Hospitalist Division Staff

Internal Medicine Division

Karon LoCicero, M.D.
Karon LoCicero, M.D.President & Founder

Profile

  • Board Certified, Internal Medicine
  • Diplomate, American Board of Bariatric Medicine
  • Affiliate Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, USF College of Medicine

  • B.A., Duke University, 1980
  • Diplomate, American Board of Bariatric Medicine
  • M.D., University of South Florida, 1984

  • Member, Hillsborough County Medical Association
  • Member, American Society of Bariatric Physicians
  • Member, American Obesity Association
Melissa Howes
Melissa HowesAPRN-C

Profile

  • Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

  • Practical Nursing, Erwin Vocational Technical School, 2001
  • A.S.N., Hillsborough Community College, 2004
  • B.S.N., University of Phoenix, 2011
  • M.S.N., South University, 2013

  • American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, Board Certified Adult Nurse Practitioner
  • Member, Sigma Theta Tau International, Nursing Honor Society
  • Member, Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrics, and Neonatal Nurses
  • Member, Florida Nurse Practitioner Network
Pamela Perenich
Pamela PerenichAPRN-C

Profile

  • Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

  • B.S.N., Andrew’s University, 2009
  • M.S.N., Jacksonville University, 2019

  • Certified, ACLS
  • Certified, PALS
  • Certified, BLS
Jaclyn Grzybowski
Jaclyn GrzybowskiAPRN-C

Profile

  • Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

  • B.S.N., University of Central Florida, 2006
  • M.S., University of South Florida, 2010
Elizabeth Straka
Elizabeth StrakaAPRN-C

Profile

  • Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

  • B.A., Ohio Dominican College, 2000
  • M.A., The Ohio State University, 2004

  • Member, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
  • Member, American College Health Association

Specialist Division

Charyse J. Sindler
Charyse J. SindlerM.D.

Profile

  • Board Certified, Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • Board Certified, Internal Medicine

  • B.S., University of Miami, 1984
  • M.D., University of Miami School of Medicine, 1988

  • Member, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists

Leni E. Kramer
Leni E. KramerM.D.

Profile

  • Board Certified, Rheumatology
  • Board Certified, Internal Medicine

  • B.S., The City College, 1978
  • M.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1980

  • Fellow, American College of Rheumatology
  • Member, Florida Society of Rheumatology
  • Member, American Medical Womens Association