Area Health News Press Releases

BayCare Health System has partnered with the federal government to establish the first Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) in the state after two recent hurricanes. The DMAT will increase West Central Florida’s access to emergency care after the region was devastated by massive storms.  On Friday, a DMAT tent village sprung up in a parking […]

ORLANDO, Fla. — As Hurricane Milton made landfall and swept across Florida, AdventHealth for Women welcomed 67 babies into the world. Hundreds of team members, including nurses, physicians and specialists, staffed AdventHealth facilities during the height of the hurricane, working through the night to ensure that the community, including delivering parents and their little ones,

LAKELAND, Fla. — Watson Clinic recently welcomed two additions to its team of expert physicians. Henna Ahsan, MD is an OB-GYN specialist who treats patients from Watson Clinic Highlands at 2300 E. County Road 540A in south Lakeland. Her areas of expertise include general OB-GYN care. Dr. Ahsan received her medical degree from the University of Washington

LAKELAND, Fla. — Watson Clinic recently welcomed a new addition to their team of expert medical providers. Leah Philpot, APRN is a registered nurse practitioner who works alongside board-certified Allergy & Immunology specialist Lionel V. Bonini, MD from Watson Clinic Main at 1600 Lakeland Hills Blvd. in Lakeland. Her areas of expertise include general allergy care, allergy testing, child

Orlando, Fla. –“The only way through it is through it.” Breast cancer survivor Kristin Harmel had the first letters of each word in this phrase engraved on a ring in December 2022 as a reminder during her upcoming three-month chemotherapy treatment of how she planned to fight through the most difficult chapter of her life.

LAKELAND, Fla. — Registered nurse practitioner Brittany Six, APRN, FNP has joined the Oncology-Hematology department of the Watson Clinic Cancer & Research Center at 1730 Lakeland Hills Blvd. in Lakeland, where she works alongside board-certified Oncology-Hematology specialist Shalini Mulaparthi, MD. Ms. Six received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Polk State College in Lakeland, FL, and her

LAKELAND, Fla. — Board-certified Family Medicine specialist Kristina Hair, DO is now accepting appointments from Watson Clinic Plant City at 615 E. Alexander Street in Plant City every Wednesday and Thursday. During the remainder of the week, Dr. Hair will continue to treat patients from her office at Watson Clinic Bartow Building A at 2250 Osprey Blvd., Suite 100 in Bartow. Dr.

CareerSource Central Florida, Home Builders Institute and employU are among the organizations looking to provide education and job training in health care, hospitality, construction and other industries.  ORLANDO, Fla.— AdventHealth is distributing nearly $1.4 million over the next three years to the 2024 recipients of its Community Impact Grants, giving six Central Florida nonprofits the chance to