Honors

Sarasota Doctor Accepts Award for Deafness Treatment

Sarasota's Dr. Jack Wazen last month accepted the international Bone Conduction Hearing 'Osseo' Award for his rehabilitation of patients diagnosed with single-sided deafness.

06/27/2017 By staff

New hires

Human Services Center Hires New Marketing, Development Assistant

The Glasser Schoenbaum Human Services Center recently hired Sarah Glendening.

06/27/2017 By staff

Health care

Venice Hospital Names New CEO

Venice Regional Bayfront Health recently appointed Bob Moore as its chief executive officer.

06/23/2017 By staff

Health care

Women's Networking Group Honors Optometrist

The Lakewood Ranch chapter of S.W.A.T., Successful Women Aligning Together, recently honored Dr. Ashley Masuga of InFocus Family Eyecare.

06/19/2017 By staff

New hires

Health Care Foundation Names New Communications Director

The Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation recently hired Kara Saunders as the nonprofit's director of communications.

06/05/2017 By staff

Health Care

Hospital Recognized for Hip and Knee Replacement Excellence

Sarasota Memorial Hospital was recently named a Center of Excellence for hip and knee replacement by DNV GL Healthcare.

06/01/2017 By staff

The SEEN

Photos From the Manatee Chamber of Commerce's 2017 Champions of Healthcare Awards

The event honored individuals, institutions and programs that are making an impact on health and health care in Manatee County

05/31/2017 Photography by Lori Sax

Technology

Hospital Launches New Geomagnetic Way-Finding App

Sarasota Memorial Health Care System this week became the first hospital in the United States to offer an indoor way-finding app that uses geomagnetic positioning technology.

05/19/2017 By staff

Data

Sarasota Ranks Highly in List of 'Best Places to Retire'

Sarasota was recently ranked as the ninth best city in Florida in which to retire by SmartAsset, a financial technology company.

05/15/2017 By staff

Data

Florida Drops in Ranking of States Based on Senior Health

Florida comes in at No. 30 in a new ranking of states based on seniors' health issued by the United Health Foundation, a drop of six places from last year's ranking.

05/10/2017 By staff

Health care

Sarasota Memorial Holds Informational Meeting on New Newtown Facility

The Sarasota Memorial Health Care System is hosting a community-wide meeting about its new Internal Medicine Residency Program and Internal Medicine Practice.

05/05/2017 By staff

Appointments

Community AIDS Network Adds Board Member

Elliott Mitchell recently joined the board of directors of the Community AIDS Network. Mitchell is a real estate developer of commercial and multi-family housing in Florida.

05/03/2017 By staff

Education

Dental School Picks New Dean

Mathew Bateman was recently named dean of Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine’s School of Dental Medicine in Bradenton.

05/03/2017 By staff

Health care

Family Physician Joins North Port Office

Dr. George Toth recently joined the North Port office of Sarasota Memorial Health Care System's First Physicians Group.

05/03/2017 By staff

New hires

New OB/GYN Joins Health Care Network

Dr. Julianne Kenton-Haney last week joined Sarasota Memorial Health Care System's First Physicians Group network.

05/01/2017 By staff

New hires

Orthopedic Office Picks New Workers' Compensation Manager

Sarasota Orthopedic Associates recently hired Kim Kirtley as its workers' compensation development manager.

04/20/2017 By staff

Health Care

Venice Regional Hospital Improves Safety Score

In national survey by nonprofit group, Venice facility improves from 'D' to 'C.'

04/17/2017 By staff

Health care

Doctor Plans New Sleep Disorder Office

Dr. Carlos Realpe of SleepMed recently leased suite 170 in the building located at 5432 Bee Ridge Road, Sarasota, in order to open a new SleepMed office there.

04/14/2017 By staff

Health care

Sarasota Memorial Hospital Gets an 'A' for Patient Safety

Sarasota Memorial Hospital on Wednesday received an 'A' for patient safety from the nonprofit Leapfrog, which ranked the hospital as one of the safest in America.

04/12/2017 By staff

Health care

Hospital Chief Medical Officer Named to Top 100 List

Dr. Thomas Trinchetto, the chief medical officer at Doctors Hospital of Sarasota, was recently named by Becker's Hospital Review as one of the "100 hospital and health system CMOs to know."

04/11/2017 By staff