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Hospice of Palm Beach County, founded in 1978 as a not-for-profit 501(c)(3), has cared for nearly 65,000 patients and their families and averages 1,100 patients daily throughout Palm Beach County. A leading provider of hospice care, Hospice of Palm Beach County serves as a model for other programs nationwide.

Friday, February 13, 2009

Six Hospice of Palm Beach County Physicians Among the First in the Country to Become Board Certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine Sub-specialty

Six Hospice of Palm Beach County physicians have successfully passed the first ABMS sponsored certification examination for the newly created Hospice and Palliative Medicine sub-specialty and have obtained their ABMS certificate of added qualification.

The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) approved the creation of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (HPM) as a sub-specialty of ten participating boards in September 2006, and the first examination was administered by the American Board of Internal Medicine in October 2008.

The six physicians who received the certification are:

Richard Levene, DO, FAAFP, FAAHPM: VP of Medical Affairs
Faustino Gonzalez, MD: Access Medical Director
Robert Dudley, MD: Unit Medical Director
Daniel Fortier, MD: Assistant Medical Director
Marie Tromans, MD: Assistant Medical Director
Michael Falkowitz, MD: Assistant Medical Director

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