Orlando Health

Updates from Florida’s

Emergency Medicine Residency Programs

Orlando Health

By Blaire Banfield, MD, PGY-2

Spring has sprung with full force here at Orlando Regional Medical Center!

After a fun interview season, we are beyond excited to welcome our incoming class of 2025. They have all done amazing things in medical school and life, and we cannot wait to welcome them in person to La Familia. We are also happy for our own Dr. Nathan Nuzman, who welcomed a baby boy this month. We are excited to welcome this tiny human into La Familia as well.

Dr. Brad Hamlin has been working on a new medical device for increasing efficacy and efficiency in irrigation of wounds in the ER. After many rounds of development and testing, he will be presenting his findings at SAEM in May.

Additionally, Dr. Lindsay Wencel will be presenting her research in the field of EMS at the Special Operations Medicine Association’s scientific assembly in May. Dr. Wencel has been very involved with EMS after finding her passion for the subspecialty during the rotation at ORMC. We are lucky enough to have this rotation opportunity and have our faculty as medical directors. Our ER is also becoming a medical control base station, allowing residents (with the help of our attendings) the opportunity to answer radio calls from our EMS first responders. This is an exciting learning opportunity and great training for future responsibilities after graduation!

Lastly, a big congratulations to our new chiefs: Drs. Megan Marcom, Parnia Salehi, and Hunter Clonts. ■

Florida Atlantic University

By Tony Bruno, DO, PGY-2

We survived winter in Southeast Florida and are looking forward to spring days and beach sunsets. First off, we want to extend a big congratulations to our recently matched incoming residents. We can’t wait for you to start! Another round of congratulations is in order for our next chief residents: Drs. Timothy Buckley and Tony Bruno.

We have had some very exciting and enjoyable wellness events over the past few months. We most recently went to a Florida Panthers ice hockey game where the Panthers earned a big 6-3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers. A few other wellness events included ax throwing, a beach day, and an afternoon of learning and playing pickleball.

Last but not least, we want to give our third-year residents who are preparing to become attendings a big thank you for all of your contributions to our program! We are looking forward to seeing how well you will all represent us moving forward.

We also want to wish a warm farewell to our wellness director and one of our favorite attendings, Dr. William Benda, who will be retiring at the end of the academic year. Dr. Benda has been serving people in his hometown community and involved in emergency medicine for 40 years. Best of luck in retirement, Dr. Benda; we will miss you. ■

Broward Health

By Kevin Boehm, DO, M.Sc, FACOEP, FACEP, FAAEM

Program Director

It's been a great first year for the Broward Health Emergency Medicine Residency. Our residents have been active with their scholarly activity, having presented posters at the Mayo Clinic Annual Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease Review as well as at the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Medicine Spring Seminar. We have just matched our second class of residents and are excited to have them start in June. With the next academic year about to start, we look forward to having more fourth-year medical students rotate with us in the emergency departments at Broward Health North and Broward Health Medical Center. ■