Akhil Patel, MD
Residency: HCA Florida Brandon
Fellowship: Simulation, Hartford Hospital

Administrative Staff

Chemene Michel, BPA
Program Administrator
Emergency Medicine

Anthony Suarez, MHSA
Program Administrator
Emergency Medicine