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TOPDOCTORADVERTISEMENTIntercoastal Medical GroupWorld-class healthcare, locally.NOT LONG AGO, residents traveled out oftown for expertise regarding complicatedmedical problems. Now, however, a cadreof top-of-the-line physicians who would bethe envy of any community have made theSarasota area their home.Leading the way is Intercoastal MedicalGroup, a professional association of morethan 60 physicians in 18 specialties,serving Sarasota and Manatee countieswith six locations. Founded in 1993,Intercoastal features a team of experiencedphysicians, all of whom are board certifiedand a majority of whom have completedfellowship training in important specialtiesand subspecialties at the country’s bestknownmedical institutions.“We have worked hard to bring thebest and the brightest to this community,”notes John Steele, M.D., a foundingmember of Intercoastal. “This is acommunity with“We haveworked hardto bring thebest and thebrightestto thiscommunity.”high expectations,and that extendsto healthcare aswell.”ManyIntercoastalphysicians havebeen namedTop Doctorsmultiple times. This year, Castle Connolly’sTop Doctors includes 14 Intercoastalphysicians: internal medicine specialistsCharles Hollen, M.D., a graduate of MedicalCollege of Ohio, David Bittleman, M.D.,F.A.C.P., a graduate of the University ofRochester, and David Daiello, M.D., whograduated from Pennsylvania StateUniversity; family practice specialistsHarold Johnson, M.D., from the Universityof Miami, Joe Larkin, M.D., a graduate ofWright State University, and Krista Toomre,M.D., who graduated from the Universityof California; dermatologist Joseph Yohn,M.D., who received his medical degreefrom Ohio State University; neurologistsJulio Cantero, M.D., who graduated fromPontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogota,Colombia, and Mauricio Concha, M.D., agraduate of Instituto de Ciencias de la Saludin Medellin, Colombia; endocrinologistJesus Perez, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.E., C.C.D., whograduated from Universidad Nacional Pedro82SARASOTA MAGAZINE | JUNE 2012