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St. Joseph’s Hospital Named One of Nation’s Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospitals

Today, St. Joseph’s Hospital was named one of the nation’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals™ according to an independent quality analysis provided by PINC AI™ and reported by Fortune. This is the fifth time and the third consecutive year St. Joseph’s has made this prestigious list.  St. Joseph’s Hospital, part of BayCare Health System, is the only Tampa Bay-area […]

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Watson Clinic Hosts Chiropractic Lecture in April

Lakeland, FL – Watson Clinic is pleased to host the following community lecture during the month of April.  This event is free of charge and open to public, though seating will be limited. Date: Thursday, April 6 at 6 pmSpeaker: Jalen Banks, DCTopic: Managing Low Back Pain without Surgery. During this free informative lecture, Watson Clinic Chiropractic Medicine provider

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Watson Clinic Announces March 2023 PEER Award Winner

Watson Clinic recognizes one outstanding employee every month as part of their Program for Employee Excellence and Recognition (PEER) award. The PEER Award is given to an employee who best exemplifies the patient-focused customer service standards that Watson Clinic strives to excel at every day. The following employee was recognized for this current month: Brenda

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Watson Clinic Recruits Additional Hospitalist

Lakeland, FL – Watson Clinic is pleased to welcome the latest addition to their team of expert hospital-based physicians.  Doris A. Koduah, MD, FACP is a Watson Clinic hospitalist who treats inpatients during their stay at Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center. Dr. Koduah received her medical degree from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, School of

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Watson Clinic Nephrologist Achieves New Board-Certification

Lakeland, FL – Patrick Francois, MD, a Nephrology specialist who treats patients from the Watson Clinic Highlands facility at 2300 E. County Road 540A in south Lakeland, recently received a board-certification in Nephrology from the American Board of Internal Medicine, the same organization where he had previously earned a board-certification in Internal Medicine. Dr. Francois received his

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Watson Clinic Announces February 2023 PEER Award Winner

Watson Clinic recognizes one outstanding employee every month as part of their Program for Employee Excellence and Recognition (PEER) award. The PEER Award is given to an employee who best exemplifies the patient-focused customer service standards that Watson Clinic strives to excel at every day. The following employee was recognized for this current month: Amanda

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Watson Clinic Only Facility in Area to Offer Groundbreaking PET/CT Imaging for Cardiac Patients

Lakeland, FL – Watson Clinic is the only medical facility in the area to offer the highly advanced imaging capabilities of the Siemens Biograph Vision™, a next-generation PET/CT scanner that produces cardiac imaging with greater efficiency, accuracy and less radiation exposure than ever before. “By combining the best of two separate imaging systems – the PET

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Nemours Children’s Health Announces New Ear, Hearing and Communications Center

Comprehensive center combines subspecialty areas to help patients with ear abnormalities and hearing loss Orlando, Fla. (Jan. 23, 2023) Nemours Children’s Health announces a new interdisciplinary center that will aid patients dealing with a range of issues around deafness and ear reconstruction, specifically those with ear differences, hearing loss and communications needs. This new center at

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Watson Clinic Announces January 2023 PEER Award Winner

Watson Clinic recognizes one outstanding employee every month as part of their Program for Employee Excellence and Recognition (PEER) award. The PEER Award is given to an employee who best exemplifies the patient-focused customer service standards that Watson Clinic strives to excel at every day. The following employee was recognized for this current month: Emily

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Watson Clinic Hosts Lecture And Educational Classes in February

Lakeland, FL – Watson Clinic is pleased to host the following community lecture during the month of February.  This event is free of charge and open to public, though seating will be limited. Date: Thursday, February 2 at 6 pmSpeaker: Jalen Banks, DCTopic: Managing Low Back Pain without Surgery. During this free informative lecture, Watson Clinic Chiropractic Medicine provider

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