TGH/TGMG - Hospital Medicine
Meet our staff
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.
Danielle Veru, PA
Jeffrey Lester, MD
Wound Care
About
Dr. Lester treats patients 18 years of age and older.
Dr. Lester is recognized by the NCQA Diabetes Recognition Program.
Yamil Miranda-Usua, MD
Family Medicine
About
Dr. Miranda-Usúa is a board-certified family medicine physician. He attended the Universidad Central Del Caribe School of Medicine in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, and completed his residency at Headquarters Air Armament Center at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.
As an undergraduate, Dr. Miranda-Usúa studied biology and political science at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, FL. Dr. Miranda-Usúa completed his family medicine internship at Headquarters Air Armament Center at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.
Dr. Miranda-Usúa is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Uniformed Services Academy of Family Physicians, and the Florida Academy of Family Physicians.
Dr. Miranda-Usúa speaks English and Spanish.
Dr. Miranda-Usúa treats patients of all ages.
Dr. Miranda-Usúa is recognized by the NCQA Diabetes Recognition Program.
Raymond A Petrus, DO
Family Medicine
About
Dr. Petrus treats patients 18 years of age and older.
Kimberly Lamartin, MD
Internal Medicine
About
She has served as an attending physician in several community healthcare programs including the Health Park 30th Street Internal Medicine Resident Clinic and Geriatric Workforce Enforcement Program Clinic.
Dr. LaMartin's health care interests include preventive care. She is a member of the American College of Physicians and American Geriatrics Society.
Dr. LaMartin treats patients 18 years and older.
This provider is not accepting new patients at this time
This provider is not accepting new patients at this time
This provider is not accepting new patients at this time
Aman Mayur Shah, MD
Heart Failure and Transplantation Cardiology
About
Dr. Aman M. Shah is an advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologist at the Tampa General Hospital (TGH) Heart & Vascular Institute, where he delivers precise, patient-centered care for individuals with complex cardiovascular disease. His clinical expertise spans the full spectrum of cardiovascular disease and advanced heart failure care, including cardiomyopathy assessment, infiltrative cardiomyopathy (amyloidosis, sarcoidosis, etc), temporary and durable mechanical circulatory support, heart transplantation, and invasive hemodynamic assessment with right-heart catheterization, endomyocardial biopsy, and implantable hemodynamic monitoring technologies.
Dr. Shah serves as Medical Director of Tampa General Hospital’s Centralized Heart Failure Remote Monitoring Program, leading a system-wide, data-driven program that integrates wearable and implantable technologies to enable proactive heart failure management, early detection of clinical deterioration, and timely escalation to advanced therapies. Dr. Shah also serves as Co-Director of the Cardiac Amyloidosis Program, leading the growth of a multidisciplinary initiative focused on early diagnosis and access to the latest disease-modifying therapies.
Dr. Shah serves as principal investigator in several clinical trials, has published in leading peer-reviewed journals, lectured nationally and internationally, and serves on several advisory boards and professional committees. He is a member of several professional societies including the Heart Failure Society of America and the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, an Alpha Omega Alpha honoree, and has received multiple awards for teaching excellence. He speaks English and Gujarati.
He earned his medical degree from Albany Medical College and completed his internal medicine residency, cardiovascular disease fellowship, and advanced heart failure and transplant fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center in New York, where he also served as chief fellow. Prior to joining TGH, Dr. Shah served as Associate Director of the Advanced Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support Program and Director of Infiltrative Cardiomyopathy at Saint Francis Hospital in New York, where he developed one of the nation’s largest CardioMEMS programs and enhanced advanced heart failure outcomes in Long Island, New York.
This provider is not accepting new patients at this time