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Dr. Stephanie Aubrey is part of the faculty at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences. She has been able to assist the next generation of Physical Therapy Doctors with the basics of patient interaction and skills needed to succeed in the healthcare environment. She is also the founder of Southern Phoenix Physical Therapy and Wellness Center INC., a not-for-profit organization that is dedicated to providing wellness and physical therapy services to first responders and veterans. In addition to being the founder, Dr. Aubrey has created specialized evaluation and treatment plans customized to the needs of this challenging population.

Dr. Aubrey is also one of the creators of EPI Conferences Fall Prevention Certificate Program. The Fall Prevention Program is an all-encompassing guide for healthcare and physical rehabilitation professionals that cover everything from the anatomy of a fall, treatments based on conditions, and an easy to implement fall prevention program.

Dr. Aubrey currently works as the Health and Wellness Director of Triforce Health, an antiaging, rehabilitation and wellness clinic in St. Augustine, Florida. Dr. Aubrey’s previous experiences at Brooks Rehabilitation and Atlas Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine motivated her to create a new paradigm where clients have the opportunity to work on improving their performance and quality of life. Certified in dry needling, manual therapy, and a number of other modalities, she knows the value of holistic medicine and uses an all-inclusive approach for all of her physiotherapy clients.

Dave is a Business Man, Entrepreneur, Husband, Father and Grandfather. Dave holds a Commercial Pilot’s License and owns a Land Development Company specializing in residential and commercial real estate development. Dave has developed over 200 Million in real estate projects over a 25-year span dealing with bank financing, entitlement work and construction.
Dave has vast and “first hand” experience with multiple litigation events including a 2-year legal battle ending in a judgement against a national bank on 8 counts of fraud. Dave has become an expert on the subject of Asset Protection through a lifetime of “real life” experiences. Dave finds pleasure teaching others about the traps and snares that await those who could very well find themselves unprepared for the legal twists and turns in life that could otherwise be easily navigated through preparation and simple planning.

Sponsored By

Scott A. Hepford is Co-Founder and CEO of Well Cell Global LLC and Well Cell Support LLC, which are multinational healthcare innovation companies that operate under the names Diabetes Relief, RestorMetabolix, Diabetes Relax, and Diabetes Relief Middle East in 40 locations in the USA, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Lebanon, with additional sites underway.  Well Cell’s primary mission is to provide its groundbreaking processes to physicians worldwide, assist in achieving better clinical outcomes, and reduce healthcare costs. To serve millions of patients, Well Cell licenses its patented Physician-Directed Physiologic Insulin Resensitization modality to trained, certified providers. This adjunct modality administers insulin as a hormone rather than a drug as it addresses the primary cause of Diabetes, metabolic failure. By utilizing insulin in a manner that bio-mimics normal physiology, insulin resistance is reduced, helping blood sugar more readily enter each cell and be converted into energy.

Scott A. Hepford is a seasoned entrepreneur, operations executive and biotech innovator with 20+ years’ experience managing and growing public and private companies. His experience spans several industries, including Healthcare, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Private Equity, Oil & Gas, Global Travel, and Information Technology.  He has served as a Fortune 100 executive and has grown companies, divisions, products, and programs. He holds issued patents and trademarks in the Healthcare industry and has consulted for companies ranging from the Fortune 10 to the fortune someday.  Hepford enjoys building highly effective teams through hands-on collaboration and service-based leadership principles.

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Dr. Dolores Farrer is a surgically trained podiatrist whose career has focused on lower extremity wound care for over 27 years.  She has been certified in wound care by the American Board of Wound Management (ABWM) since 2003.  She was the primary investigator in several wound care research projects and currently serves as a board member of the Academy for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC).

Dr. Farrer has worked in private practice, hospitals, wound clinics, and nursing homes. She speaks nationally and enjoys sharing her knowledge and experience as a wound care expert.  She is a graduate of the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine and currently lives in Columbia, SC.  Dr. Farrer is VP of Medical Affairs for TherMidas and is passionate about promoting the use of thermography in the prevention of diabetic foot ulcers.

SPONSORED BY

Mr. Ray Walters, Customer Service Director and Certified HIPAA Security Officer of EPICompliance, a healthcare compliance firm dedicated to assisting medical offices and firms that do business with medical offices keep up with today’s massive regulatory compliance requirements.

EPICompliance has taken 40 combined years of practical legal, medical, and occupational regulatory experience to develop a comprehensive, invaluable tool, designed to protect its customers from HIPAA, ACA/OIG/Medicare & OSHA violations.

Ray’s primary responsibility is ensuring that every day, every month, his customers stay up to date with the ongoing compliance tasks at hand as well as utilizing the EPICompliance tool to its fullest potential.

Before EPICompliance, Ray received his bachelor’s in health administration in 2016 where he began his career as an office manager for several weight loss centers. He did not know the complexities of compliance until his practice was audited – truly a stressful experience – it was then where he developed a passion for helping others avoid this situation by implementing effective compliance programs.

George Kastroulis, CEO of Express Medical Group, has over 25 years of healthcare experience in operations, business development, clinical care and consulting. His focuses is on business growth, expanding profit centers and streamlining processes to achieve a higher level of patient care and increased margins.  Through his strategies, he has successfully grown several medical practices to multimillion dollar companies, some of which were on the brink of bankruptcy.

