Boca Raton Regional Hospital, part of Baptist Health, has appointed Dr. William Holubek as its new chief medical officer.
“With his proven track record of leadership and operational excellence, we are pleased to welcome Dr. Holubek to be a part of our team here at Boca Raton Regional Hospital,” said Lincoln Mendez, North Region executive of Baptist Health and CEO of Boca Raton Regional Hospital.
“With a focus on innovation and patient-centered care, Dr. Holubek aligns perfectly with our mission, and we look forward to the impact he will have on our organization.”
Most recently, Holubek served as chief medical officer at University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, a 519-bed comprehensive academic medical center serving as the principal teaching hospital of Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.
Healthgrades recognizes Delray Medical Center
Delray Medical Center received from Healthgrades an America’s 100 Best Hospitals for pulmonary care excellence award, placing the hospital among the nation’s top 5% for overall pulmonary services. The center also earned Healthgrades’ 2025 Critical Care Excellence award, placing in the top 5% in the nation for critical care.
Dr. Yoel Vivas at Delray Medical Center recently completed the hospital’s pulsed field ablation system, a device that received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in January.
This system selects specific tissues in the heart and uses electric fields rather than heat in order to avoid damage to surrounding tissues.
Vascular surgeon Dr. Joseph Ricotta at Delray Medical Center successfully implanted the Esprit BTK Everolimus eluting resorbable scaffold system, a dissolvable stent for people with chronic ischemia below the knee.
Jessica DeVore was named the administrative director of surgical services at Delray Medical Center. With more than 20 years of nursing leadership experience, she recently served as the director of surgical services for Palms West Hospital.
Aganette Parks was promoted to Delray Medical Center’s chief operating officer. She had been serving as the interim chief operating officer since July.
Caron welcomes doctor to Delray Beach center
Dr. Mohammad “Mo” Sarhan has become an addiction medicine physician at Caron Treatment Centers’ Keele Center in Delray Beach, where he oversees medical care for patients in Caron’s Ocean Drive and Renaissance programs.
Previously, Sarhan was an addiction medicine fellow at Caron’s Wernersville, Pennsylvania, campus.
Baptist Health offers new carpal tunnel procedure
Dr. Michael Cohn, an orthopedic hand surgeon with Baptist Health Orthopedic Care in Boca Raton and Boynton Beach, offers minimally invasive surgery to treat carpal tunnel syndrome, via live ultrasound visualization and a single-use device.
Known as “carpal tunnel release,” it is done in minutes using only local anesthesia and does not require stitches. The procedure has been shown to decrease patients’ pain and reduce recovery time, compared with standard methods.
Palm Beach Health imaging center open
Palm Beach Health Network opened its new Palm Court Women’s Imaging Center at 5130 Linton Blvd., Suite I-1, Delray Beach. To schedule a mammogram, call 561-567-7246 or visit PalmBeachHealthNetwork.com.
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