In a recent election, 26 physicians were selected to serve four-year terms as department chiefs and division directors at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. Medical staff leaders are responsible for clinical oversight and overall quality of care within their respective areas.
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Department Chief and Division Directors (January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2023):
- Adolescent Medicine: Metee Comkornruecha, MD
- Allergy & Immunology: Vivian Hernandez-Trujillo, MD
- Cardiovascular Surgery: Redmond Burke, MD
- Clinical Genetics & Metabolism: Parul B. Jayakar, MD
- Clinical Psychology: Marisa Azaret, PsyD
- Dentistry: Jorge Landa, DMD
- Dermatology: Ana M. Duarte, MD
- Emergency Medicine: M. Antonella Denaro, DO
- Endocrinology: Alejandro Diaz, MD
- Gastroenterology: Alisa J Muñiz Crim, MD
- Hematology/Oncology: Enrique A. Escalon, MD
- Hospitalist Services: Veronica Etinger, MD
- Infectious Diseases: Otto Ramos, MD
- Neonatology: Magaly Diaz-Barbosa, MD
- Nephrology: Felix I. Ramirez-Seijas, MD
- Neurosurgery: John Ragheb, MD
- Ophthalmology: Roberto Warman, MD
- Otolaryngology: Andres F. Orjuela, MD
- Pathology: Steven Melnick, PhD, MD
- Pediatric Medicine: William Muiños, MD
- Plastic Surgery: S. Anthony Wolfe, MD
- Psychiatry: Americo F. Padilla, MD
- Pulmonology: Antonio M. Rodriguez, MD
- Radiology: Nolan Altman, MD
- Rheumatology: Rafael F. Rivas-Chacon, MD
- Urology: Rafael Gosalbez, MD
About Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Where Your Child Matters Most ™ (2025)
For 75 years, Nicklaus Children's has stood as a beacon of hope for children and families across the state of Florida and beyond. Nicklaus Children's Hospital is South Florida's #1 nonprofit, freestanding specialty licensed hospital exclusively for children serving close to 70 percent of children in the Miami metropolitan community. In addition, Nicklaus Children's offers care within NCH North Hospital in Naples, Jupiter Medical Center's De George Pediatric Unit and select Baptist Health Hospital pediatric emergency units. The hospital and its network of more of nearly 35 outpatient care locations offer lifesaving care in in Miami-Dade, Broward, Martin, and Palm Beach counties. These outpatient locations include an array of urgent care, pediatric primary care, and subspecialty care centers and are either hospital-based or outpatient locations under Nicklaus Children's Pediatric Specialists, LLC (NCPS). Providing a pipeline of future physicians and groundbreaking research, Nicklaus Children's is an academic and clinical affiliate of Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. Nicklaus Children's is home to centers of excellence including the Helen & Jacob Shaham Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute, the Nicklaus Children's Orthopedics, Sports Health and Spine Institute, Nicklaus Children's Neuroscience Institute and Nicklaus Children's Heart Institute. The 325-bed hospital is renowned for excellence in all aspects of pediatric medicine, with many programs routinely ranked among the nation's best by U.S. News & World Report since 2008. Nicklaus Children's also includes a nonprofit physician practice subsidiary with over 40 specialties, and an ambulatory surgery center. For more information visit, https://www.nicklauschildrens.org.