Mr. Kastroulis’ focus remains in medical, but his passion is on volunteerism in the food world.  He has formed the Putnam Breast Coalition to provide assistance to women of low income in the county he serves.  Additionally, he donates his time both to help people understand the bible and to assist build networks of physicians to assist people in need. In the food world he is CEO of Collected Foods, LLC, a successful spice retail company. There he blends his passions finding innovative uses of retail whole foods in the medical arena. 

Dr. Jose Vazquez Tanus is a board-certified graduate from San Juan Bautista School of Medicine in Puerto Rico. Is a fellowship-trained in Internal
Medicine, Invasive, Non-Invasive & Preventive Cardiology, from Saint Lukes Epicospal & Damas Cardiovascular training program with additional training in Heart Failure from Oshner Clinic, and certified clinical research professional. Dr. Vazquez Tanus is an Associate Professor of Medicine for the Ponce School of Medicine.

Is the founder of Research & Cardiovascular Center and Cardiometabolic Research Center in Ponce Puerto Rico, both dedicated clinical research centers with over 20 years experience as principal investigator in multiple clinical trials in Diabetes Mellitus, Atrial Fibrillation, Vitamin D, Angina, Heart Failure, Arterial Hypertension, Testosterone Optimization Therapy, Endocrine Diseases among others, with different pharmaceutical companies and universities within the United States and Puerto Rico. Also collaborating in writing and implementing clinical research protocols for INH.

Dr. Vazquez Tanus is a recognized National Leader for landmark multi-center clinical trials and recognized national and international speaker; was officially appointed National Leader for the multicenter clinical trial Vericiguat Global Study in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (VICTORIA).

Dr. Vazquez Tanus completed the advanced fellowship in Anti Aging, Regenerative & Functional Medicine, and fellowship training in Sports Medicine is certified in advanced IV Nutrition Therapies, and Stem Cells Therapies, also expert in Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy and certified BioTE physician.

Dr. Vazquez Tanus also completed full training in Clinical Homeopathy by the C.E.D.H. in France. Actually with two successful practices in Ponce PR and Doral Florida

Jorge L. Narvaez a former Medicare auditor of Hospitals in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (1987 -1993) as well as a former Medicare Auditor for Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities and ESRDs (exception requests) in the State of Florida (1993 – 1996) has vast experience with Medicare enrollment matters for all type of providers/facilities.

He was the Chief Operating Officer of a Medicare cost report consulting firm from 1996 to 2000.  Jorge is currently the President & CEO of Healthcare Compliance and Networking, Inc based in Jacksonville, Florida since 2000 and is a firm that specializes in Medicare compliance programs and billing for the outpatient rehabilitation providers.  Jorge has also been part owner on outpatient rehabilitation providers (including mental health).  His experience & exposure to different aspects of healthcare as a former Medicare auditor, as a former owner of healthcare providers and as a third-party biller/consultant has gained him respect in the provider community especially with Rehab Clinics (including therapists in independent practices).

His sense of entrepreneurship has allowed him to be in business for close to 24 years assisting different providers (in different states) with Medicare enrollment matters as well as specialized billing for outpatient rehabilitation facilities. Jorge always strives for efficiency and effectiveness of operations and is always assisting clients to reach their goals following those elements, always understanding that technology is a big part of it.  Among Jorge’s motto, there is “don’t ever try to sell something you won’t buy”, gaining him a reputation of a fair and legitimate team player when adding his organization as part of a Provider’s operational team.

Dr. Yesenia Justiniano is a wound care & Hyperbaric medicine specialist. She has over 10 years’ experience in wound care and hyperbaric medicine and was the founding physician and medical director of several hyperbaric medicine programs in Puerto Rico. Dr. Justiniano’s expertise has been recognized by several organizations and businesses that utilized her knowledge and expertise as a professional speaker on behalf of her organizations.

Dr. Justiniano has also worked as a medical director for multiple organizations. She had led teams of wound care specialists and created protocols that to this date continued to be used by these organizations. Personalized treatment plans created under her supervision offered options that included wound dressings, debridement, compression therapy, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, cellular products, topical growth factors, edema management, and non-invasive vascular assessments.

Dr. Justiniano’s presentations include but are not limited to:

1.      Las Maravillas del Oxígeno – Viva Mayagüez Magazine Año 3 Vol. 2

2.      Las Maravillas del Oxígeno – Buena Vida Magazine , June 2010

3.      El Oxígeno Hiperbárico y Nuestros Deportista – Buena Vida Magazine , July 2010

4.      De Vuelta a la Escuela… Nuevos Retos y Nuevas Soluciones – Buena Vida Magazine, August 2010

5.      Abracadabra… Cirugía sin Bisturí – Buena Vida, September 2010

6.      En guerra contra las ulceras – Periódico Plenitud Dorada, September 2010

7.      Ganándole al dolor… de frente a los efectos de la radiación – Buena Vida Magazine, October 2010

8.      Porque no solo de pan vive el hombre… – Buena Vida Magazine, November 2010

9.      Oxigenación Hiperbárica “magia” después del bisturí – Contorno Magazine, April 2013

Dr. Justiniano received her medical degree from the Universidad Iberoamericana of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.  She has multiple certifications in Wound Care, Wound Healing, and Hyperbaric Medicine. She completed her wound care internship at the Imperial Pointe Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.