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Goals and Objectives
Patient Care Competency
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Salary and Benefits
Salary PGY4 $66,100 PGY5 $68,700 PGY6 $71,400 Additional Benefits 3 weeks of vacation Bi-weekly food/coffee stipend
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Application Process
The gastroenterology fellowship at Orlando Health participates in the National Residency Match Program (NRMP) and all applications are accepted through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS®).
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Research
Fellows will be encouraged to pursue independent research under the mentorship of faculty. At the conclusion of the first year, fellows will choose a mentor and begin to construct a research project. Trainees are encouraged to develop protocols and obtain Orlando Health IRB approval. Five months will be allocated towards research endeavors during the three-year training program. All fellows will work towards successful completion of a research project, including data acquisition, interpretation of findings, statistical analysis, and abstract development. It is expected that preliminary work from the research will be submitted in abstract format to either the American Gastroenterological Association, American College of Gastroenterology or American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases endorsed conferences.
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Didactic Teaching
Didactic teaching will include ongoing conference series in different formats and topics to provide foundation for a robust clinical experience.
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Daphne Pineda, MD
Dr. Daphne Pineda, often called “Daph” by friends and family, was born in Guatemala but grew up in Central New Jersey. She attended Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ and then transferred to Stetson University in Deland, FL. Dr. Pineda attended medical school at St. George's University in Grenada, West Indies, followed by completing her residency at St Peter's University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ, and her fellowship at Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, GA. Her medical interests include neonatal feeding and nutrition and neonatal simulation. Dr. Pineda was recently published in the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (Pineda D, Bingham R, Gates A, Thompson AB, Stansfield BK. Acid/base balance in fortified donor human milk: an experimental study. J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2023;1‐7. doi:10.1002/jpen.2537). Outside of work, she enjoys reading a good non-medical book, exploring trails and parks with her 2 yr old lab/boxer mix and traveling.
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Nicole Paradise Black, MD
Dr. Paradise Black received her undergraduate degree from The College of William and Mary and her medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine. She completed her pediatric residency at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., and went on to do a chief residency year at The Barbara Bush’s Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center. She spent two years working as a general and neonatal hospitalist at a community hospital for The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and then was a member of the University of Florida faculty from 2005-2024. Dr. Paradise Black served as the Associate Chair of Education for the University of Florida Department of Pediatrics from 2017-2024 and was the program director for the residency program from 2010-2022.
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Dr. Jessica Lauren Ruoss
Dr. Lauren Ruoss was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming but considers Florida her home. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree at Florida State University where she was a Division 1 collegiate diver on the swimming/diving team. She earned her medical degree at Florida State University, solidifying her love for the FSU Seminoles. Upon graduation, she completed her pediatric residency and was Chief Resident at the Medical University of South Carolina before completing her neonatology fellowship training in Boston at Boston Children’s Hospital in the Harvard University combined program.
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Zeromeh Gerber, MD
Dr. Zeromeh Gerber is originally from Jamaica and moved to Florida after high school to attend Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne. Her medical career has taken her all over the United States including Howard University in Washington, D.C. and Baylor College of Medicine in Texas.
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Emilie Marie Flament, DO
Dr. Flament was born in Paris, France, and moved to Orlando, Florida, while in middle school. She attended Florida Southern College and graduated with a degree in biology, while also competing on the cross country and track teams. Following graduation, she attended Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM – Bradenton) where she met her future husband. Dr. Flament and her husband both matched and completed their residencies at Prisma Health Upstate in Greenville, South Carolina. They are excited to be coming back home to Orlando for her neonatology fellowship. In her spare time, Dr. Flament enjoys traveling, running triathlons, sailing, and spending time with her orange tabby, Ollie.
