Area Health News Press Releases

Lakeland, FL – Watson Clinic is pleased to welcome registered nurse practitioner Stacy Swanson, APRN to their department of Dermatology.  Ms. Swanson works alongside board-certified Dermatologist Catherine B. Marcum, MD from Watson Clinic South at 1033 N. Parkway Frontage Rd. in Lakeland, and Watson Clinic Bartow Building A at 2250 Osprey Blvd., Suite 100 in Bartow. Ms. Swanson received her Master of Science […]

Lakeland, FL – Watson Clinic is pleased to welcome the latest addition to their department of Urology.  Registered nurse practitioner Marty J. Pickard, APRN assists patients of board-certified Urology specialist Mark Swierzewski, MD from Watson Clinic Main at 1600 Lakeland Hills Blvd. in Lakeland. Ms. Pickard received her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Nursing degrees from Florida

WINTER PARK, Fla., March 14, 2023 – An innovative new health care option is now available for Central Floridians who are 65 and older. Recently, AdventHealth Well 65+ opened two additional permanent offices in Winter Park and Daytona Beach offering exceptional primary care that’s customized to meet the needs and health goals of patients after the age of

LAKELAND, Fla. – Bariatric surgeries have become more and more necessary for thousands of people across the country each year who need medical assistance to combat obesity. Two Florida Polytechnic University professors are working on a highly realistic 3D bariatric procedure simulator to help ensure doctors have the best training possible to perform the surgery.

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

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

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

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