Area Health News Press Releases
Chief Operating Officer Joins AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach
NEW SYMRNA BEACH, Fla. – Joshua Champion has been named Chief Operating Officer (COO) at AdventHealth...
New visitor shuttle unveiled at AdventHealth Heart of Florida
DAVENPORT, Fla. — AdventHealth Heart of Florida and AdventHealth Polk Foundation leaders are delighted to...
Watson Clinic Foundation Arts in Medicine Program Receives Generous Grants From Polk Arts and Cultural Alliance
LAKELAND, Fla.— The Watson Clinic Foundation’s Arts in Medicine (AIM) program has received $7000 in grant funding from...
Final Steel Beam Marks Key Step in AdventHealth Daytona Beach Expansion
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., April 7, 2025 – Local leaders, officials, and construction workers gathered today to...
Lakeland Regional Health, Winter Haven Hospital Earn Recognition for Organ Donation Education Campaign
Thirty hospitals — including Lakeland Regional Health and BayCare’s Winter Haven Hospital — earned prestigious...
Watson Clinic Provider Moves From Allergy to Internal Medicine Department
LAKELAND, Fla.– Suzanne Cooper, APRN, a registered nurse practitioner who has worked alongside Watson Clinic allergy...
Lakeland Regional Health Welcomes Sports Medicine Surgeon Dr. Larry R. Padgett to Physician Group
LAKELAND, Fla. — Lakeland Regional Health Physician Group welcomed well-known, board-certified sports medicine surgeon, Larry...
BayCare Named Tampa Bay Times Top Workplace for 11th Year
BayCare is proud to announce it has once again been named to the Tampa Bay...
Renowned Head and Neck Surgeon Joins AdventHealth Daytona Beach
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Dr. Martin Corsten, an accomplished head and neck surgeon, has joined AdventHealth Medical...
Kristi Baker Named Senior Executive Officer of AdventHealth for Children
ORLANDO, Fla.— Kristi Baker has been named senior executive officer for AdventHealth for Children effective...
Watson Clinic Optometrist Hosts Free Lecture on Cataracts in April
LAKELAND, Fla.— Watson Clinic is pleased to announce the following upcoming lecture scheduled for the...
Expanding Access to Type 2 Diabetes Treatment in Rural Florida Through Telehealth
by MEREDITH BAUER, UF/IFAS Getting to a specialist for a doctor’s appointment can be tough...
All BayCare-Sponsored Graduate Medical Education Programs Receive 100% Match
Match Day 2025 made one thing clear: New residents want to be part of BayCare’s...
BayCare Ranks No. 30 as a Top Workplace by USA Today and Energage
BayCare is proud to announce for the second year in a row it has been...
New Screening Program at AdventHealth Sebring Is Detecting Hidden Heart Disease Early
SEBRING, Fla. — 90-year-old Nancy Macklin of Avon Park said it was a regularly scheduled echocardiogram...
AdventHealth Heart of Florida Unveils Newly Renovated, $2.5 Million, State-of-the-Art Cath Lab
DAVENPORT, Fla. — AdventHealth Heart of Florida in Davenport was thrilled to unveil its newly...
UF/IFAS Dietitian Reveals Hidden Link Between Nutrition, Dental Health and Overall Wellness
by MEGAN WINSLOW March is National Nutrition Month, an opportunity to reflect on diet and...
BayCare Adds 7 More Medical Residency Programs
When medical school students across the country are matched next month with post-graduate residency programs...
St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital First in Southeast United States to Implant New Cardiac Stent Designed for Infants
The Patel Children’s Heart Institute at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital is the first in the...
BayCare Opens Florida’s First Behavioral Health Urgent Care Center
NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (February 27, 2025) — BayCare, West Central Florida’s leader in behavioral...