Dr. Richard S. Surwit and Sandra Cummings bought a three-bedroom, five-bath condo at 4240 Galt Ocean Dr. in Fort Lauderdale from Charles C. Stanfa for $1 million on May 15.

Stanfa paid $1.05 million for the 2,823-square-foot Unit #2103 in Aug. 2004. It is part of L'Ambiance Beach condominium development.

Dr. Surwit currently works at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., where serves as division head in the psychiatry and behavioral sciences department and in the medical psychology department. He has been a post-doctoral fellow and an assistant professor of psychology in the department of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He also served as president of the Society for Behavioral Medicine.

He received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from McGill University.

Sales at L'Ambiance Beach were up 50 percent from 2007-08, while the median sales price rose 15.1 percent during that time.

There were 1,459 condo sales in Fort Lauderdale in 2008, with a median price of $215,000.

Address: 4240 Galt Ocean Drive, Unit: 2103
Buyer(s): Richard S Surwit and Sandra Cummings
Seller(s): Charles C Stanfa
Sale date: May. 15, 2009