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Vincent Degennaro, MD, MPH
Internist
12725 Griffing Blvd
North Miami, FL 33161
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
Dr. Catherine Kirchner, MD
Internist
1048 Kane Concourse
Ste 2r
Bay Harbor Islands, FL 33154
Jose Prieto-Hernandez
Internist
7600 West 20 Avenue
112
Hialeah, FL 33016
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
Dr. Felix Elpedes, MD
Internist
1201 12th Ave South
Lake Worth, FL 33460
David Gonzalez, MD
Internist
5037 Lake Worth Road
Greenacres, FL 33463
Dr. Felix Elpedes, MD
Internist
1711 6th Ave South
Lake Worth, FL 33460
Dr. Felix Elpedes, MD
Internist
4405 Lakewood Rd
Lake Worth, FL 33461
Stuart Lewis, DO
Internist
1490 W 49th Place
Suite 203
Hialeah, FL 33012
Dr. Felix Elpedes, MD
Internist
1710 Lake Worth Rd
Lake Worth, FL 33460
Dr. Felix Elpedes, MD
Internist
2939 S Haverhill Rd
West Palm Beach, FL 33415
Dr. Felix Elpedes, MD
Internist
5100 Cresthaven Blvd
West Palm Beach, FL 33415
