Sebastian River Medical Center Utilizes Leading-Edge Disinfection Technology
August 1, 2020Contact: Patricia Montgomery Marketing Director Sebastian River Medical Center 772-589-3186 [email protected] Sebastian River Medical Center Utilizes Leading-Edge Disinfection Technology (Sebastian, FL, July 31, 2020) – Patient safety, especially during these uncertain times, is critical in the effective delivery of quality healthcare. Sebastian River Medical Center...
Sebastian River Medical Center’s 90,000 Square Foot Addition Opens to Meet the Healthcare Needs of The Treasure Coast
July 8, 2020Sebastian River Medical Center’s 90,000 Square Foot Addition Opens to Meet the Healthcare Needs of The Treasure Coast (Sebastian, FL, July 8, 2020) - Sebastian River Medical Center, a Steward family hospital, has completed its 90,000 square foot expansion project bringing together state-of-the-art technology, increased safety and features enhancing the patient care experience. “At Sebas...
Alarming Trends in Emergency Care: Physicians Urge People to Seek Emergency Care When Needed
May 12, 2020Alarming Trends in Emergency Care Physicians Urge People to Seek Emergency Care When Needed (Sebastian, FL May 11, 2020) There is an alarming trend in hospitals nation-wide. Emergency room visits are down in hospitals across the country and fear is playing a big role in the decision to go or not go to the emergency room. Individuals that may be suffering symptoms of a heart attack, stroke, falls a...
Melbourne, Sebastian and Rockledge Regional Medical Centers to Resume Elective Procedures and Surgeries for Brevard and Indian River Counties
May 4, 2020Melbourne/Sebastian/Rockledge – Melbourne, Sebastian and Rockledge Regional Medical Centers, Steward Family hospitals, today announced they will resume offering elective health care procedures previously delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. As part of its “Safe & Ready” program, the medical centers are taking additional, necessary preparations to ensure patients can receive high-quality, compa...
Don't Delay Necessary Medical Care
April 27, 2020Don't Delay Necessary Medical Care Steward Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center Urges Community to Seek Necessary Medical Care (Sebastian, Florida, April 20, 2020) - Our communities are currently finding themselves in unique circumstances. Normal day-to-day activities have changed dramatically, including the ways in which we interact with our physicians and local ...
Director of the Quarter Spotlight: James Hart
November 15, 2019Director of the Quarter Spotlight Meet James Hart Materials Management Director at Sebastian River Medical Center How long have you been at SRMC in this role? I began working in Materials Management November of 2017. Where did you attend school? &nbs...
$65 million expansion of Sebastian River Medical Center due to open in February
August 15, 2019SEBASTIAN — A $65 million expansion of Sebastian Medical Center, that adds 48 private patient rooms, is scheduled for completion by the end of December.
C.A.R.E.S. Employee of the Month: Kimberly Bohall
August 5, 2019C.A.R.E.S. Employee of the Month Kimberly Bohall Executive Secretary/Policy Coordinator Sebastian River Medical Center How long have you been at SRMC in this role? I have worked at Sebastian River Medical Center for almost six years. I started working in the cardiology department in 2013 and moved to the administration department about a year after. Currently, I’m the Executive Assistant for...
Director of the Quarter Spotlight: Diana Spaulding
July 9, 2019Director of the Quarter Spotlight Meet Diana Spaulding HIM & Patient Access Director at Sebastian River Medical Center How long have you been at SRMC in this role? I’ve been the Health Information Management and Patient Access Director at Sebastian River for 17 months. Where did you attend school? Indian River State College What inspired you to get into this field? I worked in physician practi...
New dialysis center aims patient centric approach
October 31, 2018Medicine isn't always a numbers game. If it were we'd all probably be paying a lot more attention to end-stage renal disease or ESRD. More than 31 million Americans suffer from renal (kidney) disease and, according to the American Kidney Fund, nine out of ten people who are already in stage three of this five-stage disease don't even know they have it. Worse, the University of California San Franc...
