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NYC Hepatologist Relocates To Join TGH Digestive

Health Center As Area’s Only Liver Transplant Specialist

Sonja K. Olsen, M.D., bringing more than a decade of experience in providing the American Gastroenterological Association and the
Brings World-Renowned world-class digestive and liver care. American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.
Experience To Tampa Having spent her career in academic medicine, Dr. “It’s very inspiring to join Tampa General Hospital’s
General Hospital’s Olsen is at home in the TGH system, which has been expanding presence in Palm Beach County and to help
Gastroenterological Practice Florida’s leading academic medical center for more enhance the cutting-edge treatment its providers and
On Florida’s East Coast. than 50 years. She was the chief resident at NewYork- staff offer,” said Olsen, who will see patients at TGH
A b o a r d - c e r t i f i e d Presbyterian Weill Cornell and previously served as an Digestive Health Center’s West Palm Beach and Palm
internist, gastroenterologist assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at Beach Gardens locations. “As a lifelong New Yorker, I
and transplant hepatologist NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, assistant professor in the am eager to explore and learn about this community and
ha s l e ft Ne w York Department of Medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital in New to support it through my practice.”
University (NYU) Langone York City and assistant professor in the Department of Olsen will treat patients with colon, liver and bile duct
Health to join the Tampa Medicine at NYU. Olsen has also served as an associate cancer; gallbladder disease; alcoholic- and nonalcoholic-
General Hospital (TGH) Digestive Health Center, with Gotham Medical Associates, co-director of the related liver disease; drug-related liver injury; all forms
formerly known as the TGH Gastro Group of the Palm Medicine Sub-Internship clerkship at Weill Cornell of hepatitis; and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). As
Beaches. Sonja K. Olsen, M.D., will serve Palm Beach and as the program director for Advanced Fellowship Palm Beach County’s only transplant hepatologist, she
County patients as the area’s only transplant hepatologist, in Transplant Hepatology at NYU. She is a member of is the only physician in the region with such specialized
expertise in the management of patients with end-stage
liver disease, both before and after liver transplantation.
Nearly two years ago, Gastro Group of the Palm
Beaches joined forces with TGH to advance treatment
THEIR for its patients and to ensure the group was delivering
the highest-quality care in the region. Patients who
need complex, specialized surgeries now benefit from
OWN a convenient, streamlined process when having surgical
procedures performed in Tampa with pre- and post-
surgery care provided in Palm Beach County. TGH
was recognized as one of the top 50 hospitals in the
TRUTHS nation for gastroenterology and gastrointestinal (GI)
surgery by U.S. News & World Report for 2022/23 and
its benign esophageal disorders and pancreatic/hepatic/
biliary cancer programs have received disease-specific
certification from The Joint Commission.
“Adding a stellar, respected physician like Dr. Olsen
THE ART OF SKY CUBACUB, RIVA LEHRER, is a major step in our efforts to continue providing next-
JEFFREY MANSFIELD, AND DAVID RICHARDS level service to our patients in Palm Beach County and
beyond,” said Dr. Krumholz of TGH Digestive Health
An exhibition at ArtWorks at Center. “She brings not only experience and expertise from
The Square, produced by a discerning and high-intensity health care market, but
The Arc of Palm Beach County also extraordinary compassion and care for her patients.”
TGH, which is the primary teaching affiliate of the
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, is one of
the highest-ranked hospitals in Florida by U.S. News &
World Report for 2022/23. Palm Beach County patients
who need a higher level of care have a direct connection
to TGH’s academic medicine and resources, including
Sky Cubacub, Rebirth Garments, photo by @GraceDuVal
research breakthroughs, a wider variety of clinical trials
and options for advanced immunotherapy procedures,
enhanced personal treatment plans and a convenient path
to complex surgeries.
TGH has been affiliated with the USF Health Morsani
College of Medicine since the school was created in
the early 1970s. Today, more than 700 medical school
residents and fellows receive specialty training at
TGH in areas ranging from general internal medicine
to neurosurgery. In addition, USF medical, nursing,
pharmacy and physical therapy students all receive part of
their training at TGH. Faculty of the USF Health Morsani
College of Medicine admit and care for patients at TGH,
as do private practice physicians, many of whom also
serve as adjunct clinical faculty at USF.
For a consultation, call (561) 644-0125.
DECEMBER 2022 - MAY 2023

The exhibition, Their Own Truths: The Art of Sky Cubacub,
Riva Lehrer, Jeffrey Mansfield, and David Richards, encompasses
recent works by four innovative artists who explore the
experience of disability. The collection of paintings, garments,
sculptures, and photographs seeks to change perceptions and
to open minds. The exhibit is free and open to the public. A
series of lectures and programs will accompany the exhibition.
For more information, visit arcpbc.org/events.
Monday, January 16
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