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Born: August 19, 1974, Queens, New York

Licensure

• State of Florida, ME132749, Expires 1/31/27
• State of Ohio, 35.089222, Expires 4/1/26
• State of Tennessee, 60426, Expires 8/31/26
• State of Pennsylvania, MD426935, Expires 12/31/26
• State of California, C171491, Expires 2/28/27
• State of New Mexico, MD2021-0165, Expires 7/1/27
• State of New York, 311883, Expires 7/31/26
• Commonwealth of Virginia, 0101273268, Expires 8/31/26
• State of Michigan, EMC0001385, Expires 10/15/27
• State of Illinois, 036.158575, Expires 07/31/26
• State of Maryland, D0093004, Expires 9/30/27
• State of North Dakota, 17938, Expires 8/19/26
• State of Maine, MD25573, Expires 8/31/26
• State of Colorado, CDR.0001441, Expires 4/30/27
• State of Louisiana, 329469, Expires 8/31/26
• State of Nebraska, 34150, Expires 10/1/26
• State of Utah, 12582795-1205, Expires 1/31/26
• State of Arizona, 65475, Expires 08/24/26
• State of Vermont, 042.0015628, Expires 11/30/26
• State of Minnesota, 70525, Expires 8/31/26
• State of Iowa, MD-49272, Expires 8/1/26
• State of Kansas, 04-45556, Expires 7/31/26
• State of Montana, MED-PHYS-COM-LIC-103899, Expires 3/31/27
• State of Idaho, MC-1167, Expires 6/30/26
• State of Oklahoma, 38955, Expires 12/1/25
• State of Georgia, 90748, Expires 8/31/27
• State of Nevada, 21739, Expires 6/30/27
• State of New Hampshire, 22206, Expires 6/30/27
• State of Washington, IMLC.MD.61253008, Expires 8/19/26
• State of Mississippi, 29708, Expires 6/30/26
• State of West Virginia, 30991, Expires 6/30/27
• State of Alabama, MD.46357, Expires 12/31/25
• State of South Dakota, 13252, Expires 3/1/27
• State of South Carolina, 87448, Expires 6/30/27
• State of Delaware, C1-0025626, Expires 3/31/27
• State of Texas, U5474, Expires 8/31/26
• State of New Jersey, 25MA06948500, Expires 6/30/27
• Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 217182, Expires 8/19/26
• State of Arkansas, E-18104, Expires 8/31/26
• State of Indiana, 01094524A, Expires 10/31/25
• State of Kentucky, 59189, Expires 2/28/26
• State of Oregon, MD219820, Expires 12/31/25
• State of Rhode Island, MD20596, Expires 6/30/26
• State of North Carolina, 2025-03134, Expires 8/19/26
• State of Hawaii, MD-26092-0, Expires 1/31/26
• District of Columbia, MD600004894, Expires 8/31/28
• State of Wyoming, 18886C, Expires 6/30/26
• Drug Enforcement Agency, BO6495407, Inactive as of 12/31/20
• Drug Enforcement Agency, FO8953348, Inactive as of 12/31/22
• Drug Enforcement Agency, FO0938526, Expires 12/31/27 (Florida)
• Drug Enforcement Agency, FO5855210, Expires 12/31/27 (South Carolina)
• Drug Enforcement Agency, FO6022076, Expires 12/31/28 (Alabama)

Board Certification

American Board of Surgery
Certificate #49507, Issued 2004, Recertified 2013
Valid Through 12/31/2025

American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Certificate #7473, Issued 2008, Recertified 2016
Valid Through 12/31/2028

