Services for the LGBTQ+ Community

Meet some of our physician allies:

Primary Care Physicians

• University of Miami Faculty and Resident Practice - Wilton Manors
• University of Miami Faculty and Resident Practice - North Ridge
• Jason Ceavers, MD
• Robert Gioia, DO
• Anibal Loza, MD
• Maya Lucas, MD

Administration

• Jose Lopez, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer

Dermatology

• Jason Green, DO

Gastroenterology

• Alex X Mercado-Irizarry, MD
• Daniel S Kosches, MD

Hematology & Oncology

• Michel Velez, MD
• Simon Blanc, MD

Infectious Diseases

• Margaret Gorensek, MD
• Carlos Guerra, MD

Internal Medicine

• Erica Wigdor, DO
• Irina Privorotskaya, MD
• Laura Alvarez Orduz, MD
• Maya Lucas, MD

Obstetrics and Gynecology

• Adib A Chidiac, MD
• Diana English, MD

Orthopedics

• Brian H Fingado, MD
• David H Gilbert, MD
• Fernando J Manalac, MD (Orthopedic Sports Medicine)
• Jennifer L Boeri, DPM
• Logan R Kaleta, PsyD (Orthopedic Sports Medicine)
• Razvan Nicolescu, MD
• Ross Wodicka, MD (Orthopedic Surgery)

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

• William B Ward Jr., MD
• Jessica Arias Garau, MD
• Dellene Troy, DO

Urology

• Ishai Ross, MD
• Mohammed T Azaiza, DO
   

Allergy and Immunology 

• Shahid R Randhawa, MD

Bariatric Surgery / General Surgery

• Michael A Perez, MD
• Francisco Bermudez, MD

Breast Surgical Oncology

• Jessica Burgers, MD

Colorectal Surgery / Anal Cancer

• Elie Schochet, MD

Cardiology 

• Charles Russo, MD
• Karan Munuswamy, MD
• Alex Llanos, MD
• Josh Purow, MD
• Joshua Larned, MD
• Erik Andrew Sylvin, MD (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
   

Emergency Department

• John Cunha, DO
• William Korey, MD

Endocrinology

• Ryan Kunstadt, MD
• Maria del Mar Morales Hernandez, MD
• Sebastian Perez-Martinez, MD

Family Medicine

• Ian Singer, DO
• Ezra Fox, DO
• Lianna Navar, MD
• Michelle Dzung, DO
• Peach Supupramai, DO
• Rochelle Samarasekera, DO
   

Geriatrics

• Theresa Dawson, MD

Pulmonology

• Frank Hull, MD
• Randall S Schwartz, MD

Nephrology

• Rafael Baez, MD

Neurology

• Aaron Brooking, DO (Neurological Surgery)
• Iman Dabiri, MD
• Jennifer M Carrasquillo, MD

Radiation Oncology

• Vivek N Patel, MD

Rheumatology

• Mathew C Farbman, DO
• Yesenia Santiago-Casas, MD
  
   

Points of Interest

Inclusive Care

Holy Cross Health has an LGBTQ+ and trans inclusive policy for providing care

Health Resources

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Transgender Care

Community resources include:

University of Miami

• LGBTQ+ Services | University of Miami Health System (umiamihealth.org)
• Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy | LGBTQ+ Services | University of Miami Health System (umiamihealth.org)

Jackson Health Org

• Jackson Health System Named “Leader In LGBTQ Healthcare Equality” for 7th Year
• Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Services in Miami, FL (jacksonhealth.org)

As a Catholic faith-based healthcare provider, we follow the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services of the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops, which prohibit certain surgeries for transgender care.

S.P.I.R.I.T at Holy Cross Health

S.P.I.R.I.T = Showing Pride, Inclusiveness, Respect & Integrity at Trinity Health seeks to promote visibility and awareness of the LGBTQ+ community within Trinity Health and serves as an internal advisory committee focused on LGBTQ+ patient care issues.
 

Important Information About Transgender Health Care at Holy Cross Health

At Holy Cross Health our goal is to deliver compassionate, high-quality, and affordable health services to all, including transgender patients and their families, offering a wide range of transgender health care at our inpatient and outpatient facilities. Guided by robust policies, Holy Cross Health prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression and calls on all employees to provide unbiased, respectful, sensitive care to transgender, non-binary, and gender-expansive patients and their families. Our network of care includes but is not limited to, offerings such as hormone therapy, mastectomy, breast augmentation,* orchiectomy, and hysterectomy.

When a service is not available at our location, care is transitioned to a provider within reasonable driving distance that offers the desired service. For example, providers are made aware that some sterilizing procedures, including some surgeries, are not performed at our facility, and in these instances, providers transition a patient’s care to other providers within a reasonable distance, including (see list below).

We welcome inquiries from patients and providers about the wide range of transgender health care available at our facilities. We are deeply committed to providing high-quality, supportive, welcoming care, regardless of gender identity or expression.

**As a general principle, our Catholic facility does not perform sterilizing hysterectomies and orchiectomies on any patient regardless of gender identity or expression and cannot provide “top” surgery for transgender persons “at this time.