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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="14cd2fa2egerdp.jpg"> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Richard W Pomerantz, MD, PA</B></div> <div> Board Certified in Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >     |    </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Richard W Pomerantz, MD, PA"><U> home</U></A></FONT></div> <div> <B>About Us</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Medical Conditions"><U>Medical Conditions</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Procedures"><U>Procedures</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id59.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Medications"><U>Medications</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U>Links</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Disclaimer"><U>Disclaimer</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Notice of Privacy Practices"><U>Notice of Privacy Practices</U></A></div> <div> About Us</div> <div> <IMG SRC="165c6180.jpg" border=0 width="198" height="280" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10"> </div> <div> <B>Richard W. Pomerantz, MD, FCCP</B></div> <div> Dr. Pomerantz is Board Certified in Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, and Internal Medicine.  He is also a specialist in Sleep Medicine. </div> <div> <B>Hospital Affiliations</B></div> <div> <B><U>Jupiter Medical Center</U></B></div> <div> <I>Member, Corporate Board of Jupiter Medical Center (2002 - Present)</I></div> <div> <I>Member, Intensive Care Unit Committee </I><I>(2001 - Present)</I></div> <div> <I>Secretary / Treasurer of the Medical Staff (2003)</I></div> <div> <I>Medical Director, Intensive Care Unit (2002 - 2003)</I></div> <div> <I>Chair, </I><I>Intensive Care Unit Committee (2002 - 2003)</I></div> <div> <I>Member, Special Studies Steering Committee (2001 - 2003)</I></div> <div> <I>Member, Sleep Committee (2000 - 2003)</I></div> <div> <I>Principle Investigator, Heart Failure in ICU Study (2002 - 2003)</I></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center</U></B></div> <div> <I>Vice-Chief of the Medical Staff (2005 - Present)</I></div> <div> <I>Chair, Credentials Committee (2005 - Present)</I></div> <div> <I>Member, By-Laws Committee (2004 - Present)</I></div> <div> <I>Chair, Pharmacy Committee (2004 - 2005)</I></div> <div> <I>Member, Critical Care Committee (2001 - 2004)</I></div> <div> <I>Member, Facilities Resource Improvement Committee (2001 - Present)</I></div> <div> <I>Member, Infection Control Committee (2002 - Present)</I></div> <div> <B>Community Activities</B></div> <div> <B><U>American Lung Association</U></B></div> <div> <I>Member, Advisory Board (2005 - Present)</I></div> <div> <I>Medical Advisor, Pulmonary Fibrosis Support Group</I></div> <div> <B>Professional Associations</B></div> <div> <I>American Academy of Sleep Medicine</I></div> <div> <I>American </I><I>College of Chest Physicians</I></div> <div> <I>American </I><I>Thoracic Society</I></div> <div> <I>Florida Thoracic Society</I></div> <div> <I>Palm Beach County Medical Society</I></div> <div> <I> Society of Critical Care Medicine</I></div> <div> <B>Education & Training</B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Fellowship</B></FONT>, <I>Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine</I></div> <div> The Ohio State University;  Columbus, Ohio</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Residency</B></FONT>, <I>Internal Medicine</I></div> <div> The Ohio State University;  Columbus, Ohio</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Medical School</B></FONT>, <I>Medical Doctor</I></div> <div> Medical College of Ohio;  Toledo, Ohio</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Undergraduate</B></FONT>, <I>BS, Electrical Engineering</I></div> <div> The Ohio State University;  Columbus, Ohio</div> <div> <B>Honors and Awards</B></div> <div> James V. Warren Award, 1999</div> <div> <I>Most Outstanding Research Fellow</I></div> <div> <B>The Ohio State University School of Medicine</B></div> <div> Biomedicine '98 Trainee Award, 1998</div> <div> <B>American Federation of Medical Researchers</B></div> <div> National Research Science Award, 1998</div> <div> <B>National Institutes of Health</B></div> <div> Young Investigator Award, 1998</div> <div> <B>Central Society for Clinical Research</B></div> <div> Member, 1993 <I>“Top 10% Medical School Graduates”</I></div> <div> <B>Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society</B></div> <div> MD/PhD Scholarship, 1991</div> <div> <B>Medical College of Ohio</B></div> <div> MCO Student Research Fellowship, 1990</div> <div> <B>Medical College of Ohio</B></div> <div> JM Scaffe Family WIP Scholarship, 1990</div> <div> <B>Medical College of