Hollywood Medical Center recently was recognized as one of the country’s top 100 teaching hospitals.
The announcement was made by HCIA Inc. and Mercer Health Care Provider Consulting, two national health care consulting firms that surveyed hospitals nationwide.
“We feel very proud about the distinction,” says Elisa Dansky, a spokeswoman for the medical center. Dansky said the 324-bed medical center is a teaching hospital for podiatry residents, who come from affiliated universities and hospitals. It was selected in the category of teaching hospitals with 250 or more beds.
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Broward Community College released the names of 120 students who will be listed in the 1996 edition of Who’s Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges.
Earlier this year, 30 other BCC students were selected.
The South Broward County students are: Barbara Barotz, Lotham Brown, Phillip Davis, David Harper, Cynthia Huntington, James Richardson and Tanya Wilson of Pembroke Pines; Bonney Bailey and Vicki Wilson of Cooper City; Deanne Etchison, Edward Hanson, Jinny Lay and Leslie Modlics of Davie.
Also named were Edward Blackwell, Edward Chevrez, Jennifer Elias, Tracy Etmanczuk, Norma Gomez, Elizabeth Graham, John Kochkerian, Alan Sookhoo, Eynat Tauber and Linh Tran of Hollywood and George Ganescu of Hallandale.
The students were selected for academic achievement, community service, potential for continued success and leadership in extra curricular activities.
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Mercy and Almo Notari of Cooper City are proud of their daughter, Adria Notari.
Notari, 21, a senior at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y., earned her first varsity letter in cross country this fall.
Mercy Notari describes her daughter as a child most parents would like to have.
“She’s a wonderful person,” she says. “She’ll be an asset in any field she wants to go in.”
Adria Notari, a 1992 graduate of Coral Gables High School, enrolled in the academy to serve her country and to take advantage of educational opportunities.
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