‘Tick’ tock: Lyme disease grows as threat here - Vero News
June 20, 2018You can’t hide from Lyme disease in Florida anymore. While most people think of the disease in connection with the northeast, Dr. Aisha Thomas-St. Cyr at Sebastian Infectious Disease Care and Steward Health says the number of cases of this tick-borne illness are likely to double in the Sunshine State this year.
New ‘Cobra’ stent trial is underway at SRMC - Vero News
June 19, 2018Interventional cardiologist Dr. Charles Croft of Melbourne and nurse practitioner Jennifer Konowitz of the Sebastian River Medical Center’s catheterization lab are operating on the cutting edge of modern medicine, having just started work on a worldwide clinical trial for the FDA-approved Cobra PzF cardio stent by CeloNova.
SRMC’s ‘JointCoach’ is winning surgery patients over - Vero News
June 6, 2018Hospitals and outside surgery centers nationwide have been scrambling recently to get joint replacement patients out the door as fast as possible to cut costs and conform to new Medicare guidelines. But how fast is too fast? In January of this year Medicare began allowing total knee replacements as an “outpatient procedure,” with some patients spending as little as eight hours under medical care f...
Doc: Spine surgery much improved in recent years - Vero News
June 6, 2018While most people think neurosurgeons like Dr. Jacob Januszewski mainly, or even exclusively, operate on patients’ brains, it turns out these highly specialized doctors actually spend much more time treating back pain related to the spine and nervous system. Januszewski estimates the ratio in most neurosurgery practices as “about 80 percent spine and 20 percent brain,” and says that 80 percent inc...
Steward Health Care Names Christopher Baker, Brian Ackerman and Brandon Kahl Exceptional EMS Providers at “EMS Stewards of the Community” Awards
May 31, 2018In annual awards ceremony, Steward recognized EMS providers hailing from Brevard County Fire Rescue, Cocoa Fire Department and Indian River Fire and Rescue
Dr. Raman Ashta Featured in Vero News - Over-Medication for Seniors
March 7, 2018Dr. Raman Ashta is hardly the first person to move south to Vero Beach in order to spend her time doing what she loves. Retirees have been doing it for a century. That said, Ashta didn’t move all that far south and she’s still very much working full time. A family practice physician who has an office in Vero Beach but works for Sebastian River Medical Center, her southward trek only took her from ...
Sebastian infectious disease specialist talks flu shots in Vero News
January 15, 2018This year’s flu vaccine leaves a lot to be desired, according to Sebastian infectious disease specialist Dr. Aisha Thomas-St. Cyr and the New England Journal of Medicine.
Sebastian Internal Medicine Physician Talks About New Blood Pressure Guidelines - Vero News
January 4, 2018Most Americans went to bed on a recent Sunday night in November thinking their blood pressure was normal. By that Monday morning, however, tens of millions of them suddenly found themselves catapulted into the “high blood pressure” or hypertensive category.
Sebastian Provider Comments on New Shingles Vaccine - Vero News
December 28, 2017When the FDA approved GlaxoSmithKline’s new Shingrix vaccine for shingles last month, it also took the extraordinary step of recommending it replace the existing Zostavax shingles vaccine. A tsunami of good press promptly followed.
Older Americans facing ‘bone health emergency’ - Sebastian providers featured in Vero News
December 21, 2017Sticks and stones may break your bones, but osteoporosis can kill you. Just ask certified physician assistant Julie Klucar and advanced registered nurse practitioner Kristy Losapio at the Coastal Fracture Prevention Center in Sebastian.
Sebastian's Wound Care Center Director Featured in Vero News
December 12, 2017Wound care center’s top doc knows stakes are high. The Center for Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine in Sebastian has a new director – but Dr. Dawn Davidson is no rookie at the Sebastian River Medical Center.
Sebastian Hospital Has a Quieter MRI - Featured in Vero News
December 6, 2017Anyone who has ever had magnetic resonance imaging (an MRI) knows one thing for certain: Those oversized doughnut-shaped devices are really, really loud. How loud? Case Western Reserve University declares the noise they make is roughly the equivalent to sound of a jackhammer pounding concrete 10 or 15 feet away.
Sebastian Cardiologist Featured in Vero News for Heart Attack Research
November 28, 2017Dr. Jose Rivera, a cardiologist with the Steward Health Group and the Sebastian River Medical Center, is finally getting some high-powered validation for his long-held view that reducing inflammation – not just cholesterol levels – can prevent heart attacks.
Sebastian ENT's See Increase in Throat Cancer Caused by HPV - Featured in Vero News
October 31, 2017Say the word “cancer” and the first medical specialties most people think about are “oncology” or “radiology” or maybe even “hematology.” It’s probably a safe bet that “otolaryngology” wouldn’t make anyone’s top 10 list.
Sebastian Pediatrician Adamant About Flu Shots for Kids - Featured in Vero News
October 28, 2017The “flu season” is here again and local pediatrician Dr. Marza Penny makes no bones about her top priority this time of year. She wants every child she treats over the age of 6 months to get a flu shot.
Sebastian Pulmonologist Says New Hope for Asthma Patients - Featured in Vero News
October 18, 2017If you suffer from asthma you are far from alone. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says upward of 26 million Americans have this disease and those numbers appear to be rising rapidly. Perhaps worse, the CDC admits, “we don’t know why” those numbers are climbing so much and so fast.
Sebastian River Medical Center Breaking Ground on August 29, 2016
August 29, 2016SEBASTIAN, FL - Sebastian River Medical Center will soon break ground on an approximately $64 million expansion to better serve the needs of the community. The project was announced earlier this year and after months of careful preparation, a ground breaking ceremony will be held on Monday, August 29 at 11:30 a.m. on the west side of the medical center grounds. Once completed, the project will add...
Sebastian River Medical Center to Begin Major Expansion Project
January 5, 2016Sebastian River Medical Center to Begin Major Expansion Project SEBASTIAN, FL – Sebastian River Medical Center is planning final details for construction of an entirely new 10 room operating suite and 48 additional private patient rooms designed with the patient experience in mind. When complete, the project will add nearly 94,000 square feet and more than 20,000 square feet of the existing facili...
Sebastian River Medical Center Named Screening Center of Excellence
October 15, 2015Joins More Than 300 Screening Centers Across the Country Following Best Practices Outlined by Lung Cancer Alliance Sebastian, FL – Sebastian River Medical Center has been named a Screening Center of Excellence by the Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) for its ongoing commitment to responsible lung cancer screening. Low dose CT screening for lung cancer carried out safely, efficiently and equitably saves t...
Breast Health
September 30, 2015According to BreastCancer.org, 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. For women in the U.S., breast cancer is the second leading cause of death, second only to lung cancer. Detecting breast cancer in its early stages offers the best chance of survival. Early Detection According to the National Cancer Institute, breast cancer has a 98% survival rate when detected early...