BuzzWorthyitems of note
Dr. Lawrence Kay, a fellow
of the American Academy of
Family Physicians, is the chief
medical officer of Empath
Health, where he oversees the
medical program, provides
clinical strategic direction
and manages the physicians
throughout Empath’s integrated
network of care.
Joy Winheim has been
named the executive director of
Empath Health’s Empath
Partners in Care, a new
organization that merges the AIDS Service
Association and Francis House and their
nearly 60 years of combined experience
serving those impacted by HIV and AIDS
in our Tampa Bay community.
Paul Tash, the chairman and CEO of
the Tampa Bay Times and chairman of the
Poynter Institute for Media Studies, was
selected to receive the Liberty Bell Award
from the St. Petersburg Bar Association
and the St. Petersburg Bar Foundation.
The award is given to a nonlawyer
who contributes to the greater good of
the community and promotes a better
understanding of the Constitution, Bill
of Rights and the Rule of Law. Tash, who
has never practiced law, earned a Bachelor
of Law degree from Edinburgh University
in Scotland.
Rafael Sciullo, president of Empath
Health, has named nurse Bridget Narvaez
as director of medical and educational
Madison Orr Hauenstein, the executive director of the
Arc Tampa Bay Foundation, thanked Jamie Prince for designating
the Arc as the event beneficiary during the opening of Seersucker
Sassy Boutique, Prince’s new women’s store in Safety Harbor.
services for Empath Partners in Care,
a member of Empath Health. Narvaez
develops and coordinates programs on
HIV risk reduction strategies and future
HIV transmissions through education
and medical treatments, provides nursing
interventions and education to clients
and represents EPIC at events in the
community. Empath Health is a nonprofit
integrated network of care that provides
expert, life-changing healthcare to those
with chronic and advanced illnesses.
Empath Health includes hospice, home
health and physician services, independent
living assistance and day care for seniors,
HIV services and advance care planning.
John Tomlin, the CEO of Tomlin
St Cyr Real Estate Services, has announced
the addition of a commercial division
to the company’s real estate brokerage
business. It has 21 Realtors, and the new
commercial division will be headed by
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Vince Simonetti and John.
Linda Hamilton, director of
development for the Dunedin
Fine Art Center, welcomed
guests to a planned giving
dinner at the center that featured
a presentation by David Yates,
the CEO of the Clearwater
Marine Aquarium.
Judy Lisi, the president and
CEO of the Straz Center for
the Performing Arts Center
in Tampa, invited donors and
sponsors to her President’s
Luncheon on the stage of the Shimberg
Playhouse, where she revealed the
upcoming 2017-2018 season at the center,
which is celebrating its 30th year of
bringing culture to the Tampa Bay area.
Rafael Sciullo, president and CEO
of Empath Health, which provides
expert, life-changing healthcare to those
with chronic and advanced illnesses, has
announced that Empath’s Suncoast
Hospice received two honors from the
Florida Hospice and Palliative Care
Association. The Association’s Catalyst
Award was presented for leadership
to Medication Assistance Supervising
nurse Susan Finkelstein, manager
of Suncoast Hospice’s pediatric care
programs. Empath also was awarded
the Excellence in Program Innovation
for Community Outreach for Suncoast
Hospice’s Traditions program that was
established to increase access to hospice