Watson Clinic recently welcomed the following new additions to their team of expert physicians and providers.
Justin S. Hutchinson, MD is a General Surgery specialist who treats patients from Watson Clinic Parkway Medical Center at 4060 Lakeland Highlands Rd. in south Lakeland. His areas of expertise include minimally invasive robotic surgery and laparoscopic general surgery.
Dr. Hutchinson received his medical degree from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia, SC, and completed his General Surgery residency at Orlando Health – Orlando Regional Medical Center in Orlando, FL. His is certified in Robotic Surgery by Intuitive Surgical and is a member of the American College of Surgeons and the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons.
For more information and to schedule an appointment with Dr. Hutchinson, call 863-680-7486 or visit WatsonClinic.com/Hutchinson.
Michael R. Mankbadi, MD is a board-certified non-invasive Cardiology specialist who treats patients from Watson Clinic Main at 1600 Lakeland Hills Blvd. in Lakeland. His areas of expertise include echocardiography, cardiac CT, transesophageal echocardiography, stress testing, and preventive cardiology care.
Dr. Mankbadi received his medical degree from the University of Central Florida College of Medicine in Orlando, FL. He went on to complete his Internal Medicine residency at Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven, CT, and his Cardiology fellowship at the University of Massachusetts in Worcester, MA. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Adult Echocardiography and Nuclear Cardiology, and is a member of the American College of Internal Medicine, American College of Physicians, American College of Cardiology and the American Society of Echocardiography. He is multilingual in English, Spanish and Egyptian Arabic.
For more information and to schedule an appointment with Dr. Mankbadi, call 863-680-7490 or visit WatsonClinic.com/Mankbadi.
Shivangi Patel, MD is an Interventional Cardiologist who treats patients from Watson Clinic Main at 1600 Lakeland Hills Blvd. in Lakeland and Watson Clinic Parkway Medical Center at 4060 Lakeland Highlands Rd. in south Lakeland. Her areas of expertise include complex coronary interventions and stent procedures, cardiovascular disease prevention and risk reduction, transcatheter heart valve replacement (TAVR), Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) and Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) closure, resistant hypertension including renal artery denervation, peripheral arterial disease and endovascular interventions, advanced heart failure monitoring including implantable pulmonary artery pressure sensors (CardioMEMS), and cardiogenic shock.
Dr. Patel received her medical degree from the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine in Tampa, FL. She completed an Internal Medicine residency and Interventional Cardiology fellowship at Orlando Health - Orlando Regional Medical Center in Orlando, FL, as well as a Cardiovascular Disease fellowship at Orlando Health – Orlando Regional Medical Center and Lake Nona Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Orlando, FL. She is a member of the American College of Cardiology, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and the American College of Physicians. Dr. Patel is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac Computed Tomography. She is multi-lingual in English, Gujarati and Spanish.
Call 863-680-7490 or visit WatsonClinic.com/SPatel for more information and to schedule an appointment. 
Sujeirys Paulino, MD is a Pulmonology specialist who treats patients from Watson Clinic Main at 1600 Lakeland Hills Blvd. in Lakeland. Her areas of expertise include bronchoscopy, thoracentesis, chest tube placement, airway and ventilator management, critical care ultrasound, pulmonary function test interpretation, and arterial blood gas (ABG) interpretation.
She received her medical degree from the Universidad Catolica Nordestana (UCNE) in the Dominican Republic and went on to perform an Internal Medicine residency and a Pulmonary Medicine fellowship at BronxCare Health System in Bronx, NY. Dr. Paulino is board-certified in Internal Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine, and is a member of the American Thoracic Society, American College of Chest Physicians and the American College of Physicians. She is bilingual in English and Spanish.
Call 863-680-7190 or visit WatsonClinic.com/Paulino for more information and to schedule an appointment with Dr. Paulino.
Michael Wu, DO is an Urgent Care specialist who treats patients from Watson Clinic Urgent Care South at 1033 N. Parkway Frontage Rd. in south Lakeland.
Dr. Wu received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from Lincoln Memorial University Debusk College of Osteopathic Medicine in Harrogate, TN, and completed his Family Medicine residency at Cahaba-AUB in Centreville, AL. He is board-certified in Family Medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine, and is a member of the American Medical Association, American Osteopathic Association, American Academy of Family Physicians, and the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association.
Watson Clinic’s walk-in care facilities offer expert treatments for minor illnesses and injuries without the need for an appointment. New and established Watson Clinic patients may also reserve a time to receive care by using the On My Way feature at WatsonClinic.com/WalkIn. For more information on Dr. Wu, visit WatsonClinic.com/MichaelWu.
Kenley Pointer, PA is a physician assistant who works alongside board-certified Oncology-Hematology specialist Shalini Mulaparthi, MD from the Watson Clinic Cancer & Research Center at 1730 Lakeland Hills Blvd. in Lakeland.
Ms. Pointer received her Bachelor of Science degree in Health Sciences from the University of South Florida in Tampa, FL and her Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies degree from South University in Tampa, FL. She is a member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants and the Florida Academy of Physician Assistants.
For more information and to schedule an appointment with Ms. Pointer, call 863-603-4770 or visit WatsonClinic.com/Pointer.