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Patients in South Florida are in good hands when calling on the following distinguished medical professionals in

specialties ranging from home health care and cosmetic surgery to cardiology and Parkinson’s disease.

Written By Rich Pollack | Photography by Michele Eve Sandberg

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In practice for more than 25 years in the same Boca Raton location, Dr. Cris-

tina Keusch’s priority has always been creating a warm, car-ing environment and providing uncompromising care.

An aesthetic plastic surgeon whose specializations include facial plastic surgery, breast sur-gery and body contouring, Dr. Keusch has continually embraced the latest technology with an emphasis on results, safety, com-fort and convenience.

“We constantly strive to achieve excellence,” she said.

Dr. Keusch is among the first plastic surgeons in South Flor-ida to use Cynosure’s SculpSure, a non-invasive body contouring sys-tem just approved by the FDA in May. SculpSure patients, unlike those treated with cold techniques, feel heat which works to destroy fat cells. This laser technology also makes it possible for larger areas to be treated in a single 25-minute session. For both abdomen and love handles—two common “trou-ble” areas—the treatment is com-plete in 50 minutes. SculpSure is a non-invasive, non-surgical proce-dure with no down time.

“It’s a cost-effective procedure and it can be repeated if addi-tional treatments are needed,” Dr. Keusch.

In addition to performing a wide array of surgical procedures, including Smart Lipo and Laser Lifts, Dr. Keusch’s office also includes a skin and laser center —staffed by a nurse practitioner —for those seeking non-surgical aes-thetic therapies.

A board-certified plastic sur-geon, Dr. Keusch attended med-ical school at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and then went on to become Chief Resident of General Surgery at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. Her plastic surgery residency and fel-lowship was completed at Harvard D

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“It’s essential for patients to get to know us and for us to get to know them. This allows us to create a bond and arelationship that’s important when you’re undergoing elec-tive or non-elective surgery.”

Medical School, Brigham and Children’s Hospital in Boston.

“Our patients are people who want to feel better about them-selves,” Dr. Keusch said. “Plas-tic surgery is a gift you’re giving yourself.”

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Ti ime can take its toll on an individual’s health and appearance.

For many, the answer to feeling better, improving stamina as well as mood and energy, could be the hormone and anti-aging therapies offered by Core Medical Group.

“Hormone and vitamin imbal-ances are all considered part of the natural aging process,” says Heather Schwartzmann, PA-C, a Physician Assistant at Core Med-ical Group, which has offices in Boca Raton and Delray Beach. “By restoring balance in your body, we’re helping to slow the process down.”

Patients come to the group’s offices for a variety of reasons with one of the most common reasons being treatment of “Low

T” or low testosterone levels.Core Medical’s skilled staff

uses hormone replacement ther-apy (HRT) to help men with Low T and also uses HRT to help women suffering from reduced hormone levels that can impact their daily lives.

Other available treatments include those for vitamin defi-ciencies, low-growth hormone, elevated toxin treatments and medical weight loss.

“Each of these treatments either individually or together will help bring your body back into balance and restore you to optimal health,” says CEO Sid-ney Gordon.

To help patients improve their appearance, Core Medical also offers a variety of cosmetic pro-

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medicine as a way to promote overall health. Our patients come to us to improve their quality of life.”

cedures and skin care options designed to diminish the signs of aging.

Available options include the most advanced technology in anti-aging treatments such as Botox, Dysport, Juvederm, Restylane, Perlane and Radiesse.

“Our patients come here if their zest for life has diminished,” Schwartzmann said. “They want to feel better, look better, and improve their mood and energy.

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Dr. Raymond Leveil-lee spent the last 20 years at the University

of Miami as a Professor of Urol-ogy, Radiology and Biomedical engineering. At the same time, he served as the chief of the division of endourology and laparoscopy, honing his expertise and skills in the area of robotic-assisted and laparoscopic surgeries for treat-ment of prostate and kidney can-cer and other urologic procedures.

Now Dr. Leveillee has brought his expertise, knowledge and extensive skill to Palm Beach County where he leads Bethesda Health’s new Center for Advanced Robotics and Urologic Care in Boynton Beach, performing mini-mally invasive surgeries using the da Vinci® Xi™ surgical robot.

