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Health Care Continues To Drive Area’s Economy
There have been few to pics over the last several years that have garnered as must attention as health care. While the debates are usually focused on access and delivery, the industry of health care as an economic driver and job creator is rarely discussed. The truth is that in [...]
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Dean FSU Med School On Track
Having remained true to its original mission, the College of Medicine at Florida State University today can see the results of its efforts to train physicians for communities that desperately need them. Speaking Tuesday morning at the Health Care/ Health Sciences Roundtable of the Economic Development Council of Tallahassee- Leon [...]
Tags: FSU, Health CareFSU Internal Medicine Residency Program Expanding
Gregory Todd, M.D. will be the first permanent Program Director for the proposed Florida State University Internal Medicine Residency Program at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare, according to administrators at both institutions who were part of the selection committee. Dr. Todd is currently the Senior Associate Program Director of the Department of [...]
Tags: FSU, Health CareBolstering Tallahassee’s Healthcare Workforce with Innovative Programs
Capital Regional Medical Center and Tallahassee Community College announce the launch of a new training program for specialized healthcare positions. Together, the organizations are offering a curriculum that will train students to be monitor technicians, a highly sought after role in hospitals, medical clinics and doctors’ offices. The program is [...]
Tags: Health Care, TCCTMH Breast Health Center Earns National Accreditation
The Tallahassee Memorial Sharon Ewing Walker Breast Health Center has been granted a three-year/Full accreditation designation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a program administered by the American College of Surgeons. Accreditation by the NAPBC is only given to those centers that have voluntarily committed to provide [...]
Tags: Awards, Health CareGhazvini Center for Healthcare Education Grand Opening
On Thursday, September 8, Tallahassee Community College is celebrating the grand opening of the Ghazvini Center for Healthcare Education (1528 Surgeons Dr.). The grand opening, which begins at 6:30 p.m., will feature guided tours of the new facility, live music, guest speakers and catered food. Parking is available at the [...]
Tags: Health CareTMH/FSU Internal Medicine Residency Program Gets 39 New Positions
A new milestone in the development of the Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare/Florida State University Internal Medicine Residency Program occurred recently when The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that the program will receive funding for 39 new residency positions. The source of these residency slots is a redistribution of over [...]
Tags: Health CareTallahassee’s Capital Regional Medical Center Set to Expand
Capital Regional Medical Center announced this week that it will build an eighth floor onto its facility. The expansion will allow the hospital to add more than 40 private beds to the hospital’s capacity and is also expected to bring more than 100 new healthcare jobs to the area. Local [...]
Tags: Health CareTallahassee Memorial to Open New Freestanding Emergency Center
Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare officials unveiled a plan to build a new freestanding emergency center at the corner of Thomasville Road and the I-10 interchange. Residents throughout the Big Bend will have more convenient access to emergency care and faster, personalized service coupled with the quality associated with the area’s leading [...]
Tags: Health CareFSU Scientist Leads Research on AIDS-Related Cancer
In the early days of the AIDS epidemic, a once-rare form of cancer known as Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) emerged as a frequent harbinger of HIV. Its stigma was best illustrated by Tom Hanks, who portrayed a gay man trying to conceal the cancerous skin lesions from his co-workers in the [...]
Tags: Health Care, Research