The community has the opportunity to lace up its walking, or running shoes this weekend to help raise money for colorectal cancer. The 11th annual Scope for Hope 5K run, 2-mile walk and kids fun run will take place at Jaycee Park, 4215 Southeast 20th Place, Saturday, March 26. ...
Injectable wrinkle fillers are all the rage these days, but Facial Plastic Surgeon Dr. Stephen Prendiville said they are not a solution for everyone. Prendiville said he sees patients who come to his office for Botox or one of the other facial fillers when what they really need is a ...
Twelve new internal medicine residents and eight new family medicine residents will begin their training at Lee Health through The Florida State University College of Medicine Internal Medicine Residency Program and The Florida State University College of Medicine Family Medicine Residency Program, respectively. Medical school graduates are required to complete residency training in their specialty of choice to become independently practicing physicians. These new resident physicians were selected after a rigorous vetting and interview process of the more than 3,100 applications ...
The Boston Red Sox, who have held spring training in Fort Myers since 1993, helped to raise nearly $400,000 to benefit the new neurosurgery program at Golisano Children’s Hospital through the Boston Red Sox Celebrity Golf Classic event series. The annual event series includes a golf ...
The Public Health Accreditation Board recently reaccredited the Florida Department of Health, which includes the Lee County Health Department, as an integrated health department for another five years. This seal of accreditation signifies that the unified Florida Department of Health, which includes the State Health Office and the 67 county health departments, meets or exceeds national standards for public health performance management and continuous quality improvement. The Department demonstrated a focus on accountability and performance to improve the health of communities ...
Skanska, one of the world’s leading construction and development firms, announces the completion of the $242 million renovation and expansion of Lee Health’s Gulf Coast Medical Center in Fort Myers. The main portion of the project consisted of a three-floor vertical expansion that added ...
