Physician List
Founder | Chief Medical Officer (CMO)
Medical Director
Lowell F. Clark, MD, CMD
Medical School:
Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians, Dublin, Ireland, 1980
Post Graduate:
Internal Medicine at Mayo Health, Rochester, Minnesota
Board Certified:
Internal Medicine, American Medical Director
Residency:
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Languages:
English
Founded The Clark Health: 1986
About Dr. Clark:
Dr. Clark was born in Helena, Montana. He received his Bachelor's Degree in Biology from Emory University in 1974. He attended Medical school at the Royal Society of Surgeons and Physicians in Dublin, Ireland and completed his internship, residency and fellowship in Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Clark came to Bushnell, Florida and opened the Clark Health in November 1986, and the Clark Health in Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida in 1998.
Dr. Clark is currently on the hospital staff at Leesburg Regional Medical Center, The Villages Regional Hospital and Florida Hospital Waterman Promise Hospital. He is also a Certified Medical Director and serves as CMD at many Nursing and Rehab Facilities in Lake and Sumter County. He is currently on several Professional Boards and was voted Humanitarian of the year in 2008 by Langley Medical Center in Sumter County. He was one of the donors for the land for the Hospice Purcell House and continues to support many areas in need in both Sumter and Lake County.
Medical Doctors | Alphabetical by Last Name
Angel L. Bruno, MD
Medical School:
Undergraduate: University of Puerto Rico 1968-1971
Post Graduate:
Psychology Institute, Caribbean Center of Advanced Studies, 1972-1974
Universidad Central Del Caribe, 1986-1990
Board Certified:
Family Practice
Residency:
Ramon Ruiz Arnau: Regional Hospital, Bayamon, Puerto Rico
Internal Medicine Internship, Meridia Huron Hospital, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
Clinical Anesthesia Residency
Languages:
English
Spanish
Joined the Clark Health Team in 2007
About Dr. Bruno:
Dr. Bruno was born in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. He received a degree from Puerto Rico Jr. College in Basic Liberal Arts in July of 1968, a Bachelor in Arts Major in Psychology from the University of Puerto Rico in 1974, and a Masters in Science Clinical psychology from the Psychology Institute in 1974 in Puerto Rico. In June of 1990 Dr. Bruno received his Doctor of Medicine at the Universidad Central del Caribe.
He completed his internship at Ramon Ruiz Arnau Regional Hospital in 1991 and residency for Clinical Anesthesia at Meridia Huron Hospital in June of 1999.
In 1997 he received "The Rolland J. Whitacre Award" for outstanding anesthesiology resident at Meridia Huron Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio.
Yvonne Buchanan, MD
Medical School:
University Xochicalco, Mexico
Board Certified:
Internal Medicine
Residency:
Mt Sinai Hospital
Languages:
English
Joined the Clark Health Team in 2015
Daniel Dstteffano, MD
Medical School:
School of Medicine of Guayaquil University, Ecuador 1996
Residency:
Manati Medical Center, Puerto Rico
Languages:
English, Spanish
Joined the Clark Health Team in 2014
Carlos Caranza, MD
Medical School:
Residency:
Languages:
Joined the Clark Health Team in 2024
Scott Menard, MD
Medical School:
Residency:
Languages:
Joined the Clark Health Team in 2021
Ramon A. Perez-Astacio, MD
Medical School:
Facultad De Ciencias De La Salud School of Medicine, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1973-1981
Residency:
Caguas Regional Hospital, Caguas, Puerto Rico, Internal Medicine
Languages:
English, Spanish
Joined the Clark Health Team in 2011
Jose Rivas, MD
Medical School:
1986, University of Central Venezuela
Residency:
87-91, Hospital Ricardo Baquero Gonzalez, Venezuela
Languages:
English, Spanish
Joined the Clark Health Team in 2014
Gerardo Soto, MD
Medical School:
Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
Internship:
Manati Medical Center
Languages:
English, Spanish
Joined the Clark Health Team in 2017
Lara Yanira, MD
Medical School:
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras. Tegucigalpa, DC. Honduras, CA.
Board Certified:
American Board of Family Physicians
Residency:
Family Medicine Residency, Alejandro Otero Lopez Hospital Manati, P.R.
Languages:
English, Spanish
Joined the Clark Health Team in 2014
Akram M. Youssef, MD
Medical School:
University of Cairo Faculty of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt, 1988-1994
Residency:
Cairo University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt, Transitional Year, 1995-1996
Giza & Abo El-Nomrous Hospitals, Giza, Egypt, Opthamology, 1998-1999
Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, New York, Surgery-General, 2006-2007
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, Surgery-General, 2013-2014
Languages:
English
Joined the Clark Health Team in 2015
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) | Alphabetical by Last Name
Ronnie Boekema, APRN
Nursing School:
University of Cincinnati
Board Certified:
Adult Certified Gerontology
Languages:
English
Joined the Clark Health Team in 2017
Candace Chapuseaux, APRN
Nursing School:
Board Certified:
Languages:
Joined the Clark Health Team in 2010
Tequila Golden, APRN
Nursing School:
South University Savannah, GA.
Board Certified:
Family practice
Languages: English
Joined the Clark Health Team in 2020
Hope Maddix, APRN
Nursing School:
Certificate for Advanced Nursing Practice, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY 2000
Master of Science of Nursing, Brooklyn, New York 1989
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Pace University, New York, 1986
Registered Nurse Diploma, University Hospital of the West Indies, Mona Kingston, Jamaica, WI 1976
Languages:
English
Joined the Clark Health Team in 2005
Noelle Mooneyham, APRN
Professsional School:
Family Nurse Practitioner Post Masters Certificate, Peoria, IL
Graduate School:
Masters in Science and Nursing, Purdue University, Chicago, IL
Languages:
English
Joined the Clark Health Team in 2019
Virginia Norton, APRN
Nursing School:
University of South Florida, Masters of Science in Nursing
Board Certified:
American Nurses Association
Languages:
English
Joined the Clark Health Team in 2011
Laura Paige, APRN
Undergrad: DrexelUniversity
Nursing School: Maryville University
Board Certified:
Languages:
Joined the Clark Health Team in 2010
Rivera, Stacey APRN
Nursing School:
University of Central Florida
Board Certified:
Family Nurse Practitioner
Languages:
English
Joined the Clark Health Team in 2024
Betty Stapleton, APRN
Nursing School:
1999, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Board Certified:
2000 American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
Languages:
English
Joined the Clark Health Team in 2014
Rachel Tucker, APRN
Nursing School:
Husson University( BSN, MSN)
Board Certified:
Family practice
Languages: English
Joined the Clark Health Team in 2023