Leadership

Ettore Crimi, MD
Program Director
Ocala Regional Medical Center
- Anesthesiology residency completed at MGH/Harvard
- Cardiothoracic anesthesiology fellowship completed at Stanford
- Critical care fellowship completed at University of Florida
- Subspecialty interests include critical care medicine, cardiothoracic anesthesiology, and translational research.

William Smith, MD
Associate Program Director
North Florida Regional Medical Center
- Anesthesiology residency completed at University of Florida
- Cardiothoracic anesthesiology fellowship completed at University of Florida
- Subspecialty interests include critical care medicine and cardiothoracic anesthesiology

Jaime Pulaski, MD
Site Director
Osceola Regional Medical Center
- Anesthesiology residency completed at University of South Florida
- Subspecialty interests include OB-GYN anesthesiology and regional Anesthesiology.

Sadiq Shaik, MD
Site Director
Nemours Children Hospital
- Pediatric residency completed at University of Florida
- Anesthesiology residency completed at University of Florida
- Pediatric anesthesiology fellowship completed at University of Washington, Seattle Children’s Hospital

John Heinbockel, MD
Chief of Anesthesiology
Ocala Health Systems
- Anesthesiology residency completed at University of Alabama
- Subspecialty interests include bariatric surgery and neuroanesthesia

William Doyle, MD
Chief of Anesthesiology
North Florida Regional Medical Center
- Anesthesiology residency completed at University of Florida
- Subspecialty interests include cardiothoracic anesthesiology, OB-GYN anesthesiology, and pain medicine
Ocala Regional/West Marion Faculty
Teaching Faculty
- Zubair Ali’, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at Maimonides Medical Center
- Cardiothoracic anesthesiology fellowship completed at Cleveland Clinic
- Darwin Ang, MD
- General surgery residency completed at University of Florida
- Critical care & trauma fellowships completed at University of Washington
- Vijay Babu, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Pain management fellowship completed at Cedars Sinai Medical Center
- Michael Carreras, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at University of Miami Jackson Memorial Hospital
- Joshua Fish, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at Yale School of Medicine
- Caridad Gallardo, MD
- Neurological surgery residency attended at Calixto Garcia Hospital, Havana, Cuba
- Anesthesiology residency completed at University of Miami Jackson Memorial Hospital
- Orlando Gomez, DO
- Anesthesiology residency completed at University of Miami Jackson Memorial Hospital
- Christopher Greene, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
- Critical care fellowship completed at University of Massachusetts Medical Center
- Minnea Kalra, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at University of South Florida
- Jonathan Katz, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at University of Miami Jackson Memorial Hospital
- Cardiothoracic anesthesiology fellowship completed at University of Miami Jackson Memorial Hospital
- Daniel Mecca, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at University of South Florida
- Lateef Opabola, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at University of Florida
- Cardiothoracic anesthesiology fellowship completed at University of Florida
- Ernesto Pretto, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Cardiothoracic anesthesiology fellowship completed at Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Critical care fellowship completed at University of Pittsburgh, University Health Center
- Stephen Pyles, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at University of Florida
- James Thoene, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at Emory University
- Gene Turner, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at Vanderbilt University
- Lu Zhang, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at Medical College of Wisconsin
North Florida Regional Medical Center faculty
Teaching faculty
- Stephanie Allen, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed UNC Hospitals Chapel Hill
- William (Bill) Allen, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at University of Miami Jackson Memorial Hospital
- James Green III, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at Vanderbilt University
- Anthony Gregory, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at University of Wisconsin
- Lawrence Hooghuis, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at Yale School of Medicine
- Alan Kroll, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed UNC Hospitals Chapel Hill
- Scott Lipoff, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at Medical College of Wisconsin
- Duce Lorent, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at Northwestern University
- Cardiothoracic anesthesiology fellowship completed at Duke University Hospital
- Jennie Mace, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at University of Michigan Medical Center
- Edward Mayo, DO
- Anesthesiology residency completed at University of Florida
- Maria Ohrn, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at University of Florida
- Su-Min Oon, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at University of Florida
- Pain management fellowship completed at University of Florida
- Jose Perez, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- Neuroanesthesiology fellowship completed at Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- Heather Reed, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at University of Florida
- Cardiothoracic anesthesiology fellowship completed at University of Washington
- Natalie Valdez, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at University of Florida
- Pediatric anesthesiology fellowship completed at University of Florida
Osceola Regional Medical Center Faculty
Teaching faculty
- Abdel ElHoushy, MD
- General surgery residency completed at Maadi Hospital, Cairo
- Cardiac surgery residency completed at Nasser Institute Hospital, Cairo
- Anesthesiology residency completed at Cleveland Clinic
- Cardiothoracic surgery fellowship completed at Brown University School of Medicine
- Leah Gross, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at University of Texas Health Science Center
- Cardiothoracic anesthesiology fellowship completed at University of Texas Health Science Center
- Jorge Hernandez, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at Hartford Hospital
- Srilatha Mallu, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at Henry Ford Hospital
- Cardiothoracic anesthesiology fellowship completed at Henry Ford Hospital
- Raul Masing, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at New York Medical College
- Pain management and palliative care fellowship completed at New York Medical College
- Dale Miller, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at Tampa General Hospital
- Dante Morveli, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at Cleveland Clinic
- Jose Rojas Jr., MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at St. Vincent’s Medical Center
- Pain medicine fellowship completed at St. Vincent’s Medical Center
Nemours Children’s Hospital faculty
Teaching faculty
- Karen Bender, Karen MD
- Pediatric residency completed at John Hopkins
- Anesthesiology residency completed at John Hopkins
- Pediatric anesthesiology fellowship completed at John Hopkins
- George Bishai, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at University of Miami Jackson Memorial Hospital
- Norman Carvalho, MD
- Pediatric residency completed at University of Florida
- Anesthesiology residency completed at University of Florida
- Karla Castro-Frenzel, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at University of Washington
- Pediatric anesthesiology fellowship completed at Seattle Children’s Hospital
- Scott Deeds, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at National Capital Consortium Uniformed Services University
- Pediatric anesthesiology fellowship completed at Nationwide Children’s Hospital
- Carol Klim, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at University of Maryland School of Medicine
- Pediatric anesthesiology fellowship completed at The Children’s Hospital, Denver, CO
- Steve Lichtenstein, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Pediatric anesthesiology fellowship completed at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Ricardo Riveros, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
- Pain management fellowship completed at Harvard Medical School
- Lisgelia Santana-Rojas, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
- Pain management fellowship completed at Harvard Medical School
- Kevin Saunders, MD
- Anesthesiology residency completed at University of Missouri
- Pediatric anesthesiology fellowship completed at University of Washington, Seattle Children’s Hospital