Work History

• Ovadia Heart Health, LLC — Owner, Telemedicine Practice, April 2020 - Current
• East Alabama Medical Center — Locums Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Opelika, AL, September 2025 - Current
• OSF Healthcare — Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Rockford/Urbana, IL, November 2021 - August 2025
• Ascension Sacred Heart Bay Medical Center — Locums Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Panama City, FL, October 2021
• Methodist LeBonheur Health System — Locums Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Memphis, TN, January 2020 - October 2021
• Advent Health System — Locums Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Ocala, FL, April 2020 - January 2021
• Bayfront Health Port Charlotte — Locums Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Port Charlotte, FL, December 2019
• BayCare Medical Group — Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon, Clearwater, FL, July 2017 - December 2019
• Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point — Locums Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Hudson, FL, October 2019
• Heritage Valley Medical Group — Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon, Beaver, PA, September 2006 – July 2017
• Heritage Valley Health System – Beaver — Treasurer/Secretary of the Medical Staff, Chief/Vice-Chief, Department of Surgery, 2009–2017
• Alderson Broaddus University — Clinical Instructor, Philippi, WV, November 2016 - July 2017
• Harrington Memorial Hospital — Locums General Surgeon, Southbridge, MA, July 2006 – August 2006
• St. Joseph’s Hospital — Locums Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Reading, PA, June 2006 – August 2006
• Brandywine Hospital — Locums General Surgeon, Coatesville, PA, June 2006 – August 2006
• Commonwealth Cardiothoracic Surgery — Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon, Lancaster, PA, July 2005 – June 2006

Post-Graduate Education

Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA — Resident in Cardiothoracic Surgery, July 2003 – June 2005

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ — Resident in General Surgery, July 1998 – June 2002, Chief Resident in General Surgery, July 2002 – June 2003

Education

Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA — M.D., July 1994 – May 1998

Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA — B.S. Science, June 1992 - August 1996

Research Experience

Trauma Division Research Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA — January 1995 – July 1997

Honors

• Resident of the Year, 2003, Department of Surgery, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
• John H. Landor Award, 2001 — Outstanding Resident Teacher, Department of Surgery, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson

Professional Societies

• American College of Surgeons — Candidate Member 1998-2005; Associate Member 2005 - 2009; Fellow, 2009
• Society of Thoracic Surgeons — Candidate Member 2004-2009; Member 2009
• Florida Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery — Member 2019

Publications

• Rabinovici R, Feurstein G, Abdullah F, Whiteford M, Borboglu P, Sheikh E, Phillip D-R, Ovadia P, Bobroski L, Bagasra O, Neville L. Locally Produced Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Mediates Interleukin-2-Induced Lung Injury. Circ Res 78: 329-36, 1996.
• Neville L, Abdullah F, Whiteford M, Ovadia P, Feurstein G, Rabinovici R. Application of Differential Display to Isolate Novel Genes in Interleukin-2-Induced Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Ann NY Acad Sci 796:257-71, 1996.
• Rabinovici R, Szewczyk D, Ovadia P, Greenspan J, Sivalingam J. Candida Pericarditis: Clinical Profile and Treatment. Ann Thor Surg 63:1200-4, 1997.
• Abdullah F, Whiteford M, Mathiak G, Ovadia P, Rudolph A, Neville L, Rabinovici R. Effect of Liposome-Encapsulated Hemoglobin on Triglyceride, Total Cholesterol, LDL and HDL Cholesterol Measurements. Lipids 32:377-81, 1997.
• Mathiak G, Szewczyk D, Abdullah F, Ovadia P, Rabinovici R. Platelet Activating Factor (PAF) in Experimental and Clinical Sepsis. Shock 7:1-14, 1997.
• Ovadia P, Szewczyk D, Rabinovici R. Bilateral Cervical Rib Fracture Secondary to Blunt Trauma. J Trauma 43:157-8, 1997.
• Abdullah F, Ovadia P, Feurstein G, Neville L, Morrison R, Mathiak G, Whiteford M, Rabinovici R. The Novel Chemokine mob-1: Involvement in ARDS. Surgery 122:303-12, 1997.
• Szewczyk D, Ovadia P, Rabinovici R. Pressure-Induced Rhabdomyolysis and Acute Renal Failure. J Trauma 44:384-8, 1998.
• Rabinovici R, Ovadia P, Mathiak G, Abdullah F. Abdominal Injuries Associated with Lumbar Spine Fractures in Blunt Trauma. Injury 30:471-4, 1999.
• Ovadia P, Szewczyk D, Walker k, Abdullah F, Rabinovici R. Admission Patterns of an Urban, Level I Trauma Center. Am J Med Quality 15:9-15, 2000.
• Rabinovici R, Spirig A, Abdullah F, Phillip D-R, Ovadia P, Rudolph A. Liposome-Encapsulated Hemoglobin Does Not Exacerbate Endotoxin-Induced Lung Injury. Crit Care Med 28:1924-30, 2000.
• Mathiak G, Szewczyk D, Abdullah F, Ovadia P, Feurstein G, Rabinovici R. An Improved Clinically-Relevant Sepsis Model in the Conscious Rat. Crit Care Med 28:1947-52, 2000.
• Bell R, Ovadia P, Abdullah F, Spector S, Rabinovici R. Chest Tube Removal: End-Inspiration or End-Expiration? J Trauma 50:674-77, 2001.
• Ovadia P, Gervasoni JE Jr. Idiopathic Segmental Infarction of the Omentum Mimicking Acute Appendicitis: Report of 3 Cases and Literature Review. Surgery 133:231-2, 2003.
• Kasirajan V, Spradlin E, Mormando T, Medina A, Ovadia P, Schwartzman D, Gaines T, Mumtaz M, Downing S, Ellenbogen K. Minimally Invasive Surgery Using Bipolar Radiofrequency Energy Is Effective Treatment for Refractory Atrial Fibrillation. Ann Thorac Surg 93:1456-61, 2012.

