Dr. LaReesa Professional Experience
PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL EXPERIENCE
Partner, Obstetrician/Gynecologist
September 2011 – Present
Heart of Florida OB/GYN & Associates, Davenport, Florida
Medical Staff Privileges
- Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center
- Winter Haven Ambulatory Surgery Center
Medical Director
September 2016 – Present
March of Dimes Grant: Centering Pregnancy Program, Polk County, Florida
Clerkship Site Director & Courtesy Appointed Assistant Professor
May 2015 – Present
University of Central Florida College of Medicine
Medical Student Clinical Years 3 & 4, Orlando, Florida
Obstetrician/Gynecologist
August 2007 – August 2011
Central Florida Health Care, Inc.
Director of the Perinatal & Gynecology program, Avon Park, Florida
Medical Staff Privileges
- Florida Hospital Heartland Division of Sebring, Florida
- Sun N Lakes Surgicenter
Adjunct Professor
August 2007 – August 2011
Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Medical Student Clinical Year 4
Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratory Fellow
September 1998 – July 1999
Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Characterized the serologic response of poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN) patients involved in a 1998 outbreak of a Group C streptococcal strain in Nova Serrana, Brazil.
EDUCATION
December 2009 – Present
Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology Certification
July 2003 – July 2007
Internship & Residency, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Florida (UF) Health Sciences Center Shands Jacksonville Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida
August 1999 – May 2003
Medical Doctorate, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana
August 1994 – May 1998
Bachelor of Science, Biology, Summa Cum Laude, Xavier University, New Orleans, Louisiana
I provide comprehensive health care to women through integrative and preventative medicine.
SKILLS & ABILITIES
Postgraduate Medical Skills Training
- DaVinci Robotic Gynecologic and advanced minimally invasive surgery.
- Centering Pregnancy facilitator training, Centering Health Institute.
- Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine, Medical Metabolic Institute, Academy of Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine.
- Center of Education & Development of Homeopathy.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Fellow.
- American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopist.
- Academy of Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine.
- Center of Education & Development of Homeopathy.
- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS/ PRESENTATIONS/ LECTURES
- Keynote Speaker, “Removing the Cloak to Healthier You”, Conversations of Women’s Health Luncheon sponsored by Margaret Byrd Hones Foundation. Winter Haven Housing Authority, June 2017.
- Healthcare panelist, Spring into Leadership Women’s Day Conference, May 2017.
- Breast Disorders and Lactation, 3rd year medical student lecture series, University of Central Florida College of Medicine.
- Second Place Awardee, Early-onset neo-natal sepsis and the potential consequences of ampicillin: A case control study, OB/GYN resident Research Symposium, June 2007.
- Evaluating Delivery Outcomes of Preterm Labor Patients in a University Hospital Setting, OB/GYN Resident Research Symposium, June 2006.
- Contraceptive Counseling in the Antenatal Setting-Its Value in our Clinic Population, University of Florida Resident Research Day, May 2006; OB/GYN Resident Research Symposium, June 2005.
- Cervical Cancer Awareness, Women’s Health Symposium, October 2005.
- Nicholson, M., Ferdinand, L., Sampson, J. Analysis of Immunoreactivity to a Streptococcus equi subs Zooepidemicus M-like proteins from Isolates Obtained from Different Host Species. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. November 2000;38(11);4126-30.
EXTRA CURRICULAR/SERVICE ACTIVITES
- OB Section Chair, Subcommittee of Surgery Department. Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center.
- Mentor, Coterie Program for female high school graduates.
