Washington Hill, MD James Fox, MD Last week, Sarasota Memorial’s Medical Staff held its annual meeting and announced the winners of two prestigious awards: Washington C. Hill, MD, FACOG, of Maternal/Fetal Medicine won the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding work over the past two decades to provide the highest quality of care to at-risk [...]

We’ve all done it. We’re sitting on the plane waiting for everyone else to board and then you see them…a mom carrying a baby heading your way, looking in your direction. You try not to make eye contact as if that will decrease the chance of her having the seat next to you. You glance [...]

Looking for an excuse to celebrate food and good eating? Oct. 24 is Food Day, a nationwide celebration and a movement for healthy, affordable and sustainable food. What are five things you can do to recognize Food Day? 1. Visit your local farmers market and pick up some locally grown produce! 2. If you’re at [...]

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that’s triggered by a terrifying event. We hear a lot about PTSD as related to war, and yet things like natural disasters, car or plane crashes, the death of a loved one, terrorist attacks and sexual or physical abuse fall into this category. There are a [...]

This week crews installed the Sarasota Memorial Hospital sign on the north elevation of the Courtyard Tower.  At night the sign will be illuminated, creating an impressive new landmark for the Sarasota community.

Nutrition is so important to our health. Unfortunately, nutrition isn’t always on the top of everyone’s agenda. As a mom, getting healthy, nutritious, REAL foods into my kids has always been a major priority, right from day 1. First – Read Labels! Second – Avoid high sodium foods. The high salt content in many children’s [...]

During the first year or so it was easy to watch the progress of Sarasota Memorial’s new Courtyard Tower because the work was highly visible.  Now that the majority of the exterior structure is completed most of the activity, such as the installation of the interior signs above, is hidden from view.  Work continues at [...]

The first night home from the hospital with our first baby was just the beginning of the sleeplessness that was to come. Our precious baby woke up every 15 minutes for hours on end… I was fortunate to ‘know’ that cluster feeding during the night is common and normal for a breastfed newborn but it [...]

Years of planning and construction will come to fruition in 2013, with the opening of Sarasota Memorial’s much-anticipated new Courtyard Tower. The cornerstone of a $250 million transformation now under way at the public hospital’s main campus, the nine-story patient tower will replace the oldest wings of the hospital, adding more private rooms, a beautiful courtyard and state-of-the [...]