Health & Wellness Council Meeting

On behalf of health & Wellness Council Co-Chairs Maia Mediavilla (Vi at Aventura) and Dr. Sachi (Sachi Wisdom), we invite you to join us for our monthly meeting.

The Continued Impact of Covid-19:
How it is still affecting us and our local economy
 
Expert panel providing updates and answering your questions about:
- Available Funding Sources
- Business & Labor Market
- Vaccinations & Medical Treatments
- Tips for Additional Immunity Support

Panelists: 

Andrew James Forster, MD
Internal Medicine Physician | Baptist Health

Cheryl L. Holder
Associate Dean for D, E &I and Community Initiatives &  Associate Professor | Florida International University

Marc Weinstein, Ph.D.
Director, MS in Human Resource Management, Clinical Professor, Department of Global Leadership and Management
| College of BusinessFlorida International University

Ravi S Gajendran, Ph.D.:
Dept. Chair-Global Leadership and Management (GLAM)
Associate Professor and Alvah Chapman Eminent Scholar Endowment Chair
| College of Business Florida International University

Richard Pototsky
Founder of Miami CFO

Dr. Sachi
Sachi Wisdom | Health & Wellness Co-Chair

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Mission Statement
To facilitate communication between and among the members of the Health & Wellness community and the Miami Beach community at large in order to (a) increase awareness that impacts individuals and businesses and (b) identify and create business opportunities between them.

Andrew Forster, M.D., is an internal medicine physician with Baptist Health Primary Care and a member of Baptist Health Medical Group, an organization of more than 180 physicians in multiple specialties integrated within Baptist Health South Florida. He specializes in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of health issues, including simple and complex health concerns, chronic disease management, minor emergencies, urgent care and the coordination of care with specialists. A native of Liverpool, England, Dr. Forster received his medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans. Before attending medical school, he earned a Master of Public Health and a Master of Arts in Latin American Studies from the University of California Los Angeles. He completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida. 

Cheryl L. Holder is board certified in Internal Medicine and has dedicated her medical career to serving underserved populations. She began her career in 1987 as a National Health Service Corp Scholar working with medically underserved communities in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Under the tutelage of Lynn Carmichael, MD, known as the “father of Family Medicine,” Holder supervised University of Miami Family Medicine Residents during their Internal Medicine rotation at Jackson Memorial Hospital. From 1990 to 2009, Holder served as Medical Director for Jackson Health System’s North Dade Health Center. As Medical Director, she developed an HIV care and treatment program with funding through the Ryan White Care Act.

Marc Weinstein, Ph.D. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996) is Clinical Professor of Management at Florida International University in Miami, Florida.  Dr. Weinstein specializes in the areas of occupational safety and health and employee wellness. He has published in a wide range of journals including Applied Ergonomics, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Journal of Management Research, International Journal of Occupational Environmental Health and The Journal of Construction and Engineering Management.

Ravi Gajendran is an Associate Professor in the Department of Global Leadership and Management at Florida International University. Prior to joining FIU, Dr. Gajendran worked as an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the College of Business at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  Dr. Gajendran’s research interests include virtual work arrangements such as telecommuting, virtual teams, distributed teams and computer-mediated communication.

Ned Murray, Ph.D., AICP is the Associate Director of the Metropolitan Center at Florida International University in Miami. Dr. Murray is a leading expert on economic and housing market issues in South Florida. He has authored many of the landmark affordable housing needs studies including the leading studies for Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, Broward and Monroe Counties. He was also the Principal Investigator on the Broward County Housing Linkage Fee Nexus Study and Rental Housing Study for Palm Beach and Martin Counties. Dr. Murray has recently completed and presented Housing Market Update and Municipal Scorecard studies for Palm Beach and Broward Counties and the South Florida Workforce Housing Needs Assessment. Dr. Murray developed the “Municipal Scorecard for Affordable Housing Delivery©” model which was used to evaluate affordable housing performance in Palm Beach and Broward Counties. Dr. Murray also has over twenty years of professional urban planning experience, including 12 years as a former Director of Planning and Development in Massachusetts. He holds a Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Dr. Murray has authored and presented numerous papers on economic development, affordable housing and urban planning, including articles published in Economic Development Quarterly (EDQ), the Economic Development Journal, the Journal of Public Affairs Education and the Council for Urban Economic Development’s Commentary.