Walcker named chief executive officer at Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute

Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute has announced that FCS Chief Financial Officer Nathan H. Walcker has been named chief executive officer, effective Aug. 1, 2020. Walcker will succeed current Chief Executive Officer Brad Prechtl, MBA, who will retire from FCS, effective July 30, 2020, but continue to serve as a consultant through April 2021.

Prechtl has served as FCS CEO since October 2009, and through his decade-plus tenure was instrumental in the development and creation of an infrastructure that enabled the company to become a nationally recognized community oncology practice leader.

Walcker joined FCS in August 2019, bringing more than a decade of healthcare, physician services and corporate finance expertise with him to Fort Myers. During his time at FCS, he’s made significant contributions across finance, strategy and operations.

After earning his undergraduate degree in Economics from Columbia University in the City of New York, Walcker started his career on the trading floor at Merrill Lynch in New York. He later received his MBA in finance from Columbia Business School and has since held senior positions as an investment banker focused on M&A and strategic advisory for healthcare clients across the globe.

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Prendiville Facial Plastic Surgery joins Quigley Eye Specialists

Facial plastic surgeon Dr. Stephen Prendiville and his staff have joined Quigley Eye Specialists as part of the new cosmetic surgery division.

Prendiville will be the medical director of the new division that also includes the Assuage Luxury Spa in Fort Myers and Naples that was founded in 2013 by Tehjan Prendiville.

Prendiville and his staff will continue to see patients at his Fort Myers office at 9407 Cypress Lake Drive. The phone number of 239-437-3900 will remain the same. No operational changes are planned at this time.

The office of Dr. Stephen Prendiville joins five other Lee County practices under Quigley Eye Specialists ownership as well as four offices in Collier and Charlotte counties.

Prendiville is the only Fellowship-trained facial plastic surgeon in Fort Myers who is certified by both the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the American Board of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. He has performed more than 5,000 surgical procedures.

He is recognized nationally as a facelift expert with more than 20 articles published in medical journals and he has served as guest editor for Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America.

He graduated with his M.D. degree with high honors from Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C., and served his residency at Georgetown University.

He was awarded a Fellowship in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at St. Louis University in Missouri, where he was a clinical instructor in the St. Louis University Department of Otolaryngology.

Quigley Eye Specialists, founded in 1988, consists of more than 70 medical professionals, including surgeons, optometrists, retina specialists and technicians. Offices are conveniently located throughout Southwest Florida in Fort Myers, Cape Coral,Lehigh Acres, Bonita Springs, Naples, Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda. For more information, visit www.QuigleyEye.com.