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As of April 16, the Boca Grande Health Clinic will have vaccinated 1,471 patients and members of the Island community with their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 1,032 with their second dose. All Florida residents 18 years of age and older are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. With recent changes in eligibility, […]

The Boca Grande Health Clinic recently welcomed three new nurses to the Clinic’s care team. “We are proud to have such an amazing team of clinicians to serve our Island patients community,” said Mark Driscoll, Boca Grande Health Clinic CEO. “These three professionals have made joining a new team, which can be challenging during the […]

The Boca Grande Health Clinic and the Boca Grande Health Foundation are proud to welcome Salim S. Virani, MD, Ph.D., a tenured professor in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Research, Director for the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine, and Cardiologist at the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Houston, TX, to speak […]

National Doctors’ Day – the holiday that falls on March 30 every year to honor America’s physicians – took on much greater meaning in this second year of the pandemic. We did take time out at the Clinic for a brief celebration, but it was quickly back to what has become “business as usual” as […]

It was brought to my attention that March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, not to be confused with National Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, or any other cancer awareness month. As a practitioner and student of Cancer Medicine for the last 40 years, every month has been Any Cancer Awareness Month. Therefore, I […]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently issued interim public health recommendations for fully vaccinated people in non-healthcare settings. As noted in their recommendations, fully vaccinated people can: Visit with small groups of other fully vaccinated people indoors without wearing masks or physical distancing in private settings Visit with unvaccinated people from a single […]

Ivy League trained and board-certified psychiatry specialist Alexander P. Miano, MD, joined the Boca Grande Health Clinic and the Boca Grande Health Foundation on March 4 for a Grande Rounds presentation on recognizing stressors, learning ways to eliminate risk factors and discovering how to cope with pandemic-induced stress. As a follow-up to the discussion, Dr. […]

Managing the stress of a pandemic was the topic of the recent Grande Rounds hosted virtually by the Boca Grande Health Clinic and the Boca Grande Health Foundation on March 4. Ivy League trained and board-certified psychiatry specialist Alexander P. Miano, MD, addressed how to recognize stressors, ways to eliminate risk factors and how to […]

This month the Boca Grande Health Clinic has focused on heart disease – its causes and symptoms and ways to prevent it through healthy choices. In addition to the warnings signs you may be aware of like high blood pressure, unhealthy cholesterol and obesity – did you know that your mental health is associated with […]

Efforts to meet the on-island demand for the COVID-19 vaccine continue in earnest at the Boca Grande Health Clinic. COVID-19 Vaccine Facts (as of 02/19/2021) Over 700 – 1st doses have been safely and efficiently administered 600 – 2nd doses will have been provided within the next week 700 – patients remain on the waiting […]