Meet Our AdventHealth Waterman Leadership Team

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    Abel Biri

    Chief Executive Officer

  • Anita Young

    Anita Young

    Chief Operating Officer

  • Floriano Putigna, DO

    Floriano Putigna, DO

    Chief Medical Officer

  • Lisa Bowman joins AdventHealth Waterman as CNO effective Oct. 8.

    Lisa Bowman

    Chief Nursing Officer

  • Terry Warren

    Terri Warren

    Market Chief Financial Officer

Meet Our Medical Executive Committee

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Michael Fountain, DO

Michael Fountain, DO

Chief of Staff, Urology

Patricia Elizabeth Smolter, DO

Patricia Smolter, DO

Vice Chief of Staff/Medical Review Chair, Emergency Medicine

Sherryl Gordon, MD

Sherryl Gordon, MD

Secretary/Treasurer, Pediatrics

Jean Emilcar, MD

Jean Emilcar, MD

Anesthesia Chair, Anesthesiology

AHS Staff

Kevan Stewart, MD

Diagnostic Imaging Chair, Interventional Radiology

Kyle Friez, MD

Kyle Friez, MD

Emergency Medicine Chair, Emergency Medicine

John H.B. Frederick, MD

John H.B. Frederick, MD

Medicine Chair, Internal Medicine

Dr. J Henry Lesmes

J. Henry Lesmes, MD

Cardiology Chair, Cardiology

Suparna Rao, MD

Suparna Rao, MD

Hospitalist Chair, Family Medicine

Marilyn Mayne, DO

Marilyn Mayne, DO

OB/PEDS Chair, OB/GYN

Deborah Zeagler, MD

Deborah Zeagler, MD

Pathology Chair, Pathology

Jason Smith, DO

Jason Smith, DO

Surgery Chair, General Surgery

Jason Gerboc, DO

Jason Gerboc, DO

Bylaws Chair, Urology

AHS Staff

Leslie Matesick, DO

Clinical Best Practices Chair, Critical Care Medicine

Rosemary Cirelli, MD

Rosemary Cirelli, MD

Credentials Chair, Pulmonary/Sleep Medicine

Miguel Bryce, MD

Miguel Bryce, MD

Medication Management Chair, Clinical Electrophysiology

Christopher Keeler, DO

Christopher Keeler, DO

Patient Safety/Ethics Chair, General Surgery

Steven Pillow, MD

Steven Pillow, MD

Immediate Past COS, OB/GYN

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Every year, more than 65,000 patients experience a different kind of care at AdventHealth Waterman, formerly Florida Hospital Waterman, in Tavares, Florida. Our doctors, nurses, and staff promote whole-person health through the eight universal aspects of CREATION Life — Choice, Rest, Environment, Activity, Trust, Interpersonal Relationships, Outlook, and Nutrition.

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