Sarasota Memorial’s Auxiliary is helping to develop the next generation of physicians, nurses and clinicians! The hospital’s volunteer organization recently awarded college scholarships to four outstanding local high school students who plan to pursue careers in health care. Each student will receive $10,000 over four years. Named after former Sarasota Memorial CEO G. Duncan Finlay, MD, the [...]

News of Angelina Jolie’s decision to undergo a double mastectomy to reduce her risk of cancer may have you wondering whether you should get tested, too. Approximately 5-10 percent of all cancers are hereditary. Individuals are born with an altered gene passed from generation to generation that places them at increased risk of hereditary cancer. Blood [...]

Congressman Vern Buchanan took a “technology tour” of Sarasota Memorial, getting a firsthand look at state-of-the-art new patient care areas and surgery suites. At left, the Congressman gets a sneak peek at the hospital’s new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) with Marguerite G. Malone, Ed.D., left, member of the Sarasota County Public Hospital Board, and [...]

Florida’s legislative session will end soon, and lawmakers have yet to decide if and how they will expand health care to uninsured Floridians of modest means. What’s at stake: Health care for roughly a million low-income Floridians and more than $50 billion in federal money. Extending coverage not only has vital health benefits for so [...]

One of these seminars may help! While there’s no “silver bullet” for back and neck pain, several successful treatments and procedures are available. Since chronic problems can be as complex and unique as our own spines, Sarasota Memorial is hosting a series of lectures featuring several different specialists and topics: • Thursday, May 16, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Sarasota [...]

Sarasota Memorial recently held a special celebration to mark the opening of the ground floor of its new Courtyard Tower! Community leaders, Hospital Board members, staff, physicians and volunteers took a “sneak peek” tour of the hospital’s new lobby, registration department, preadmission testing, volunteer services, surgery check-in, Courtyard Cafe, courtyards and other public areas. The [...]

Sarasota Memorial is celebrating Doctors’ Day on Thursday, 3/28. We love our doctors – always finding more new ways to help patients. We’ve decided to follow their lead by thanking them in as many new ways as we have up our new scrub sleeves. We invite you to join in! Please view our new ‘Thank You, [...]

March 13 is the sixth annual Registered Dietitian Day, reminding everyone that a registered dietitian is the best source of practical, affordable and credible food and nutrition information. The RD credential is a vital distinction when determining where Americans can get safe and accurate nutrition information. Registered Dietitian Day celebrates the commitment of RDs, during [...]

Want to make a VERY big difference in the fight against cancer? Sarasota/Manatee residents have an unprecedented opportunity to participate in a nationwide cancer prevention research study that has the potential to protect future generations from getting cancer. Men and women between the ages of 30 and 65 who have not been diagnosed with cancer (not [...]