Jose M. Garcia, MD

Medical Director Hillsborough County

Dr. Garcia attended Medical School at Instituto Superior de Ciencias Medicas in Santiago de Cuba. He completed his residency in Family Medicine at Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho. Dr. Garcia has professional affiliations with the Cuban Association of Urology. In 1998, he was nominated by the National Public Health Department’s Annual Award for Best Scientific Work. He is certified in Family Medicine by the American Board of Family Practice.

Family Medicine 

Sonia Benitez, APRN-C is a board-certified Nurse Practitioner with over 30 years of experience in health and medical care. She is a member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and Honor Society of Nursing. She attended Sacred Heart University in Puerto Rico, graduating with honors with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing. Then, while working at Tampa Community Hospital, she completed with honors her Master of Science in Nursing at South University with specialty in Adult-Gerontology Primary Care. Sonia is also graduated from Medical school in Santiago of Cuba, where she specialized in Family Medicine and Dermatology, worked for several years as a Primary Care Provider, Dermatologist and Faculty Member at Celia Sanchez University Hospital in her natal Manzanillo City of Cuba before immigrated to United States and restarted her career, taking the path of a Nurse practitioner.

Family Medicine 

Medical Director Highlands County 

 Dr. Santiago graduated from the University of Puerto Rico with his Bachelors of Science in Biology. He attended Medical School at Autonoma University of Guadalajara in Mexico. He completed his training in General Practice at Metropolitan Hospital in Yauco Puerto Rico. Dr. Santiago served as Medical Director for Santa Rita Hospice Care and as a Primary Care Physician at Med Centro, where he practiced preventive care in a managed healthcare set

Family Medicine

 Mayelin Fernandez Fuentes APRN, is a board-certified Nurse Practitioner with over 25 years of experience in health and medical care. Graduated from the Faculty of Medical Sciences Dr. Salvador Allende, in Cuba as a family doctor. She worked for 12 years as a geriatrician in a nursing home in Havana until she came to the United States in 2016. Here she continued to study nursing, obtaining an Associate degree in nursing at EDP university in Puerto Rico, and later completed her studies as an APRN at Miami Regional University 

Family Medicine

 Zoilamis Gutierrez-Candelario, APRN-C is a board-certified Nurse Practitioner with over 30 years of experience in health and medical care. She is a member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and Honor Society of Nursing. She attended Sacred Heart University in Puerto Rico, graduating with honors with an Associate of Science Degree in Nursing. Then, while working at Hospice Lifepath as RN Care coordinator, she completed with honors her Master of Science in Nursing at Miami Regional University with specialty in Family Nurse Practitioner. Zoilamis is also graduated from Medical school in Camaguey of Cuba, where she specialized in Family Medicine and Pulmonology, worked for several years as a Primary Care Provider, Pulmonologist and Faculty Member at Manuel Ascunce University Hospital in her natal Camaguey City of Cuba before immigrated to United States and restarted her career, taking the path of a Nurse Practitioner

Family Medicine

   Yary Massanet Rivero, MSN FNP-C is a dedicated, compassionate, knowledgeable and culturally diverse health provider with over 20 years of work experience in health and medical care.

Master in Science of Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner: South University, Tampa Fl 2017

Bachelor in Science of Nursing: New York State University, NY 2013

Residency in Internal Medicine with Major in Adult Critical Care: Havana University, Cuba 2006-2009

Bachelor in Medicine: Havana University, Cuba 2006