Our Staff at Surfside Urgent Care
The staff at Surfside Urgent Care is dedicated to your health and safety. Our caring providers want to help you as quickly and efficiently as possible to minimize your wait time, while providing a high level of care. We take the time to listen to our patients and make sure you have a voice. We will then do our best to get you back on the road to health.
Our providers are also great with kids, and frequently perform in-depth sports physicals to make sure your children stay healthy out on the playing field.
Dr. Douglas St. Clair, M.D.
Douglas St. Clair, M.D. is Board Certified in Emergency Medicine. He was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and attended Temple University School Medical School in Philadelphia, on a US Air Force, Health Professions Scholarship.
He then served an Emergency Medicine Residency at Wright State University School of Medicine in combination with the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Medical Center in Dayton, Ohio.
Upon completing his training, he was stationed at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida where he eventually served as Medical Director of the Emergency Department.
After leaving the Air Force, he moved to Tequesta, Florida in Palm Beach County where he worked in several local emergency departments and owned and operated Tequesta Urgent Care. He moved his family to Melbourne Beach in 2002 and began working in the emergency departments of Holmes Regional Medical Center and Palm Bay Community Hospital.
In 2010, Dr. St. Clair began caring for Veterans commuting to the Denver VA Medical Center. Seeing a need in his local community, he helped establish Surfside Urgent Care with a goal of improving access to urgent medical care provided by experienced Emergency Medicine Providers with minimal to no wait.
Dr. St. Clair’s primary practice in now Surfside Urgent Care, though he still practices Emergency Medicine on a part time basis.
Dr. St. Clair is married with 2 children. He enjoys spending time with his family, snowboarding, tennis, travel, paddle boarding, cooking, meditation and yoga.
Tina Campanile, PA-C, PhD
Tina Campanile received her Bachelor of Health Science in Physician Assistant Studies at The University of Florida in 1987. After practicing in Ophthalmology for 3 years, Tina decided to serve her country and joined the United States Air Force. As a Captain in The Air Force, she practiced in Primary care and Emergency Medicine. She has combat medicine experience serving in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait during Operation Desert Shield/Storm. In 1996, PA Campanile received a Masters Degree in Science while completing a residency for Physician Assistants in Emergency Medicine at Alderson-Broaddus College in Philippi, West Virginia. Tina has practiced in the field Emergency Medicine since 1990.
Nicole Taft-Senn, PA-C
Nicole has been a practicing PA since 2008. Most of her experience has been in the Emergency Department where she sees all age ranges of patients from infants to geriatrics. She grew up in Coral Gables, FL and went to the University of Florida for undergraduate studies. She earned her Physician Assistant Masters Degree at Nova Southeastern University. She, her husband, and their two awesome children live in Parkland, Florida. Some of her hobbies include paddle boarding, spending time with her family and cycling.
She thoroughly enjoys being a Physician Assistant, knowing she can use her medical skills and knowledge, interpersonal skills, and listening skills to provide the best care to her patients!
Elizabeth Van Hemel, PA-C
Elizabeth Van Hemel obtained her Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing through the University of North Carolina. She furthered her medical education graduating from Wake Forest University PA program in 1997 with honors and Special Recognition in surgery. Liz obtained her Masters in Business Administration from Webster University at PAFB in 2011.
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