Psychiatry Faculty
Marjorie Caro, M.D.Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, May 2004
Program Director, Psychiatry Residency Program
Education: Medical School: Universidad Del Este, Dominican Republic, 1995 -Residency Training: Psychiatry, Cooper Hospital, Camden, N.J, 1999-2003
Manuel Augusto Melendez, M.D.
Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Associate Program Director, Osteopathic Psychiatry Residency Program
Education: Medical School: San Marcos University, Lima, Peru, 1984-1993
Residency Training: Psychiatry, Cooper Hospital, Camden, New Jersey, 2000-2002
Dr. Manuel A. Melendez is a prominent psychiatrist in South Florida, holding an extensive medical career full of professional growth through his outstanding private medical practice, scholarly activities, and academic achievements. He studied sucessfully Psychiatry in the Cooper Hospital of New Jersey, after that, he enthusiastically worked as a psychiatrist in Atlantic-care Medical Atlantic City in New Jersey and in the state of Florida. He has Hospital Privileges mainly in South Florida, at Larkin Community Hospital, Coral Gables Hospital, West Gables Rehabilitation Hospital, Metropolitan Hospital, Westchester General Hospital, University of Miami Hospital, Bay-view Crisis Stabilization Unit. Dr. Melendez has had significant achievements during his professional trajectory; he had broadcasted a TV program in Univision Philadelphia about Depression Awareness in 2006. He also has a DATA waiver for treatment of opioid addiction and he is a candidate for ASAM certification. In addition, Dr. Melendez participated in a Visiting Fellowship at the Columbia Presbyterian Hospital on New York in 2009. Crisis Intervention: he is an Attending Psychiatrist providing urgent care to mentally ill patients, including acute intervention and involuntary commitment. Substance and Alcohol Abuse and outpatient care: Attending Psychiatrist providing substance and alcohol abuse care in acute and partial care programs. Furthermore, he has been an Attending Psychiatrist providing mental care in outpatient offices in New Jersey and South Florida. PACT (Psychiatrist Assertive Community Treatment): Attending Psychiatrist leader of team approach of severely and chronically mentally ill patients; managing a team of nurses, therapist, social workers and others. Academic Achievements: He is Professor of Psychiatry and Co-Program Director of the Psychiatry Residency Program at Larkin Community Hospital, Nova Southeastern University.
Dr. Mario S. Cuervo, M.D.
Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Chairman, Department of Psychiatry at LCH
Dr. Cuervo attended the University of Zaragoza, Spain for medical school, graduating in 1976. After that, he entered a Psychiatry Residency Program at the University of Miami in 1978 and was elected chief resident during his last year of training. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry. He is currently a top psychiatrist in his private practice in South Miami, Florida. Dr. Cuervo is a prominent Professor and Faculty of Psychiatry for medical students, interns and residents at Larkin Community Hospital. He has served as the Medical Director for the Department of Psychiatry in several psychiatric hospitals in Florida. He serves as Medical Director and Chief Principal Investigator for Acanthus-Research Group with seventeen years of scholarly activity experience. His outstanding work in clinical trials includes research in Schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder and Depression.
