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COM Outlook . Spring 2015
CEME SPOTLIGHT
Community Health of
South Florida, Inc.
By Scott Colton, B.A., APR
COM/HPD Director of Medical Communications and Public Relations
ommunity Health of South
Florida, Inc. (CHI) is a
nonprofit health care or-
ganization with nearly 45 years of
experience providing health care to a
rapidly growing and highly diverse
population. The Brodes H. Hartley Jr.
Teaching Health Center at CHI is the
very first federally qualified health
center to become a teaching health
center in Florida as of June 2014.
“Our vision to become an educa-
tional institution of excellence is now
realized,” said Colonel Brodes H.
Hartley, Jr., CHI president and CEO.
“Community Health of South Florida
is now contributing to the national
effort to train primary care clinicians
to meet the needs of the many newly
insured from the Affordable Care
Act. It also brings a higher level of
quality to the organization.”
CHI’s graduate medical education
program is fully accredited by the
American Osteopathic Association,
while its ambulatory, laboratory, and
behavioral health services are accred-
ited by The Joint Commission. In ad-
dition, CHI is designated as a Level 3
patient-centered medical home by the
National Committee on Quality As-
surance—the highest level attainable.
The first residency class began
in June 2014 and includes 12 resi-
dents—three in family medicine, five
in psychiatry and four in obstetrics
and gynecology. While residents will
graduate with CHI as their official
training site, they also rotate through
local hospitals and with local special-
ists. Larkin Community Hospital and
Jackson South Community Hospital
serve as affiliated hospitals, while
NSU’s College of Osteopathic Medi-
cine serves as the academic sponsor.
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Residents James Pfeifer, D.O.,
Shannon Meador, D.O., and
Michael Tonsor, D.O., listening
to Dr. St. Anthony Amofah as he
explains a patient’s care in the
Urgent Care Department.