“There are no comparable pro-grams like this in Palm Beach County,” said Dr. Leveillee, who also has been recognized as a fel-low of the Royal College of Sur-geons in Glasgow and is an honorary member of the Thai Urology Association.

Considered a pioneer in the field of laparoscopy and robotics for the treatment of prostate cancer, Dr. Leveillee has been using the Da Vinci Robot, the world’s most advanced surgical robotic sys-tem, since 2001 to perform radi-cal prostatectomies—the removal of the prostate gland.

Patients who undergo the sur-gery performed with the robotic system, experience less blood loss and faster recovery, normally stay-ing in the hospital for only 24

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hours. Because the surgery is min-imally invasive, patients need less pain medication and also experi-ence better urinary control than patients who undergo traditional surgery.

Dr. Leveillee said the team at the new Bethesda center is plan-ning to begin needle-based ther-apy for the treatment of kidney cancer. Using advanced imaging in a hybrid operating room allows the surgeon to place a needle directly into a tumor to burn it.

“We’ll be using needles instead of scalpels,” he said, “It is kind of like acupuncture but with heat.”

“We’re bringing university-level care to a commu-nity hospital that’s in its growth phase. Patients will now be able to stay close to home and still receive the highest quality and cutting-edge care that would have normally required travel to distant centers.”

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Over the last 18 years, Dr. Rafael Cabrera and his team at Plastic Sur-

gery Specialists of Boca Raton have earned a reputation for pro-viding excellent care and natural-looking results for their patients.

“Our approach is to care for patients with honesty, integ-rity and empathy and to treat them just like family,” says Dr. Cabrera, recently selected as one of the 10 best plastic surgeons in Florida.

Recognized for bringing an artistic approach to his work and for a dedication to listening to his patients during a thorough con-sultation, Dr. Cabrera offers a full range of surgical and non-inva-sive treatments for the face, body and breast.

Over the years, he has become known as one of the foremost facial plastic surgeons in Flor-ida and has attracted patients to his practice from throughout the United States.

For the last several years, Dr. Cabrera has been offering patients the SmarterLift, a surgi-cal procedure he developed that he calls the “modern evolution of the face lift.”

Done under local anesthesia, the SmarterLift provides patients with longer-lasting results and requires less recovery time than a traditional facelift.

During the procedure, Dr. Cabrera uses a dual vector approach correcting the neck horizontally and face vertically to re-create a younger, more natural appearance. In addition, he uses progressive tension sutures that are designed to hold the correc-tion in place longer.

“We’re reversing aging in the way that it occurred and main-taining it longer,” explains Dr. Cabrera.

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“Plastic surgery is a bridge between how you look and how you feel. It can be very powerful and can transform lives.”

a variety of non-invasive rejuve-nation procedures.

Dr. Cabrera emphasizes, “Our goal is to help patients live life to the fullest and look as good as they feel.”

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“F or us, pediat-ric dentistry is not just about

baby teeth,” says Dr. Saadia Mohammed. “It’s about a holis-tic approach which empowers the child and parent through a part-nership focused on the overall health.”

At Palm Beach Pediatric Den-tistry, patients discover a perfect blend of high-quality professional dental care matched with a child-friendly environment designed to put patients —and their parents –—at ease the minute they walk in the door.

Dr. Saadia and her team have a passion for making each child feel special and for building trust, which leads to a lifetime of posi-tive dental care.

Dr. Saadia is the only pedi-atric dentist in South Florida to use iPlus laser technology, which incorporates energized water and light to safely perform a num-ber of dental procedures. She uses the laser to release tongue-tie and lip-tie in newborns and children of all ages, eliminating the need for general anesthesia. iPlus laser technology enables all procedures to be minimally invasive and vir-tually painless, with a quick recovery time.

Practicing in South Florida since 1998, Dr. Saadia gradu-ated on the Dean’s List from New York University College of Den-tistry after which she spent a year at Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach doing a GPR. Fol-lowing that she received her pedi-

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“The mouth is a window to an individual’s over-all health. We’re not just fixing teeth. We’re look-ing, listening and feeling to ensure the wellness of the whole child.”

atric dental specialty training at University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine and then spent a year doing her Fellowship in Pediatric Dentistry at Yale New Haven Hospital and Connecti-cut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford, Connecticut.

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An interventional and structural cardiologist, Dr. Brijeshwar Maini

has been in the forefront of cut-ting-edge research that is helping patients with serious heart dis-ease receive innovative. minimally invasive treatment.

