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St. Petersburg, FL 33710

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8200 Bryan Dairy Rd. Ste. 101
Largo, FL 33777
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Our Providers

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Serving Pinellas County for over 25 years!

Our Doctors

Dr. Acosta is the original founder of the Gulfcoast Institute of OB/GYN and has been proudly serving families in the Tampa Bay region since 1988.  He originally hails from Cuba, but grew up in Long Island, New York.  He attended Long Island University - C. W. Port Campus and from there went to New York University Medical School where he graduated in 1984.  He completed his residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Flushing Hospital Medical Center.  Soon after, he moved with his young family and established himself in St. Petersburg, Florida.  Dr. Acosta has devoted his whole life to the care of Women, minimally invassive in-office and in-hospital procedures, and minimally invassive robotic assisted surgery.  He has served in multiple hospital committees and enjoys doing Mission trips to third world countries.  He is a big University of Notre Dame football fan and likes to play golf.

Dr. Calderon has been practicing in the St. Petersburg area since 1999. He is originally from Puerto Rico where he completed his medical school and OB/GYN training. Dr Calderon's practice has an emphasis on the primary care of women, obstetrics, contraception, and minimally invasive in-office and robotic assisted surgery. In his spare time he loves to travel with his wife and children.

Dr. Javate was born in Chicago and lived in Northwest Indiana for most of his life. He attended Indiana University for his undergraduate degree and received his MD from the Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Javate completed his OB/GYN training in New Orleans at the LSU Health Sciences Center. In his practice he has a special interest in obstetrics, contraception, primary care, and minimally invasive in-office and robotic assisted surgery. Dr. Javate enjoys movies and dining with his wife and two young daughters. He loves to walk his canine son named Schwartz. Dr. Javate is an avid golfer.

Dr. Shamas is our newest associate to the Gulfcoast Institute of OB/GYN. She was born and raised right here in the St. Petersburg area. Dr. Shamas received engineering degrees from the Georgia Institute of Technology and University of South Florida. She attended medical school at USF and completed her OB/GYN residency at the Florida State University. Dr. Shamas has a special interest in primary care of women, obstetrics, contraception, as well as minimally invasive and robotic assisted surgery. She is married and has young son. Dr. Shamas is an avid and accomplished soccer player.

Dr. Lorenzo was born in New York and moved to Puerto Rico where he lived until 1991 that came to Florida. He attended the University of Puerto Rico for his undergraduate bachelor degree and received his Doctorate in medicine degree from the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine in 1983. Dr. Lorenzo completed his OB/GYN training at San Juan City Hospital in Puerto Rico. He practiced Obstetrics and Gynecology for 30 years and at present time is practicing only gynecology. Dr. Lorenzo enjoys golf and traveling with his wife, two children and two grandchildren. 


As a board certified Physician Assistant, Taylor provides services in both obstetrics and gynecology. Taylor is originally from Indiana, but now resides in downtown St. Petersburg. Taylor received her Bachelor’s degree in Human Biology at Indiana University and went on to obtain her Master’s degree in Clinical Medical Science from Barry University. Taylor is an avid traveler and enjoys gardening, yoga and trying new restaurants in St. Pete with her husband. 

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