Watson Clinic is pleased to welcome the following new additions to their team of expert medical providers.
Amelia Hyland, APRN is a hospital-based registered nurse practitioner who works alongside board-certified Infectious Diseases specialist Tri Pham, MD exclusively from Lakeland Regional Health at 1324 Lakeland Hills Blvd. in Lakeland, and Bartow Regional Medical Center at 2200 Osprey Blvd. in Bartow.
She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Polk State College in Winter Haven, FL and her Master of Science in Nursing degree from Florida Southern College in Lakeland, FL. She is a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.
Appointments with Watson Clinic’s Infectious Diseases department may be scheduled by calling 863-680-7190. For more information on Ms. Hyland, visit WatsonClinic.com/Hyland.
Ms. Maldonado earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Western Governor’s University in Millcreek, UT and her Master of Science in Nursing degree from Florida Southern College in Lakeland, FL. She is a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.
Appointments with Ms. Maldonado may be scheduled by calling 863-680-7190 or visiting WatsonClinic.com/Maldonado.
Mehdi Taleb, APRN is a hospital-based registered nurse practitioner works alongside board-certified Pulmonology specialist Naem Shahrour, MD exclusively from Lakeland Regional Health at 1324 Lakeland Hills Blvd. in Lakeland.
Mr. Taleb earned his Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from the University of South Florida in Tampa, FL and his Master of Science in Nursing degree from the University of Tampa in Tampa, FL. He is a certified Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.
Appointments with Watson Clinic’s Pulmonology department may be scheduled by calling 863-680-7190. For more information on Mr. Taleb, visit WatsonClinic.com/Taleb.

Registered nurse practitioner
Laura Zimmerman, APRN serves new and established patients of board-certified
Cardiology specialists
John G. Canto, MD, MSPH, FACC,
Joseph Coffman, MD,
and George Ghareeb, DO from
Watson Clinic Main at 1600 Lakeland Hills Blvd. in Lakeland. Her areas of expertise include the monitoring and treatment of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, coronary artery disease, heart failure and arrhythmias.
Ms. Zimmerman received her Bachelor and Master of Science Nursing degrees from Florida Southern College in Lakeland, FL. She is certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and is a member of the Polk County Advanced Practice Nurses Association.
Call 863-680-7490 or visit WatsonClinic.com/Zimmerman for more information and to schedule an appointment with Ms. Zimmerman. For additional details on Watson Clinic’s Cardiology department, visit WatsonClinic.com/Cardiology.