TGH/TGMG - Hospital Medicine
Meet our staff
Danielle Veru, PA
Julia Young, APRN
Family Medicine
About
Julia N. Smith is a clinical nurse who delivers integrative and evidence-based nursing care in collaboration with an inpatient multidisciplinary team of physicians, advanced practice providers, specialists, support staff and registered nurses. She earned her Master of Science in Nursing at the University of Tampa and Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of South Florida. Smith is affiliated with the Florida Association of Nurse Practitioners and received the CVS Health Foundation Scholarship, McNichols Scholarship and the TGH Nurses Week Scholarship. She is also a member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.
Nathan C Devabose, MD
Internal Medicine
About
Jorge A Gadea, DO
Internal Medicine
About
Dr. Gadea has practiced as a primary care physician in the Tampa Bay area since 1998, providing care for adult and geriatric patients. For over six years, he served as a medical director for a private/public collaboration between the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) and Pfizer pharmaceutical company leading a disease management program specifically designed to help a large group of patients suffering from chronic medical conditions such as congestive heart failure and diabetes to better understand their medical conditions and health needs in order to better care for themselves and improve their quality of life.
Dr. Gadea's professional interests include individualized diabetes care, hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and hyperlipidemia. He focuses on preventive health and patient education, and encourages his patients to take an active part in their healthcare plan.
Dr. Gadea has received numerous 'Patients Choice Awards' and was recently recognized as one of 'America's Best Physicians' by the National Consumer Advisory Board. He is a member of the American Osteopathic Association and has received recognition from the National Committee for Quality Assurance for diabetes care. He is fluent in English and Spanish.
Outside of the office, Dr. Gadea enjoys exercising, fishing and travelling with his family.
Dakshina Walgampaya, MD
Internal Medicine
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Esmeralda Young, APRN
Internal Medicine
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Prior to joining Tampa General Medical Group, Esmeralda worked in Tampa General's Medical and Surgical Oncology Unit providing acute nursing care to medical, surgical and oncology patients. Most recently, she practiced with the Community Health Centers of Pinellas in St. Petersburg, FL, providing primary care services and working to maintain continuity of care for patients by establishing diagnosis and treatment of common acute and chronic illness with health promotion and disease prevention.
Esmeralda is a member of the Florida Nurse Practitioner Network, Tampa Bay Advanced Practice Nurses Council, West Coast Council of Advanced Nursing Practices and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.
Esmeralda treats patients 18 years of age and older.
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Ashish Singhal, MD
Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery
About
Prior to joining Tampa General Hospital, Dr. Singhal served as a senior consultant surgeon at Fortis Hospitals, India. Dr. Singhal brings a wide range of experience and knowledge of the complex living-donor liver transplantation procedure.
Dr. Singhal's extensive experience includes working as an attending surgeon in the Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh. He spent two years as a consultant surgeon in the Division of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery at Fortis Hospital in Mohali, India, after being an assistant professor of surgery at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
In addition to transplantation, Dr. Singhal treats patients with liver disease, cancer of the liver, gallbladder, bile ducts, and other cancers that spread to the liver from other organs. He has an unparalleled commitment to working with patients in complex health circumstances and providing high-quality care to improve the quality of life of patients.
Dr. Singhal is credited with several publications, book chapters, presentations, abstracts, and journal reviews in areas of his expertise. Affiliated with the American Society of Transplant Surgeons and numerous professional organizations, Dr. Singhal has served as a committee member for many professional organizations too. His research interests include living donor liver transplantation, liver cancer, liver regeneration, and transplant immunology/pharmacology.
This provider is not accepting new patients at this time
This provider is not accepting new patients at this time
Jason Feliberti, MD
Heart Failure and Transplantation Cardiology
About
Jason Feliberti, MD, has board certification in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology. He also holds board certifications in Echocardiography and Nuclear Medicine. He earned his medical degree at the University of Buffalo and continued his training with a residency at NYU Langone Medical Center. Dr. Feliberti has five years of additional training in cardiology care including General Cardiology Fellowship at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson, a Heart Failure and Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics fellowship at NYU Langone Medical Center, and a fellowship in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology with the University of South Florida.
Dr. Feliberti has been published in several articles and presented in academic settings on a variety of cardiac topics, and he leads as Principal Investigator in multiple clinical trials. His areas of interest include Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction, Pulmonary Hypertension, Mechanical Circulatory Support, Advanced Heart Failure device-based therapies, Durable Implanted Ventricular Assist support devices, and Cardiac Transplantation.
He is a clinical instructor and Assistant Professor with the University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine. Moreover, he serves as the Program Director for the Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Fellowship with the University of South Florida.
He is a member of the American College of Cardiology, Heart Failure Society of America, The International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation and the Pulmonary Hypertension Association.
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Jennifer Anne Fleeman, PsyD
Rehabilitation Psychology
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Dr. Fleeman received a Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) degree in Clinical Psychology from the Georgia School of Professional Psychology, with an emphasis in Neuropsychology. She subsequently completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Neuropsychology at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Over the nearly 20 years of her career in psychology, Dr. Fleeman has treated patients with various medical and behavioral health diagnoses, with a particular focus on working with individuals and families coping with neurological conditions. She has engaged in research in areas including biopsychosocial factors involved in adjustment to medical issues as well as interdisciplinary approaches to cognitive rehabilitation.
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