SMH Newtown Doctors Partner with Legal Aid to Improve Patient Health

Join us for a free, public event Oct. 14 to learn how Sarasota Memorial’s Internal Medicine Practice in Newtown and Legal Aid Manasota are working together to combat the complex needs of low-income patients impacted by health-harming social conditions.

Thursday, October 5, 2017

FSU Medical Alum Returns to Sarasota, Joins FPG OB-GYN Team

Dr. Kathryn Gard has returned to SMH’s First Physicians Group (FPG) Obstetrics and Gynecology practice, joining Drs. Ruth Dyal, Kelly Hamel, Neil Pollack, Kristen Shepherd, Michael Shroder, and Greg Towsley in the practice where she completed her OB-GYN rotation during medical school five years earlier.

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Cancer Specialist Dr. James Fiorica Named New Chief Medical Officer

Sarasota Memorial Health Care System has named local cancer specialist James Fiorica, MD, to serve as the organization’s top physician administrator. In addition to his women’s cancer practice, Dr. Fiorica has served as associate chief medical officer.

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Veteran Internal Medicine Doctor Joins First Physicians Group

Sarasota Memorial welcomes veteran Internal Medicine specialist Dr. Jeffrey Humbarger to its First Physicians Group network and community. Offering a full spectrum of adult and geriatric care, Humbarger joins Drs. Lalita Bhamidipati, Joseph Ferrari, Elizabeth Jungst, Sherri Sanders and Maria Velasco-Ferrari in FPG’s Internal Medicine practice in the Waldemere Medical Plaza.

Thursday, September 28, 2017

SMH is Open and Operational in Wake of Irma

As the local community begins cleanup and recovery, Sarasota Memorial Hospital and its freestanding Emergency Room in North Port are open and serving a record number of patients from the southwest Florida region.

Tuesday, September 12, 2017