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Medical Facilities
Rehabilitation centers, senior care centers, assisted living facilities,
walk-in clinics, and general and specialized medical practices are
abundant in Bay County. Panama City Beach has new branches of all
three major local hospitals, Gulf Coast Medical, Sacred Heart Medical
and Bay Medical, along with numerous clinics and specialists.
With more than 225 physicians on staff representing virtually every
medical specialty, Bay Medical Center is the area’s largest
and most comprehensive hospital, providing a full range of quality
healthcare services since 1949. Bay Medical is committed to
providing the very best healthcare for our community and has been
nationally recognized for clinical excellence. Bay Medical is currently
listed among the Top 50 Hospitals in America according to a CBS
News report on an independent research organization’s study. This
recognition is a result of being ranked among the top 5 percent in
the nation for overall clinical quality for five years in a row (2004,
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008). Bay Medical is also nationally accredited as
a Center of Excellence in the treatment of heart attack, stroke, heart
failure, and hip and knee replacement.
As the area’s only comprehensive heart center, Bay Medical offers
a full range of cardiac care and is rated number one in all of Northwest
Florida for overall cardiac services. It is the only facility offering
24-hour emergency angioplasty (a life-saving procedure that is the
recommended treatment for heart attack) and open-heart surgery.
In the past several years, Bay Medical has invested millions of dollars
in the latest technology and equipment including a Computer and
Image Guided Navigational System for Brain and Spine Surgery
and the da Vinci Robot. Both of these new technologies enable
surgeons at Bay Medical to operate through smaller incisions with
greater precision which allow for better patient outcomes and faster
recoveries. Bay Medical also provides comprehensive diagnostic
testing at several convenient locations throughout the community
including a brand new facility which also offers physician specialties
on Panama City Beach. For more information call (850) 747-6981.
Gulf Coast Medical Center is recognized by the Joint
Commission as a National Stroke Center of Excellence, a National
Wound Care Center of Excellence, and is recognized by the Ameri-
From left: Bay Medical at the Beach; Gulf Coast Medical’s Fellowship-trained pediatric
surgeon, Dr. Taylor (right); Sacred Heart Health System.
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