Graduate Medical Education Program

Welcome Message from Dr. Anais Cortes, MD

Welcome to Palmetto General Hospital’s Graduate Medical Education Program. Palmetto General Hospital provides a supportive and challenging educational environment within which residents & fellows from diverse backgrounds can prepare themselves for careers characterized by a commitment to excellence in service to others through patient care, research, teaching, and lifelong learning. We strive to train and nurture our residents to be competent, compassionate and forward-looking professionals who will lead the way for tomorrow's healthcare.

Our dedicated and experienced teaching faculty continually seeks to ensure that all our residents receive high-quality and safe clinical training, whilst also providing the guidance, resources and support required for them to develop their full potential as specialist physicians.

If you share the same passion to deliver excellent patient care, uphold the public service ethos, and always placing the patient’s interests first, join us as we look forward to embark on this journey with you to become the professional for tomorrow’s healthcare.

Thank you for your interest in the Residency and Fellowship programs of Palmetto General Hospital.

Dr. Anais Cortes, MD
Anais.Cortes@steward.org

Higher Education | Higher Calling

Thank you for your interest in training at Palmetto General Hospital. The choice of a residency program is one of the first important decisions that you will make as you embark career in medicine.  Palmetto General Hospital, in affiliation with Nova Southeastern University, offers graduates a premier education and training that will prepare them for a lifetime of healing and serving.

Residency Programs offered in:

Fellowship Opportunities available in:


For more information, please contact the appropriate program coordinator within the Graduate Medical Education Department.

Palmetto General Hospital
7100 Medical Office Building
2001 W. 68th Street, Suite 202
Hialeah, FL 33016
(305) 823-5000
(305) 822-8347

Family Medicine Program Coordinator:
Sylvia Rivera
Sylvia.Rivera@steward.org
(305) 823-5000 Ext. 7768

Internal Medicine Program Coordinators:
Reava Felix
reava.felix@steward.org

Gina Lancia
gina.lancia@steward.org
(305) 823-5000 Ext. 7780

Marie Filias
marie.filias@steward.org
(305) 823-5000 Ext. 7764

Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, Infectious Disease Program Coordinator:
Gloria T. Montecelo
gloria.montecelo@steward.org
(305) 823- 5000 Ext 7785

Neurology Program Coordinator:
Francesca Villanueva
francesca.villanueva@steward.org
(305) 823-5000 Ext. 7758

GME Manger:
Danays Hernandez
danays.hernandez@steward.org
(305) 823- 5000 Ext. 7766