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Katie Myers, APR
Office: (352) 344-6501
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Public Relations responds to media inquiries and disseminates news about Citrus Memorial Hospital and its entities, including:
- Behavioral Health Transitions at Citrus Memorial
- Cardiac Surgical Associates of Inverness
- Citrus Internal Medicine Associates
- Citrus Memorial Hospital
- Citrus Memorial Rehab and Aquatics
- Citrus Memorial Healthcare Center at Sugarmill Woods
- Citrus Memorial Wound Care and Hyperbarics
- Citrus Primary Care Group
- Genesis Women's Center
- Inverness Surgical Associates
- Orthopedic Associates of Citrus
The Citrus Memorial Public Relations staff is available to assist news media in answering questions about the hospital, locating a media resource spokesperson, or obtaining more information about a news release or event.
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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) has awarded Citrus Memorial Hospital its highest possible three-star rating.
Citrus Memorial Hospital announced this week the completion of the first electrophysiology cases in its Heart and Vascular Center.
Citrus Memorial Hospital announced this week the completion of the first electrophysiology cases in its Heart and Vascular Center.
During July, Citrus Memorial Hospital welcomed 20 first-year internal medicine residents to join the 15 it accepted in last year's inaugural ...
Citrus Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce Chris Green has been selected as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
Citrus Memorial Hospital recently announced newly elected volunteer officers who will serve for one year. They are president Jeff Shields, vice...
Ralph Aleman was a semi-retired hospital executive of 40 years when he was tapped for a six-month stint in March 2014 to lead the transition ...
Firefighters save lives. It's just part of the job. Responding to fires and emergencies and doing everything they can to save a life. But the...
Citrus Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce Becky Baute, RN, BSN, MBA has been selected as its new Chief Nursing Officer (CNO).
3D mammography is now available at Citrus Memorial Hospital.
"In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month coming up in just a few short days, the Citrus County Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 4562 announced...
$60 Mammograms available during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Citrus Memorial Hospital is offering a Women’s Health Panel discussion on Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 5:30pm at Citrus Hills Golf and Country...
There's been some conversation recently related to the addition of the helipad at Citrus Memorial Hospital. Over the past six years, HCA Healthcare...
Women in Citrus County now have an additional defense against breast cancer. Citrus Memorial Hospital is now offering 3D mammograms, also known...
Citrus Memorial Hospital will present a lunch and learn style women’s health seminar.
Citrus Memorial is offering a free weight loss seminar on Thursday, September 19 at 5:30pm at the Hampton Inn and Suites located at 11727 NE ...
Citrus Memorial Hospital today announced two of its student volunteers have been awarded $1,000 scholarships to further their education in the...
Citrus Memorial Hospital is pleased to welcome Dr. Maria Gonzalez Gotay to Genesis Women's Center in Inverness.
It was Nov. 21, 2018, the day before Thanksgiving, and Cheryl Lambert had a massive headache most of the day.
A 68-year-old man from Florida was discharged from the hospital earlier this month after contracting flesh-eating bacteria on his buttocks.
The Leapfrog Group, a national, nonprofit health care patient-safety organization, recently gave Citrus Memorial Hospital its fourth consecutive...
Mike O'Grady was used to being in harm's way as a policeman in Nassau County, New York.
"Until Citrus Memorial Hospital's addition of a new minimally invasive heart valve procedure and the doctor trained to perform the surgery, patients...
Although Montana Ritter doesn't remember how she got the scar on her throat, she likes it because "a scar makes you look tough."
Citrus Memorial Hospital will present a lunch and learn style breast cancer seminar on Friday, August 16 at 1pm at the Citrus Memorial Health...
"Just 15 minutes of vacuuming her bedroom or washing kitchen dishes and Sue Burkland was spent, forced to retire to her recliner and rest for...
A national health care ranking organization has given Citrus Memorial Hospital its fourth consecutive B rating since the fall of 2017, making...
Citrus Memorial Hospital will present a lunch and learn style orthopedic seminar on Thursday, July 25 at noon at the Citrus Memorial Health Foundation...
Citrus Memorial Hospital recently welcomed the second class of internal medicine residents into its Graduate Medical Education program. The 20...
Citrus Memorial Hospital recently presented Awards of Distinction including the Frist Humanitarian Award and the HCA Healthcare Excellence in...
Nearly 50 Citrus County healthcare providers participated in the Second Annual Citrus County Stroke Challenge on Thursday, May 23.
At a Nurse Year in Review gala event, Maura Naruta, RN, BSN, Michele Cofield, MD, Janis Cobo, Jennifer Losse, RN-CEN, Samantha Williams, MD and...
Citrus Memorial Hospital broke ground today on a $1.8 million Graduate Medical Education Center. The 15,857 square foot center will feature classrooms...
Citrus Memorial Hospital broke ground Wednesday on a $1.8 million Graduate Medical Education Center.
At a ceremony held during National Hospital Week, Suzanne Thompson was named Citrus Memorial Hospital's Employee of the Year.
Citrus Memorial Hospital is pleased to welcome Dr. Mityanand Ramnarine as ER Medical Director.
Citrus Memorial Hospital is offering free stroke seminars during May in recognition of American Stroke Month. Seminars will be held at the Citrus...
Citrus Memorial Hospital is pleased to welcome urological surgeon Dr. Raj Ayyathurai to its medical staff. He is a member of Advanced Urology...
Lynnette Edwards and Jeff Shields were recently named Volunteers of the Year at Citrus Memorial Hospital.
Citrus Memorial Hospital is pleased to welcome Dr. Ashok Buddhadev to Genesis Women's Center in Inverness.
"It had been almost 20 years since Kimberly Juiliano set foot into her favorite pizza restaurant, but longtime employees still remembered her...
Shannon Rossi's labor pains started early in the morning, about the time her blood pressure started unexpectedly climbing. Days later, there ...
On March 15, more than two months ahead of schedule, Citrus Memorial Hospital opened the last phase of its renovated Emergency Room.
About one in eight people over 75 have a degenerative condition known as aortic stenosis, which is a deterioration and partial closing of the...
Citrus Memorial Hospital today announced it had been named a Florida Unique Abilities Partner.
Citrus Memorial Hospital announced the completion of its first Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) in its Heart and Vascular Center...
Citrus Memorial Hospital today announced the completion of its first surgical case using a highly advanced robotic surgery system. The surgery...
In recognition of the Citrus Memorial Heart and Vascular Center and its mission to educate the community on heart health, City of Inverness...
Dr. Michele Cofield joins Genesis Women's Center.
Citrus Memorial Hospital (CMH) recently announced that it will open an outpatient behavioral health unit offering two recovery programs.
Employees at Citrus Memorial Hospital were honored recently at an event to thank them for their years of service.
After a years-long trend of stagnation or declines in the number of physicians working in Citrus County, the number of doctors moving here is...
Citrus Memorial Hospital is moving to help ease a dangerous shortage of mental health care professionals in Citrus County.
Citrus Memorial Hospital is looking to slow the trend of heart disease with a new, less invasive heart procedure.
The first baby of the year at Citrus Memorial Hospital, Major Mihalik, was born Jan. 2, 2019.
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