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NYC Hepatologist Relocates staff offer,” said Olsen, who will see patients at TGH TGH has been affiliated with the USF Health Morsani
To Join TGH Digestive Health Digestive Health Center’s West Palm Beach and Palm College of Medicine since the school was created in the early
1970s. Today, more than 700 medical school residents and
Beach Gardens locations. “As a lifelong New Yorker, I
Center As Area’s Only Liver am eager to explore and learn about this community and fellows receive specialty training at TGH in areas ranging
to support it through my practice.”
from general internal medicine to neurosurgery. In addition,
Transplant Specialist Olsen will treat patients with colon, liver and bile duct USF medical, nursing, pharmacy and physical therapy
cancer; gallbladder disease; alcoholic- and nonalcoholic- students all receive part of their training at TGH. Faculty
Sonja K. Olsen, M.D., related liver disease; drug-related liver injury; all forms of the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine admit and
Brings World-Renowned of hepatitis; and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). As Palm care for patients at TGH, as do private practice physicians,
Experience To Tampa Beach County’s only transplant hepatologist, she is the only many of whom also serve as adjunct clinical faculty at USF.
General Hospital’s physician in the region with such specialized expertise in the For a consultation, call (561) 644-0125.
G as tr oen ter ological management of patients with end-stage liver disease, both
Practice On Florida’s East before and after liver transplantation.
Coast. Nearly two years ago, Gastro Group of the Palm Beaches
A board-certified joined forces with TGH to advance treatment for its patients
internist, gastroenterologist and to ensure the group was delivering the highest-quality
and transplant hepatologist care in the region. Patients who need complex, specialized
has left New York University surgeries now benefit from a convenient, streamlined process
(NYU) Langone Health to join the Tampa General Hospital when having surgical procedures performed in Tampa with
(TGH) Digestive Health Center, formerly known as the pre- and post-surgery care provided in Palm Beach County.
TGH Gastro Group of the Palm Beaches. Sonja K. Olsen, TGH was recognized as one of the top 50 hospitals in the
M.D., will serve Palm Beach County patients as the area’s nation for gastroenterology and gastrointestinal (GI) surgery
only transplant hepatologist, bringing more than a decade of by U.S. News & World Report for 2022/23 and its benign
experience in providing world-class digestive and liver care. esophageal disorders and pancreatic/hepatic/biliary cancer
Having spent her career in academic medicine, Dr. Olsen programs have received disease-specific certification from
is at home in the TGH system, which has been Florida’s The Joint Commission.
leading academic medical center for more than 50 years. “Adding a stellar, respected physician like Dr. Olsen is
She was the chief resident at NewYork-Presbyterian Weill a major step in our efforts to continue providing next-level
Cornell and previously served as an assistant professor in the service to our patients in Palm Beach County and beyond,”
Department of Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, said Dr. Krumholz of TGH Digestive Health Center. “She
assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at Lenox brings not only experience and expertise from a discerning
Hill Hospital in New York City and assistant professor in the and high-intensity health care market, but also extraordinary
Department of Medicine at NYU. Olsen has also served as compassion and care for her patients.”
an associate with Gotham Medical Associates, co-director TGH, which is the primary teaching affiliate of the USF
of the Medicine Sub-Internship clerkship at Weill Cornell Health Morsani College of Medicine, is one of the highest-
and as the program director for Advanced Fellowship in ranked hospitals in Florida by U.S. News & World Report
Transplant Hepatology at NYU. She is a member of the for 2022/23. Palm Beach County patients who need a higher
American Gastroenterological Association and the American level of care have a direct connection to TGH’s academic
Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. medicine and resources, including research breakthroughs,
“It’s very inspiring to join Tampa General Hospital’s a wider variety of clinical trials and options for advanced
expanding presence in Palm Beach County and to help immunotherapy procedures, enhanced personal treatment
enhance the cutting-edge treatment its providers and plans and a convenient path to complex surgeries.

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