Shot of confidence: Why this flu vaccine may work better -SRMC Featured in Vero News
October 12, 2018The Florida Department of Health is adamant. Everyone should get vaccinated for influenza by the end of this month. Infectious disease Specialist Dr. Aisha Thomas- St. Cyr at Sebastian Infectious Disease Care and Steward Health agrees wholeheartedly with the FDH, saying "yes, I recommend everyone -6 months of age and up -get vaccinated." Why? Let's start with this: According to Dr. Robert Red...
Surgeons favoring tourniquet-free knee replacements
October 9, 2018Everybody has heard of tourniquets. In cases of traumatic bleeding, a tourniquet can save your life. In a total knee replacement procedure, however, there’s now ample evidence that tourniquets may actually do more harm than good. Sebastian River medical Center orthopedic surgeon Dr. Kenneth Sands has seen more than his share of traumatic bleeding after spending more than a dozen years as a U.S. A...
Venous insufficiency: Straight talk about 'silent disease'
October 2, 2018Venous insufficiency, says vascular and endovascular surgeon Dr. Hadi Shalhoub is, "the silent disease." That is probably one reason he is so vocal about it. Another is that, by his count, "70 to 80 percent of patients who come into (Sebastian's) Wound Care Center with a chronic wound come in with a venous insufficiency. According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, "Venous insufficiency occurs when your l...
New doc helps bariatric team tackle obesity plague - Featured in Vero News
September 18, 2018When Dr. Natalee Stone joined the Riverside Surgical and Weight Loss Center and Steward Medical Group at the Sebastian River Medical Center, she went to work immediately, performing five separate bariatric surgeries on her very first days on the job – which happened to be Labor Day weekend. Why? Because, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, more than one-third (36.5 per...
App-y days are here in fighting coronary artery disease - SRMC Featured in Vero News
September 6, 2018Worried about a heart attack brought on by coronary artery disease (CAD)? Dr. Lilian Ahiable, a fresh face at the Steward Medical Group in Vero Beach, is using a modern mantra to help stop CAD. There is, she says, an app for that. And why not? The American College of Cardiology says that every 40 seconds, someone in this country dies from CAD. Indeed, the ACC says cardiovascular diseases in genera...
For bariatric surgery, it’s Dr. Domkowski ‘hands’ down - Featured in Vero News
August 29, 2018When Diane Muller went looking for a bariatric surgeon to help her overcome her serious obesity problems – including a body mass index of 55, hypothyroidism, lymphedema and fatty liver disease – she probably didn’t expect to find a self-described “four-handed surgeon.” But she did.
‘Biologics’: Bright (and pricey) future of asthma treatment - Vero News
August 7, 2018Asthma, according to Dr. Charles Fischman of the Steward Medical Group in Vero Beach, “is one of the few disease entities in the United States now that is on the increase,” which is not good news. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says upwards of 26 million Americans currently have this disease, and admits “we don’t know why” the number of cases are climbing. Fischman, who describes h...
Highly skilled SRMC security guard protects and saves - Featured in Vero News
August 1, 2018Hospital security guards are often described in online ads as “someone who does not provide treatment to patients, but is a very visible hospital employee, often greeting patients when they enter the facility. Their main duty is to protect people, property and information as well as the hospital’s reputation.” Sebastian River Medical Center security guard Matt Ferraro more than lives up to that de...
Hospital’s dietitians battle epidemic of malnutrition - Featured in Vero News
August 1, 2018Sebastian River Medical Center registered dietitians Brittany Robinson and Laurie Beebe just dropped a bombshell on this Mecca for retirees. Malnutrition, they say, is far more commonplace on the Treasure Coast than most people realize – especially among hospital patients in general and seniors in particular. “I would say 70 percent of our patient population are patients that aren’t eating because...
Cancer patient grateful for the quality of her care - Featured in Vero News
July 24, 2018Vero Lake Estates resident Sharlynn Hewitt knows a lot about breast cancer. She ought to. She’s been dealing with the disease since 2015. And she’s far from alone. According to Breast Cancer Statistics, a biannual publication for cancer clinicians, breast cancer is the second-most common cancer diagnosed among U.S. women, with some 252,710 new cases reported just last year. It’s also the second le...