Sarasota Memorial is pleased to announce that it has once again been named among the World’s Best Hospitals, Newsweek’s prestigious global ranking of hospitals. SMH’s flagship Sarasota campus has made the list every year since the rankings began in 2019. It is the only hospital in southwest Florida ever to receive the international recognition.
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, claiming nearly 700,000 lives each year, with many of these are due to secondary coronary events. But with proper cardiac rehabilitation, which can reduce risk of death by as much as 47%, many of those could likely have been avoided.
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Sarasota Memorial’s Kolschowsky Research and Education Institute is part of an international clinical trial that may provide a new treatment option for those with advanced stage squamous cell skin cancer, one of the most common types of skin cancer, often found in areas exposed to the sun, such as the head, neck and arms. The Phase III study is evaluating whether adding an immunotherapy drug before surgery results in better outcomes, especially for those with fast-growing lesions that have a higher rate of recurrence or spreading to other parts of the body.
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
As American Heart Month comes to a close this week, Sarasota Memorial’s cardiac team is spotlighting the progress made – the rate of people dying from heart attacks has dropped nearly 90% – but also the work that remains: Despite decades of innovation, heart disease remains the #1 killer of both men and women, but now with arrhythmias, hypertension and heart failure making up the larger share of heart-related deaths.
Monday, February 23, 2026
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