Sarasota Memorial Hospital is an 806-bed hospital at the heart of Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, a regional medical center located in Sarasota County on Florida's Gulf Coast. With nearly 4,000 staff members, 750 physicians and more than 1,000 volunteers, it is the second-largest acute care public hospital in Florida and Sarasota County's second-largest employer. Sarasota Memorial is also considered among the 20 largest public hospitals in the United States.
A community health care system, Sarasota Memorial is a full-service facility, with specialized expertise in heart, vascular, cancer, neuroscience services, outpatient services, home health care, rehabilitative care and long-term care among its many programs. Sarasota Memorial is the only provider of obstetrical services and has the only Level III neonatal intensive care unit in Sarasota County.
The hospital was founded in 1925 and is one of the first non-academic hospitals in the nation to develop a clinical research service that conducts studies in lung disease, cardiology and vascular disease, geriatric medicine and many other specialty areas.
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