Introducing Jorge Tirado, M.D.
The Medical Center is pleased to announce the addition of Board-certified physician Jorge I. Tirado, M.D., to its primary care staff. Dedicated to holistic and compassionate patient care, Dr. Tirado…
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Good Things Come to Those Who Wait
Congratulations to Peter Liashek, our first-prize winner of the Medical Center Foundation’s 44th-annual “Fun-Raiser” raffle that was held March 11, 2026. First-prize winners have the option of receiving $10,000 in…
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Employee of the Quarter: Rayza Gonzalez
Meet Rayza Gonzalez, Medical Assistant for Private Medicine physician Carlos Smith, M.D. Rayza has been named Employee of the First Quarter 2026. Q: How long have you been working as…
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Medical Center Elects New Chairman
Director Frank McKee, who has served on the Medical Center’s Board of Directors since 2024, was elected Board Chairman during its Annual Meeting on April 14. Ray Larkin was elected…
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End-of-Season Reminders
Automatic Pharmacy Refills Please provide new instructions for your automatically refilled pharmacy prescriptions that are picked up by Public Safety from a Key Largo pharmacy. Once picked up, they cannot…
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Here Come the Holidays
The busy time of back-to-back holidays from November to January can be exhausting, stressful, fun and also, for some of us, a little bit depressing. You may be missing family…
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Pre-Diabetes: Action is the Best Medicine
November is National Diabetes Month and “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” certainly can be applicable to a pre-diabetes diagnosis. Action here is the best medicine,…
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Physical Therapy Month: Let’s Get Started!
October is National Physical Therapy Month! Your orthopaedist or physician has determined that you need to improve your strength, balance, pre-surgical or post- surgical recovery. Or perhaps you are determined…
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Benchmarks of Quality Patient Care
This summer the Medical Center was again inspected by AAAHC (Ambulatory Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care). This is a very thorough inspection conducted by independent surveyors in the health…
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Hydration and Heat Sense
Hydration is important any time of the year, and risk of dehydration begins once the body loses water content and essential body salts, such as sodium and potassium. Playing sports…
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