Ohio, WSU School of Medicine</B></div> <div> Gee Memorial Scholar in Electrical Engineering, 1988</div> <div> <B>The Ohio State University</B></div> <div> <B>Lectures</B></div> <div> <I>Sleep Apnea and Lung Disease</I></div> <div> <B>Lung Health Education Forum</B></div> <div> American Lung Association of Southeast Florida: April 2005</div> <div> <I>Maintaining Healthy Lungs</I></div> <div> <B>1</B><B>st</B><B> Planned Giving Seminar</B></div> <div> American Lung Association of Southeast Florida: February 2005</div> <div> <I>Understanding Diagnostic Tests For Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis</I></div> <div> <B>Pulmonary Fibrosis Support Group</B></div> <div> American Lung Association of Southeast Florida: January 2005</div> <div> <I>Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Sleepiness</I></div> <div> <B>AWAKE Sleep Apnea Support Group</B></div> <div> Jupiter Medical Center: January 2005</div> <div> <I>Update on Treatment and Diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis</I></div> <div> <B>Pulmonary Fibrosis Support Group</B></div> <div> American Lung Association of Southeast Florida: November 2004</div> <div> <I>Asthma and Adult Respiratory Disease</I></div> <div> <B>Soaring Eagles Educational Seminar</B></div> <div> American Lung Association of Southeast Florida: July 2004</div> <div> <I>Current Therapy Options in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis</I></div> <div> <B>Pulmonary Fibrosis Support Group</B></div> <div> American Lung Association of Southeast Florida: November 2003</div> <div> <I>Adult Asthma and What Parents of Asthmatic Children Need to Know</I></div> <div> <B>Soaring Eagles Educational Seminar</B></div> <div> American Lung Association of Southeast Florida: July 2003</div> <div> <I>Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Update</I></div> <div> <B>Pulmonary Lecture Series</B></div> <div> Jupiter Medical Center: April 2003</div> <div> <I>Advances in Bronchoscopy</I></div> <div> <B>Professional Education Seminar</B></div> <div> Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center: April 2003</div> <div> <I>Lung Cancer Update: New Diagnostic Techniques</I></div> <div> <B>Lung Cancer Awareness Month: Community Lecture Series</B></div> <div> Jupiter Medical Center: November 2002</div> <div> <I>Pulmonary Fibrosis Diagnosis & Treatment Update</I></div> <div> <B>Pulmonary Lecture Series</B></div> <div> Jupiter Medical Center: November 2002</div> <div> <I>Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Update</I></div> <div> <B>Pulmonary Fibrosis Support Group</B></div> <div> American Lung Association of Southeast Florida: November 2002</div> <div> <I>Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia</I></div> <div> <B>Professional Education Seminar </B></div> <div> American Lung Association of Southeast Florida: January 2002</div> <div> <I>Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome</I></div> <div> <B>CCRN Review Course</B></div> <div> Jupiter Medical Center: July 2001</div> <div> <I>Asthma Update: New Therapies</I></div> <div> <B>Asthma Awareness Week: Community Lecture Series</B></div> <div> Jupiter Medical Center: May 2001</div> <div> <I>Post-Polio Syndrome & Pulmonary Disease</I></div> <div> <B>Post-Polio Support Group of Palm Beach County</B></div> <div> Palm Beach, FL: April 2001</div> <div> <I>Sleepy, While Being Treated for Sleep Apnea</I></div> <div> <B>Sleep Apnea Support Group</B></div> <div> Jupiter Medical Center: March 2001</div> <div> <I>Lung Cancer Update: New Diagnostic Techniques</I></div> <div> <B>Lung Cancer Awareness Month: Community Lecture Series</B></div> <div> Jupiter Medical Center: November 2000</div> <div> <I>Ventilator Strategies in Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome</I></div> <div> <B>PBCC RT Respiratory Review Course</B></div> <div> Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center: March 2000</div> <div> <I>Lung Cancer Update: Advances in Screening for Lung Cancer</I></div> <div> <B>Lung Cancer Awareness Month: Community Lecture Series</B></div> <div> Jupiter Medical Center: November 1999</div> <div> <I>Near Drowning, Asthma, COPD</I></div> <div> <B>CCRN Review Course</B></div> <div> Jupiter Medical Center: July 1999</div> <div> <I>Consultation: Cyanosis</I></div> <div> <B>Pulmonary Grand Rounds</B></div> <div> The Ohio State University Medical Center: October 1998</div> <div> <I>MCSF Protects Monocytes from Apoptosis Through an Oxidant-Mediated Pathway</I></div> <div> <B>American Thoracic Society</B></div> <div> Chicago IL: April 1998</div> <div> <I>MCSF Protects Monocytes from Apoptosis Through an Oxidant-Mediated Pathway</I></div> <div> <B>American Federation Medical Researchers</B></div> <div> Washington DC: April 1998</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>