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SMH Installs New Physician Leaders
SMH Installs New Physician Leaders
Posted: Oct 22, 2020

SMH Installs New Physician Leaders

Sarasota Memorial’s medical staff on Tuesday installed its new executive officers for the upcoming year. Jack Wazen, MD, was named chief of staff, serving as the top representative of Sarasota Memorial’s 1,400-plus medical staff members and advanced practice providers.

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SMH Honors Physicians on COVID Frontlines
SMH Honors Physicians on COVID Frontlines
Posted: Oct 21, 2020

SMH Honors Physicians on COVID Frontlines

At Sarasota Memorial's annual medical staff meeting on Tuesday, Chief of Staff Alissa Shulman, MD, presented the health system’s 2020 Physician of the Year Award to physician team leaders representing the extraordinary work of the medical staff this year; she spotlighed Medical Director of Infection Prevention & Control Manuel Gordillo, MD, and a team of physicians that led the fight against COVID-19 in the Suncoast region.

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SMH Cardiologist Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
SMH Cardiologist Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
Posted: Oct 21, 2020

SMH Cardiologist Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

Sarasota Memorial’s medical team honored interventional cardiologist Michael Mumma, MD, FACC, with a Lifetime Achievement Award at SMH’s annual medical staff meeting on Tuesday. Dr. Mumma, who joined the medical staff at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in 1989, was recognized for 30+ years of clinical leadership, exemplary service and unwavering commitment to his patients and community. 

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Hope Builds: SMH Celebrates Oncology Tower Construction Milestone
Hope Builds: SMH Celebrates Oncology Tower Construction Milestone
Posted: Oct 15, 2020

Hope Builds: SMH Celebrates Oncology Tower Construction Milestone

Despite challenges to supply chains and uncertainties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Sarasota Memorial’s new oncology tower has crested its highest point — 233 feet — a construction milestone SMH leaders celebrated this week with inspiring messages of hope. Slated to open in the fall of 2021, the tower is the cornerstone of Sarasota Memorial’s Brian D. Jellison Cancer Institute.

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SMH Opens New Digestive Health Center, Expands Gastroenterology Practice
SMH Opens New Digestive Health Center, Expands Gastroenterology Practice
Posted: Oct 14, 2020

SMH Opens New Digestive Health Center, Expands Gastroenterology Practice

Today, Sarasota Memorial Health Care System opened a new outpatient care center with a state-of-the-art endoscopy suite and expanding specialty practice dedicated to early detection and treatment of gastrointestinal (GI) cancers and other digestive diseases and disorders.

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