Abstracts

• Abdullah F, Neville L, Whiteford M, Ovadia P, Rabinovici R. Application of Differential Display Reverse Transcriptase-PCR (DDRT-PCR) to Isolate New Genes in a Rat Model of Interleukin-2-Induced Lung Injury. Presented at Sigma XI Student Research Day, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, March 30, 1995.
• Ovadia P, Abdullah F, Neville L, Mathiak G, Rabinovici R. mob-1: A Novel Mediator of ARDS. Presented at Resident Research Day, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, May 31, 1996.
• Rosato E, Ovadia P, Bauer T, Rabinovici R. Tube Thoracostomy Removal at End Expiration vs. End Inspiration. Presented at Resident Research Day, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, June 7, 1996.
• Abdullah F, Neville L, Ovadia P, Feurstein G, Rabinovici R. mob-1 Expression in IL-2-Induced ARDS. Presented at the Nineteenth Annual Conference on Shock, Grand Traverse Village, MI, June 2-5, 1996. Shock Supp 5: 56, 1996.
• Rabinovici R, Whiteford M, Ovadia P, Neville L, Rudolph A, Grillo S, Abdullah F. Effect of Liposome-Encapsulated Hemoglobin on Triglyceride, Total Cholesterol, LDL and HDL Cholesterol Measurements. Presented at the Nineteenth Annual Conference on Shock, Grand Traverse Village, MI, June 2-5, 1996. Shock Supp 5:7, 1996.
• Ovadia P, Szewczyk D, Walker K, Rabinovici R. Admission Patterns: Trauma Division, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 1993-1996. Presented at Multidisciplinary Trauma Conference, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, December 5, 1996.
• Rabinovici R, Ovadia P, Mathiak G, Neville L, Morrison R, Abdullah F. mob-1: A Novel Mediator of ARDS. Presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Society of University Surgeons, Tampa, FL, February 13-15, 1997.
• Ovadia P, Szewczyk D, Walker K, Abdullah F, Rabinovici R. Admission Patterns of an Urban, Level I Trauma Center. Presented at Sigma XI Student Research Day, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, March, 27, 1997.
• Ovadia P, Rosato E, Szewczyk D, Abdullah F, Rabinovici R. Chest Tube Removal in Trauma Patients: End of Inspiration or Expiration? Presented at Resident Research Day, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, May 21, 1997.
• Mathiak G, Szewczyk D, Abdullah F, Ovadia P, Rabinovici R. A Novel Clinically-Relevant Peritonitis Sepsis Model in the Conscious Rat. Presented at Resident Research Day, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, May 21, 1997.
• Mathiak G, Szewczyk D, Abdullah F, Ovadia P, Rabinovici R. A Novel Clinically-Relevant Peritonitis Sepsis Model in the Conscious Rat. Presented at the Twentieth Annual Conference on Shock, Indian Wells, CA, June 15-18, 1997. Shock Supp 7(2):42, 1997.
• Rabinovici R, Ovadia P, Mathiak G, Neville L, Morrison R, Abdullah F. mob-1: A novel mediator of ARDS. Presented at the Tenth Tripartite Meeting of the Allied University Surgeon Societies in the United Kingdom, Europe, Japan and North America, Nottingham, England, July 9-11, 1997. British Journal of Surgery 84:1618-1619, 1997.

