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FAU Lands $30M for Boca Raton Health Training Hub Amid Nurse Shortage
FAU Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine — Health Professions Facility User. Florida Atlantic University has landed $30 million in state funding to build a sprawling new Health Professions Clinical Training and Research Facility on its Boca Raton campus, marking the first state dollars secured for the project. The planned 150,000-square-foot building is designed to pull together medical, nursing and social work training under one roof, with FAU estimating completion by early 2030 if funding and project development stay on track.
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JTCHS Celebrates Ribbon-cutting for new Liberty Square Facility
MIAMI, FL – Jessie Trice Community Health System remains committed to bringing essential health care services closer to the communities it serves. On Wednesday, October 21, the organization celebrated the grand opening of its newest facility in Liberty Square, marking another milestone in its efforts to expand access to quality health care throughout Miami-Dade County.
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Boca Raton Nursing Home Sued Over Resident’s Death From Severe Bedsore
BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — A Boca Raton nursing home let a resident’s bedsore deteriorate until bone was exposed, then failed to properly care for the wound until he died, according to a wrongful death lawsuit filed in Palm Beach County Circuit Court. Mandana “Mandy” Kalliche Weber, personal representative of the estate of Robert Bernard Kalliche Weber, filed the suit Oct. 22 against Avante at Boca Raton, Inc., which operates Avante of Boca Raton SNF. Weber lived at the facility from Sept. 28, 2023, until his death on May 29, 2025. The complaint describes him as immobile and fully dependent on staff for repositioning, hygiene, nutrition and wound care. By January 2024, Avante had documented a Stage III pressure ulcer on his sacrum. By November, the suit says, the wound wasn’t healing and bone was visible. He was sent to the hospital Dec. 11, 2024, where the wound was diagnosed as a Stage IV pressure injury with cellulitis. He underwent debridement and a diverting colostomy on Dec. 27. When he returned to Avante in January 2025, the wound measured roughly 11.5 by 9 centimeters and 2.5 centimeters deep. The lawsuit alleges that from February
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New Boca Raton hospital tower set to boost care in southern Palm Beach County
BOCA RATON, Fla. (CBS12) — Medical care is expanding in southern Palm Beach County. By the end of the month, doctors will begin treating patients in a new medical tower at Boca Raton Regional Hospital. Eight stories high and spanning more than 420,000 square feet, the new Gloria Drummond...
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JTCHS Celebrates Ribbon-cutting for new Liberty Square Facility
The New state-of-the-art facility brings primary care and dental services closer to Liberty Square residents. October 26 – Jessie Trice Community Health System remains committed to bringing essential health care services closer to the communities it serves. On Wednesday, October 21, the organization celebrated the grand opening of its newest facility in Liberty Square, marking another milestone in its efforts to expand access to quality health care throughout Miami-Dade County.
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Concierge Medicine of Boca Raton
At Concierge Medicine of Boca Raton, Dr. Caitlin Prickett and Dr. Elizabeth Polsinelli, believe exceptional healthcare begins with something increasingly difficult to find in medicine: time. “We like to say we go above and beyond the standard of care,” the doctors explain. Their independent, internal medicine practice offers comprehensive...
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Archbishop Thomas Wenski Part I: Standing Up to Uthmeier's Vaccine 'Bullying'
Archbishop Thomas Wenski of the Archdiocese of Miami joins "Between the Lines with Dara Kam" from State Affairs this week for the first of a two-part series, this week offering an unflinching look at the intersection of faith, public policy, and human dignity in Florida. The conversation begins with a...
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Longtime Boca Raton Physician Dr. Owen A. Barruw Opens New Independent Practice in East Boca
Boca Premier Primary Care Group marks a new chapter for the board-certified internist after more than 30 years of serving the Boca Raton community BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) (Local News Supporter Content) — After more than three decades of caring for patients in the Boca Raton community, Owen A. Barruw, MD, FACP has opened the doors to his own independent medical practice, Boca Premier Primary Care Group, in East Boca Raton. The newly built practice is located at 900 Northwest 13th Street, Suite 103, Boca Raton, FL 33486, and is now welcoming both established and new patients. For more than 30 years, Dr. Barruw has practiced internal medicine in the Boca Raton area. The opening of Boca Premier Primary Care Group represent an important new chapter in a career that has been deeply rooted in the local community. Dr. Barruw is board certified in Internal Medicine and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP), a professional distinction recognizing achievement and commitment to the field of internal medicine. The decision to establish an independent practice grew from Dr. Barruw’s desire to create an environment centered on what he believes matters most in
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Sarah Talebagha, M.D., Joins Baptist Health Heart & Vascular Care
October 19, 2026 – Vascular surgeon Sarah Talebagha, M.D., has joined Baptist Health Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute, part of Baptist Health Heart & Vascular Care. Dr. Talebagha specializes in the evaluation and treatment of vascular conditions using both open surgical and minimally invasive endovascular approaches. Before joining Baptist...