A relatively new transplant to South Florida, Dr. Maini was recently appointed the regional medical director of transcatheter therapies for Tenet Florida’s Heart and Vascular Network. In that role, he oversees development, implementation and monitoring of structural cardiology programs at 10 Florida hospitals.

Using minimally invasive cath-eterizations, Dr. Maini is able to help patients suffering from car-diac issues such as atrial fibrilla-tion, aortic stenosis and congestive heart failure avoid open-heart sur-gery.

“These days we can replace and repair heart valves using mini-

mally invasive procedures,” said Dr. Maini, who previously served as the director of research at Pin-nacle Health Cardiovascular Insti-tute in Pennsylvania.

Involved in research trials for more than a decade, Dr. Maini was on the ground floor of devel-opment of the Watchman device which is used to treat patients with atrial fibrillation, or AFib, without the long-term use of blood thinners. A national proc-tor for physicians using the device, Dr. Maini is one of the first cardi-ologists in South Florida to per-form the non-invasive Watchman implant procedure.

The Watchman, a parachute-shaped, self-expanding device inserted through a vein in the groin, is used to reduce the risk of a stroke in patients with AFib.

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Maini also taps into more than 30 years of experience and his research work to help patients in need of valve replacements receive treatment without major surgery.

As he continues his research, Dr. Maini is able to offer high-risk aortic stenosis patients replace-ment valves that are in addition to those currently generally avail-able.

“We’re now able to bring the latest cutting-edge treatments to South Florida,” he said.

“Today’s research is tomorrow’s medicine. We can only get better by learning and by coming up with new ideas and by validating these ideas scientifically.”

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A nurse with more than 35 years of experience, Rose Glamoclija under-

stands the importance of providing patients with a personalized level of care focused on each individu-al’s needs. That’s why she makes it a point to get to know each of them personally and why she hand-selects members of her Boca Nurs-ing Services team.

“Our patients are like family to me and we treat them with love, concern and, most of all, respect,” she said.

A family-operated, private-duty home health agency founded 22 years ago, Boca Nursing Ser-vices offers concierge nursing services from carefully and thor-oughly screened care managers, RNs, LPNs CNAs, aides and ther-

apists. Boca Nursing Services also offers a care management program to help reduce the time, stress and additional costs of caring for an older adult. In addition, patients are offered a medication manage-ment program that includes weekly, biweekly or monthly skilled-nursing visits designed to help clients take medications properly and complica-tion free.

“We’re a one-stop shop,” Glamo-clija says.

With its focus on details and the understanding that every patient is different, Boca Nursing Services helps provide peace of mind to fam-ily members who can have confi-dence their loved one is receiving the highest quality of care.

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342 E. Palmetto Park Road, Suites 1 and 2, Boca Raton, 561/347-7566 340 Royal Poinciana Way, Suite 322-B, Palm Beach, 561/833-3430bocanursing.com

H e is known as the plastic surgeon celeb-rities turn to and

now, New York-based Stephen T. Greenberg has opened an office in Boca Raton.

Internationally recognized for his expertise in the field of cos-metic plastic surgery and often interviewed on network televi-sion where he discusses the latest trends in the field, Dr. Greenberg combines the most recent state-of-the-art procedures with his more than 20 years of experience to get the most natural results for his patients.

“Over the years, we’ve earned the trust of many celebrities as well as the per-son next door,” Dr. Greenberg says. “We have patients who

fly in from all over for treat-ment.”

The host of a weekly radio show and the author of a book, A Little Nip, A Little Tuck, Dr. Greenberg offers a full range of cosmetic surgery options, includ-ing body sculpting as well as breast and facial procedures. The practice also offers an array of non-surgical options.

He offers patient a “quick” or “mini” lift, often used to address facial sagging. Not as extensive as a full facelift, the quick lift frequently includes a combina-tion of treatments using surgery, lasers and injections.

‘It provides a refreshing nat-ural look and gets patients back to their normal activities in just a few days.”

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“Our goal is to treat every patient like they’re the most important person in the practice. We give them individual attention and care and formulate a plan that’s unique to their needs.”

Greenberg Cosmetic Surgery1599 N.W. 9th Ave., Suite 3, Boca Raton, 561/802-1080greenbergcosmeticsurgery.com

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