Presentations

• “Managing Risk of Heart Disease: Metabolic Health Reigns Supreme” Low Carb USA, Boca Raton, FL January 15, 2022
• “In Service of Your Health” Rotary Club of Tampa Bay, Tampa Bay, FL May 3, 2022
• “You Can Stay Off My Operating Table” Momentum in the Mountains, Monterey, VA July 30, 2022
• “Heart Disease: The Metabolic Health Perspective” OSF Healthcare Grand Rounds, Rockford, IL May 12, 2023
• “You Can Stay Off My Operating Table” OSF Critical Care Nursing Conference, Rockford, IL May 17, 2023
• “You Can Stay Off My Operating Table” Department of Homeland Security Transformation Tuesday May 30, 2023
• “Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: The Metabolic Perspective” Rheem Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE, October 10, 2023
• “Inflammaging, Metabolic Decline and Cardiovascular Disease: Connecting the Dots” A4M Mitochondria: The Conductor, The Powerhouse, The Key to Cellular Healing, Park City, UT October 15, 2023
• “Heart Disease: The Metabolic Health Perspective” OSF Healthcare Rhythm of the Heart Symposium, Champaign, IL October 27, 2023
• “Heart Disease: The Metabolic Health Perspective” PrevMed Health, St. Petersburg, FL December 1, 2023
• “Fanning the Flames: Inflammation’s Contribution to Heart Disease” Symposium for Metabolic Health, Boca Raton, FL January 13, 2024
• “Fanning the Flames: Inflammation, Insulin Resistance and Heart Disease” Kaiser Permanence Central Valley Physician CME, February 1, 2024
• “In Service of Your Health” Champaign Rotary Club, Champaign, IL, July 22, 2024
• “Health is Wealth” Axonic International, Miami FL, September 5, 2024
• “Stay Off My Operating Table: The Future of Cardiovascular Care for Everyone” 2nd Annual Power Up Nursing Conference, Louisville, KY, October 15, 2024
• “Stay Off My Operating Table: A Collaborative Approach to Metabolic Healing” Low Carb USA, Boca Raton, FL January 26, 2025
• “Health is Wealth: A Heart Surgeon’s Wake Up Call,” Big Table Conference, Reno, NV, April 29, 2025
• “Health is Wealth: Roundtable Discussion,” Ziglar Business Owners’ Boot Camp, Dallas, TX, May 16, 2025
• “How We Will Make America Healthy Again,” Meatstock, Gaitlinburg, TN, May 18, 2025
• “Don’t Let Diabetes Bankrupt Your Company,” Keystone Benefits Plan Conference, Lancaster, PA, September 9, 2025
• “Nutrient Density is Heart Healthy,” Low Carb for Better Health, Burns, TN, September 13, 2025