Three Physicians Affiliated With Fishermen’s Community Hospital Join Baptist Health Medical Group
Coral Gables, FL – October 23, 2017 — Baptist Health Medical Group, an organization of more than 180 physicians in multiple specialties integrated within Baptist Health South Florida, welcomes to its team three physicians affiliated with Fishermen’s Community Hospital.
Ronald Samess, M.D., family medicine, see patients at 5701 Overseas Hwy., Suite 17. General surgeons Alan Netzman, D.O., and Steven Smith, M.D., also practice in this building, in Suite 8.
“We are pleased to welcome Drs. Samess, Netzman, and Smith to Baptist Health Medical Group and extend our reach in the Florida Keys,” said Bernie Fernandez Jr., M.D., CEO of Baptist Health Medical Group. “In line with the Baptist Health mission, they will provide patients in the Middle Keys with high-quality, compassionate patient- and family-centered healthcare services.”
Rick Freeburg, CEO of Fishermen’s Community Hospital and Mariners Hospital, added: “These highly skilled physicians are valued additions to the Baptist Health family. They are acutely aware of the healthcare needs in the Keys community, and I look forward to collaborating with them to meet the needs of the people we serve.”
Dr. Samess diagnose and treat a wide range of health issues, including simple and complex health conditions, chronic disease management, minor emergencies, urgent care and the coordination of specialty care. They also promote wellness by offering routine checkups, health-risk assessments, immunizations, screening tests and personalized healthy lifestyle counseling.
Dr. Samess is Board certified in family medicine. He received his medical degree from the Free University of Brussels in Belgium, and completed a residency in family medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, where he served as chief resident.
Dr. Smith and Dr. Netzman treat a broad spectrum of conditions and diseases with operative intervention. They manage a patient’s preoperative diagnosis, perform elective and emergency surgery on most body systems and provide comprehensive postoperative care. Both physicians are Board certified in surgery.
Dr. Smith received his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine. He completed a surgical internship at Tulane University School of Medicine, Charity Hospital of New Orleans, and a four-year surgical residency at the same facility and other hospitals affiliated with the medical school.
Dr. Netzman received his doctor of osteopathic medicine degree from Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery in Iowa, and completed two surgical residencies—at Metropolitan Hospital, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, and at Community Hospital South Broward, Southeastern Medical Center, in North Miami Beach.
Due to Hurricane Irma, Fishermen’s Community Hospital opened a full-service field hospital in order to provide care to the Middle Keys community. The mobile disaster hospital is on the grounds of Fishermen’s and includes a five-bed emergency department, a six-bed-in-patient unit, diagnostic equipment and a laboratory.
About Baptist Health Medical Group
Baptist Health Medical Group, a network of primary care doctors and specialists who provide high quality medical care to patients of all ages, is part of Baptist Health South Florida, the largest healthcare organization in the region, with ten hospitals (Baptist Hospital, Baptist Children’s Hospital, Bethesda Hospital East, Bethesda Hospital West, Doctors Hospital, Fishermen’s Community Hospital, Homestead Hospital, Mariners Hospital, South Miami Hospital and West Kendall Baptist Hospital), more than 40 physician practices, 50 outpatient and urgent care facilities, Baptist Health Medical Group, Baptist Health Quality Network and internationally renowned centers of excellence spanning across Monroe, Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. A not-for-profit organization supported by philanthropy and committed to our faith-based charitable mission of medical excellence, Baptist Health has approximately 18,500 employees and more than 3,000 affiliated physicians. Baptist Health South Florida has been recognized by Fortune as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in America and by Ethisphere as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies. For more information, visit BaptistHealth.net/newsroom and connect with us on Facebook at facebook.com/BaptistHealthSF and on Twitter and Instagram @BaptistHealthSF.
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