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Suzanne Southerland, M.D. 
was born and raised in Trinidad, W.I.  until the age of 16 years. She then  moved to Canada where she completed her undergraduate at the University of Guelph , Ontario, Canada. Subsequently she completed medical school and became the Student Union President at Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, where she graduated with Honors. She did a rotating internship in Ireland before moving to the USA to do her internship and residency in Pediatrics at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Southerland then took up a position at University of Florida as a Clinical Assistant Professor in pediatrics at Haile Plantation, Gainesville, Fl.  She has worked locally here in Sarasota since 2003.
Dr. Southerland is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and in addition is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She is also Clinical Assistant Professor at Florida State University College of Medicine.
Dr. Southerland is married with 2 children.
Her husband is a gastroenterologist here in Sarasota. 

Joanne Murren Boezem, MD, MPH 

comes from St. Croix, US Virgin Islands.  She attended the University of the Virgin Islands where she graduated with a BS in Biology with Honors. She then earned her Medical Degree as well as a Masters Degree in Public Health at Boston University School of Medicine and Public Health.  She completed her Pediatric internship and residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and went on to become Chief of Pediatrics at Winn Army Community Hospital at Fort Stewart, Georgia.  She is a veteran of the United States Army. She most recently had the privilege of caring for the hospitalized children of Sarasota as a member of the All Children’s at Sarasota Memorial Hospitalist team for the last 8 years. 

She is also Clinical Assistant Professor at the Florida State University College of Medicine. 

Dr. Boezem is a Board Certified Pediatrician and Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She has dedicated her life to caring for and advocating for children.

She is married, with 3 children.