Tag: Boca Grande Health Clinic

Expert neurosurgeon talks stroke treatments with island residents

January 27, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

■ BY SUE ERWIN Boca Grande residents were invited to attend a medical lecture and learn more about new treatments that help patients who experience acute strokes, brain aneurysms and vascular malformation. Dr....

Profile: Jonna Foos

January 6, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News, Profiles

■ BY SUE ERWIN If you’ve stopped into the Boca Grande Health Clinic over the past couple of years, it’s very likely you were greeted with a smile by Jonna Foos. Jonna has been a patient representative...

A letter from the Boca Grande Health Clinic

Dear friends and patients of the Boca Grande Health Clinic: As the “season” approaches, it seems timely to send out an update about Zika virus disease. You might be aware that Zika virus is now endemic...

New CEO at Boca Grande Health Clinic as Sielert is set to retire October 1

BY SUE ERWIN – Hilja Bilodeau has recently taken over the position of Chief Executive Officer at Boca Grande Health Clinic. She officially started the job on August 1, and has been working with...

PROFILE: DR. LAUREN HANA

August 12, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News, Profiles

BY SUE ERWIN – There’s a new doctor in the house at the Boca Grande Health Clinic. Lauren Hana, M.D., officially began seeing patients on July 11 at the Boca Grande locale and is now a...

New CEO, new doctor coming soon to Boca Grande

June 17, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT The Boca Grande Health Clinic is pleased to announce the appointment of Hilja R. Bilodeau, RN, as the Chief Executive Officer of Boca Grande Health Clinic.

Dr. Hank Wright has passed away at 92

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE It would be impossible to determine how many lives any of us has changed in our time here on earth, but in the case of Dr. Henry “Hank” Wright, the list would go on and all the way...

Clinic events raise more than $350,000

April 15, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT The Boca Grande Health Clinic had an exciting two days last week, as their annual fundraising festivities began with a quarterly meeting on Thursday, April 7 (see page 20 for that...

100 trillion friends you didn’t know you had

April 15, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN A common word that often comes to mind when many people think about bacteria is “gross.” Mote Marine postdoctoral research fellow Dr. Andrea Tarnecki tried to break that bad reputation...

The Health Clinic balls will be dropping on April 7, tee off on April 8

April 1, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Staff at the Boca Grande Health Clinic is tight-lipped about what some of the amazing auction items are for the annual Hank Wright Åuction, which will be held on Thursday, April 7. The...