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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Raymond Kordonowy, MD

Greetings!

We just completed our inaugural Independent Physicians Association of Lee County health fair and for a first time event I consider it a success. I have had some direct feedback from persons who attended and they particularly like our mini-lecture format. We even have volunteer offers for our next year's event. Thanks to those of you who took an interest in our fair and our association. I know the doctors who participated and sponsored booths had a terrific time!   We will pool our collective feedback and make it even better next year.

This Saturday our association co-sponsored a booth at the Annual India Fest Event at JetBlue Park. We were happy to be there and to raise public awareness of our association. Some of the folks that attended will be new readers of our patient newsletter- I know because I solicited your emails so that you could receive our newsletter. For those of you who are new to our site feel free to download my free e-book featuring prior recipes I have featured in my prior patient newsletters.

If any of our readers own and operate their own business, it is my desire to have businesses of the proper size consider partial risk insurance options for their employees. Partial risk insurance will often save your business substantial money. As business owners if you had predictability for usual/planned health care services (such as occasional physical exams or prevention programs) you would not need to insure for this, hence lowering your insurance premiums. Partial risk health insurance contracts allow business owners to return part of their premium payments back to the business if their employees wisely utilize health care services and lower overall costs. If you haven't consider this option I challenge you to ask your insurance agent about this option. Presently your insurance premiums are paid and surrendered regardless of what you used or consumed. Partial risk insurance properly aligns cost-savings back to the buyer if they help to lower unnecessary expenses.

It is my intention to have our IPALC doctors avail themselves to help provide cost effective and predictability for outpatient health care services. Our nearly 150 physician members own and operate medical practices in nearly every specialty. Some of us own and operate independent outpatient surgical centers. As privately held business owners often we can provide services for far less costs than the present hospital system which now owns and operates many physician practices in addition to their chartered responsibility to provide hospital services.

We want the public to learn about our doctors and shop for their care in our association. Let us know via contact feedback if price-transparency is something that interest you as consumers. My private practice has openly shared my prices for services on my website. I continue to suggest to our association of doctors that they should consider doing the same.

Sincerely Submitted,

 Raymond W. Kordonowy MD ABIM ABCL, President of IPALC

Physician Spotlight

IPALC would like to offer you a different feature physician each month to help you learn who our Independent Physicians are in our community. 

Garramone Plastic Surgery and Dermatology

Primary Specialty: Plastic Surgery

Also Offering: Dermatology Services

Dr. Ralph Garramone has been a member of the Fort Myers medical community since 2000, when he moved here with his wife and three children. Since that time, he has developed a reputation for excellence. His medical approach is centered on caring for his patients as if they were his family or a close personal friend.

Dr. Garramone earned his medical degree from New York Medical College in 1987. In 1993, he completed a six-year residency in general surgery at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine / Hartford Hospital, where he earned the prestigious Murray-Helig Award for Excellence in Research and was named the Outstanding Surgical Resident.

Dr. Garramone also earned fellowships in craniofacial surgery at Primary Children's Hospital Medical Center in Salt Lake City, UT and in hand surgery at the Institute for Reconstructive Plastic Surgery at New York University Medical Center.

A widely published journal author and frequent presenter at medical conferences and symposia, Dr. Garramone is a Diplomat of the American Board of Plastic Surgery and is a board-certified member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Additionally, he is a member of the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a member of the American Cleft Palate - Craniofacial Association and a member of the American Medical Association. Locally, he is a member of the Lee County Medical Society, Florida Medical Association and the Florida Society of Plastic Surgeons.

• Many of our IPALC Physicians are posting blogs on a regular basis. We have even been enjoying some posts from new physicians.  Please be sure to check the News & Articles section of the IPALC website on a regular basis.  

• Dr. Raymond Kordonowy has published a FREE RECIPE E-BOOK on the IPALC website.  It is full of recipes that are not only healthy, but delicious too!  Please take a moment to download the e-book and encourage your friends to do the same.

• IPALC Member Physician, Dr. Ralph Garramone, will be hosting Free Skin Cancer Screenings at this office on May 4th and May 18th.  CLICK HERE for more information or to schedule an appointment. 

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