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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.
Akif Ahmad, MD
Family Medicine
About
Dr. Ahmad has provided comprehensive family medicine care to the Tampa Bay area community since 2015. Before joining Tampa General Medical Group, he treated patients at Evara Health (formerly known as Community Health Centers of Pinellas) in St. Petersburg. Meanwhile, he served as a clinical assistant professor and clinical preceptor for medical students at Nova Southeastern University. Dr. Ahmad was also a clinical preceptor for medical students at the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville after moving to the United States from Pakistan to begin his family medicine career.
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.
Philippe Chain, MD
Family Medicine
About
Dr. Chain is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) and Connecticut Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP). Previously, he volunteered as a member of the medical professional team for the Boston Marathon and as an assistant coach for the North Bay Down Syndrome Society Special Olympic athletes. Dr. Chain is fluent in both English and French.
Dr. Chain treats patients of all ages.
Dr. Chain is recognized by the NCQA Diabetes Recognition Program.
Elzbieta Kolanko, MD
Family Medicine
About
Dr. Koslacz-Kolanko's previous experience includes practicing as a family medicine provider and medical director at the Kenosha County Health Center in Kenosha, WI. Her professional interests include community health, disease prevention and management of chronic disease. She is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the Florida Medical Association.
Outside the office, Dr. Koslacz-Kolanko enjoys traveling, cooking, and spending time with family and friends. She is fluent in English and Polish.
Dr. Koslacz-Kolanko treats patients 12 years of age and older.
Kervin Doctor, MD
Family Medicine
About
Dr. Doctor has participated in medical mission and international work in India serving rural, tribal and indigent populations and assisting setup of new clinics in these areas. She is a member of several professional organizations including the American Academy of Family Physicians, American Medical Association, Association of American Physicians of Indian Origins and American Medical Women's Association.
Dr. Doctor treats patients of all ages.
This provider is not accepting new patients at this time
This provider is not accepting new patients at this time
Keith Eric Sommers, MD
Thoracic Surgical Oncology
About
Dr. Sommers' skill and expertise in minimally invasive lung and chest surgery have earned him national recognition. His robotic lobectomy technique for lung cancer is being utilized as a teaching tool for other thoracic surgeons.
Dr. Sommers' surgical skill is matched by his extensive teaching and administrative experience. In addition to spending more than a decade on the medical staff at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, he was also, the medical Staff Executive Committee President at Moffitt, an associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, a founding surgical director of the Tampa General Hospital lung transplant program, and the director of the Heart Transplant Group at Tampa General Hospital.
Dr. Sommers has won numerous awards and has over 50 publications, presentations and abstracts in his name.
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.
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
This provider is not accepting new patients at this time