Trauma and General Surgeon/Critical Care Intensivist
Lehigh Regional Medical Center/ IU Methodist, University,Riley, Arnett Hospitals
Nelayda Fonte DO FACOS FICS is a graduate of UMDNJ-SOM (Rowan). Completed a general surgery residency at Kennedy Memorial Hospital, completed a TRAUMA/ Surgical Critical Care Fellowship at Cooper Hospital in Camden, NJ. She stayed at this Level 1 trauma center as an attending trauma surgeon for a year, then moved to Florida where Lee Memorial Hospital had received its Level 2 trauma center designation. She found her home in sunny Gulf Coast where she has remained for 27 years. She was Assistant Director of Trauma, Chief of Surgery, and Past President of the Medical Staff. Holding positions in multiple committees including Trauma Multidisciplinary and Morbidity & Mortality Reviews, Credentialling, Physician/Hospital Organization Operating Committee and PHO credentialing, LMHS Surgical Council, LMHS Medical Executive Committee, and facilitating surgical chart reviews for the QI committee. She was actively involved in community outreach and trauma prevention programs sponsored by her trauma department as well as local law enforcement, media, and academic centers, ranging from preschool to the collegiate level, as well as programs geared to trauma prevention in the elderly. Dr Fonte has served in an advisory role to organizations like " Just Drive/ Stay Alive" , Coalition for a Drug Free Southwest Florida, and LifeLink organ procurement organization in her area. Staying close to her Osteopathic Surgical roots, she has been actively involved with the ACOS through committe membership including Nomination Committee,Awards Committee, and the In Depth Review Committee. She has lectured at the ACA, cochaired IDR conference, and had the pleasure of cochairing the ACA in Phoenix, AZ. In keeping with her commitment to education and surgery she is also the Board liason to our COM ACOS- MSS and offers mentoring to aspiring surgeons. She now has a hibrid practice : General Surgery/Critical Care and Covid Care nationally during the pandemic.
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Wednesday, May 3, 2023
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
Friday, May 5, 2023
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM CST