Emergency Medicine Residency Faculty & Staff

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

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

Eric Boccio, MD
Research Director
Residency: Yale New Haven Hospital
Fellowship: Emergency Medicine Research - UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate

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

David Hooke, DO
Director for Pediatric EM Education
Residency: Nicklaus Children's Hospital
Fellowship: Pediatric Emergency Medicine - Baylor College of Medicine

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

Steven Katz, MD
Chief, Department of Emergency Medicine, Memorial Hospital West
Medical Director, Pembroke Pines Fire Rescue
Vice Chief of Staff, Memorial Hospital West
Residency: Orlando Health

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

Jheanelle McKay, MD
Associate Director for Pediatric EM Education
Residency: Boston Children's Hospital/Boston Medical Center
Fellowship: Pediatric Emergency Medicine - Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Donny Perez, DO
Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida

Yehuda Wenger, MD
Residency: Orlando Regional Medical Center

Administrative Staff

Chemene Michel, BPA
Program Administrator
Emergency Medicine

Anthony Suarez, MHSA
Program Administrator
Emergency Medicine