Sarasota Memorial Health Care System (SMH) is proud to announce that Chief Medical Officer James Fiorica, MD, has been named to Becker’s Hospital Review’s 2026 list of “Chief Medical Officers to Know.”
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
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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