If you’re a cardiac patient, your heart is in the right place at Sarasota Memorial. That was confirmed in exciting news that will transform cardiovascular care throughout the region: Today, Sarasota Memorial announced that it will partner with the Columbia University Medical Center’s Division of Cardiac Surgery to provide local patients and physicians with the [...]

  Last month, the Sarasota Memorial breast health center received a donation of breast cancer awareness sweatshirts & t-shirts for patients donated by the local Old Navy Store. Chris Brinn, assistant store manager, even came to deliver the apparel that read “HOPE! FIGHT! CURE!” Chris’ fiancé is Maria Nicestro, a Sarasota Memorial nurse who worked [...]

The next time you’re at the hospital, you’ll see our new family/visitor lounges located on floors one through five next to the C elevators.  Each lounge area has a wonderful view of the new courtyard, which will include paver walkways, seating areas, attractive landscaping and soothing water features when completed, along with the new patient [...]

It’s 3 or 4 p.m. in the afternoon, you’re at work or home from school and a snack attack strikes! Instead of raiding the fridge or vending machine and spoiling your dinner or diet, consider a snack that combines lean protein with fiber. It will help keep you full longer. Here are five quick and [...]

If your child feels warm or seems under the weather, it’s probably time to take his or her temperature. Sounds simple enough — but if you’re new to it, you may have questions. Which type of thermometer is best? Are thermometer guidelines different for babies and older children? Here’s what you need to know to [...]

Hello readers! My name is Megan and I’ll be taking you on a virtual tour of Sarasota Memorial and discovering all of the fascinating treatments and services the hospital offers. Today, I sat down with Sharon Tolhurst, administrator at Cape Surgery Center, to talk about being accredited by the Joint Commission and what it means [...]

In February, the golf, tennis and fitness communities at The Meadows Country Club held joint “Think Pink Week” fundraising events to benefit community healthcare programs supported by Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation, Inc.   Nearly $11,000 was raised to assist uninsured and underinsured patients at Sarasota Memorial Health Care System’s Breast Health Center. On Feb. 4, 2012, [...]

If you’ve been sneezing until your itchy, watery eyeballs feel like they might pop out of your congested little head lately, you’re not alone. This year, even before spring has even sprung, the pollens have powdered our air in record levels. It started with the oak tree pollens and has now moved on to cypress, [...]

Hello readers! My name is Megan and I’ll be taking you on a virtual tour of Sarasota Memorial and discovering all of the fascinating treatments and services the hospital offers. Today, I sat down with Kelly Munch, manager of Ambulatory Services at the Institute for Advanced Medicine, and Meredith Cleveland, team leader of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, [...]