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Beth R. Braver, MD, is a board-certified specialist in internal medicine at Beth and Howard Braver, MD, in Hollywood and Aventura, Florida. She has more than 25 years of experience treating patients with a variety of acute and chronic disorders.
Dr. Braver earned her bachelor’s degree in biology with honors from Washington University in St. Louis and her medical degree from the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, where she also graduated with honors. Dr. Braver continued her medical training with an internship and residency in the Shands Hospital/VA Hospital Department of Medicine in Gainesville.
Dr. Braver has been in private practice in internal medicine since 1995. She is board certified in internal medicine.
Dr. Braver has several hospital affiliations in South Florida, including Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, Aventura Hospital and Medical Center, and Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami. She collaborates extensively with many physicians and specialists at these institutions.
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Dr. Beth Braver, MD
Internist
20950 NE 27 Court
Suite 200
Aventura, FL 33180
Howard M. Braver, MD, is a board-certified internal medicine physician at Beth and Howard Braver, MD in Hollywood and Aventura, Florida. He specializes in pulmonology and has more than 25 years of experience treating patients with a variety of acute and chronic disorders, including respiratory disorders.
Dr. Braver received his bachelor’s degree in microbiology from the University of Georgia in Athens and his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. He completed an internship in the department of medicine at the University of Florida School of Medicine in Gainesville.
Dr. Braver continued his medical training with a residency at Shands Hospital/VA Hospital Department of Medicine in Gainesville and a fellowship in the hospital’s Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine.
Dr. Braver is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary disease, critical care medicine, and sleep medicine. He’s been affiliated with Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood since 1997.
Dr. Braver is a member of the American Medical Association and an associate of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Chest Physicians.
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Dr. Howard Braver, MD
Internist
20950 NE 27 Court
Suite 200
Aventura, FL 33180
Marc Saltzman, MD
Internist
190 Ne 199th Street
Suite 201
Miami, FL 33179
Nicolas Hanabergh, MD
Internist
1855 Northeast 193rd Street
Miami, FL 33179
Manrique Iriarte, MD
Internist
99 Nw 183rd St Ste 120a
Miami Gardens, FL 33169
Y. Joseph Usta, MD, was born in Iowa City, Iowa. He was raised on an American compound in Dhahran called Aramco and went to high school at a Department of Defense Navy base in Bahrain. He completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Arizona in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Chemistry. He did a year of GI research n pancreatic cell transplant at Emory University in Atlanta. He completed his medical school at the American University of Beirut (AUB). He did his Internal Medicine training at St. Joseph Hospital and Fellowship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of Arizona in Phoenix, Arizona. During his training he was selected as a fourth year Chief Resident in Internal Medicine and again selected to be Chief Fellow in Gastroenterology.
He also served as an Assistant Professor for both the University of Arizona and Creighton Medical Schools. Currently, Dr. Usta gives monthly lectures to residents and students at Wellington Reginal Medical Center and regularly has residents seeing patients with him in his clinic.
Dr. Usta is trained in all general GI but has a specific interest in liver diseases (Hepatology). He is very comfortable taking care of complex liver diseases including fatty liver, hepatitis B and C, cirrhosis, and getting patients ready for liver transplants consideration.
Dr Usta sees patients upstairs in the clinic and does procedures downstairs at the endoscopy center in the same building, cutting commute time and confusion for his patients. Some of the procedures he does include Upper Endoscopy (EGD), Screening Colonoscopy, and Capsules. He sees patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux (GERD), swallowing difficulties, and Barrett’s Esophagus. He regularly removes colon polyps during screening colonoscopies to help prevent colon cancer.
He also treats hemorrhoids using the CRH O'Regan System banding which is “fast and painless, over 99% effective and covered by insurance with no recovery time, fasting, or sedation” as per their website.
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Dr. Usta has two daughters and a son, and a pet tortoise named “Tiki”. His hobbies include working out at Orang Theory, fishing, kayaking, biking, and any activity that includes the pool or beach. He is also not scared to try new foods from around the world. He loves gardening and has a few fruit trees that he manages in his backyard. He is currently taking online courses at Standford University on quantum physics for fun and loves to read books about history especially pertaining to World War I and II.
Dr. Yousef Usta, MD
Gastroenterologist
5065 State Road 7
Suite 201
Lake Worth, FL 33449
William Sanchez, MD
Internist
17395 Nw 59th Ave
Hialeah, FL 33015
Adam Berry, MD
Internist
8785 Lake Worth Road
Lake Worth, FL 33467
Dr. Felix Elpedes, MD
Internist
4801 S Congress Ave
Lake Worth, FL 33461
Leonides Suarez, MD
Internist
4800 South Congress Ave
Atlantis, FL 33462
David Gonzalez, MD
Internist
5037 Lake Worth Road
Greenacres, FL 33463
Dr. Felix Elpedes, MD
Internist
1201 12th Ave South
Lake Worth, FL 33460
Dr. Felix Elpedes, MD
Internist
4405 Lakewood Rd
Lake Worth, FL 33461
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