AdventHealth honors new residents
AdventHealth welcomed 48 new residents into its health care system with a White Coat Ceremony, marking the start of their post-graduate training. The white coat symbolizes their entry into the medical profession and their commitment to professionalism and empathy in medicine.
The new doctors will train with top experts in various Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs at AdventHealth’s West Florida hospitals.
GME programs include new ones such as general surgery and OB/GYN at AdventHealth Tampa, and a Family Medicine Residency Program at AdventHealth Wesley Chapel.
AdventHealth also honored the first graduating class of Family Medicine Residents from AdventHealth Sebring.
Dr. Javier Correa, one of the graduating residents, will stay with AdventHealth Sebring and establish roots in Highlands County, according to a news release. Correa said it was special to be part of the first residency class, adding that he is already building relationships with many of the specialists, which he knows will be beneficial to himself and his patients.
Over the next three years, the AdventHealth West Florida division plans to graduate 88 residents through its programs at AdventHealth Sebring, AdventHealth Tampa and AdventHealth Wesley Chapel.
Checkups for fitness and safety
AdventHealth physicians and staff teamed up with high schools in Hardee County to provide free sports physicals to student-athletes to make sure they are fit and healthy to participate in the upcoming sports season safely. Providers checked blood pressure, completed muscular-skeletal exams and looked for things like heart murmurs, joint tenderness, and neck and back injuries. Student-athletes who participate in football, swim, cross-country track, weight lifting, volleyball, soccer, baseball and basketball received free physicals. Here, a student-athlete gets a blood pressure check with Deloris Lazo, CMA. AdventHealth Centra Care offers sports physicals for $45 without an EKG and $75 with an EKG. For information, visit CentraCare.adventhealth.com/urgent-care/central-florida.
