Mental Health: New Visiting Specialists
The Medical Center is pleased to announce additional mental health services with two new providers joining our Visiting Specialists. Kamal Pathak, M.D., is a board-certified psychiatrist specializing in sleep, substance…
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Mark Your Calendar for Tuesday, Jan. 13!
The Medical Center Lecture Series’ first lecture of 2026 will be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13, at the Cultural Center and will feature two speakers from the prestigious…
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Keeping that “Check Engine Light” Off
It’s a New Year with all the right intentions of eating healthier, exercising more, less sweets, less alcohol, better sleep, etc., and all are admirable goals to keep at the…
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The Kindness Connection
The connection between mental and physical health is well-documented. According to an article in Harvard Health, there is also mounting evidence and studies that acts of kindness do more than…
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Urology Services at the Medical Center
The Medical Center is pleased to announce the addition of Urologist William J. Tingle, M.D., FACS, to the Visiting Specialists program. Dr. Tingle is a board-certified urologist at Baptist Health…
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Let’s Have a Drink or Two!
Once you begin to feel thirsty, you have already waited too long. Thirst is a signal that you’ve already lost about 1 percent of your body’s water content; however, thirst…
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Lecture Series Explores “Marijuana: Is it Medicine Yet?”
The 2018 Medical Center Lecture Series continues Tuesday, March 13, with “Marijuana: Is it Medicine Yet?” presented by Donald L. Abrams, M.D., chief of the Hematology-Oncology Division at San Francisco General Hospital.…
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Doggone It: It’s Pre-hab Time!
Most of us think of physical therapy as re-habilitation, but there is a growing trend in medicine and physical therapy to pre-habilitate patients prior to surgery. Prehabilitation, or pre-hab for short, is an exercise…
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Private Medicine Plus+: Personalized Medicine Par Excellence
The Medical Center at Ocean Reef was one of the early providers of concierge medicine, a popular program with more than 200 members in the Private Medicine program. Continuing our trend of…
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Vision Quest: Support for the Visually Impaired
A small but determined group of individuals meets regularly to brainstorm the complexities of vision impairment and disease. Led by clinical psychologist Dr. Luisa Bryan, the Vision Support Group shares…
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