Area Health News Press Releases

Lakeland, FL – Effective June 12, 2023, Watson Clinic Internal Medicine physician Stephen G. Swengros, MD and Family Medicine physician Brett J. Widick, MD will move their practices to Watson Clinic Highlands at 2300 E. County Road 540A in south Lakeland on a full-time basis. Both physicians previously accepted patient appointments from the Watson Clinic South facility. This move will […]

Clearwater, Fla. (May 1, 2023) – BayCare announced today that it has hired William Walders, CHCIO, CDH-E, a retired military veteran with experience in health care and information systems, as its new chief information officer. Walders, who joined BayCare on April 24, is responsible for all information services, clinical engineering and cyber security across the system. Walders comes

Lakeland, FL – Lakeland Regional Health (LRH) was named as a Level III maternal care verified facility by The Joint Commission in collaboration with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). LRH is currently one of the first facilities in Florida and one of six facilities in the nation to receive this recognition.  Lakeland Regional Health underwent

Lakeland, FL – The Watson Clinic Hearing Center is pleased to introduce the latest addition to their team of expert audiologists. Margaret C. Goldberg, AuD, CCC-A, F-AAA received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the State University of New York at New Paltz in New Paltz, NY, where she majored in Speech and Hearing Handicap and minored in

Lakeland, FL – During a grand finale event held on Thursday, April 13 from the Lakeland Country Club, Watson Clinic Chief Administrative Officer Jason Hirsbrunner was named the top fundraiser in READ Lakeland’s 2023 Kiss the Pig campaign. As is customary for the top fundraiser of each year’s campaign, he was given the opportunity to kiss a live

Lakeland, FL – Sunil Rohatgi, MD, an Oncology-Hematology specialist at the Watson Clinic Cancer & Research Center at 1730 Lakeland Hills Boulevard in Lakeland, recently earned a board-certification in Medical Oncology from the Medical Oncology Board at the American Board of Internal Medicine.  Dr. Rohatgi received his medical degree from the University of Florida College of Medicine