Shane Strum, Broward Health President & CEO, and Caitlin Stella, CEO Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital

Broward Health recently hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for a freestanding emergency department in Sunrise, the first to be opened by Broward Health. In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, Broward Health and Memorial Healthcare System will partner to ensure exceptional emergency care at the new freestanding emergency department.

“Sunrise has long been considered a medical desert, lacking necessary medical services for the residents who call that city home,” said Shane Strum, Broward Health President & CEO. “We explored a number of ways to mitigate the gap in healthcare and are proud to be teaming up with Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital to bring high-quality emergency care to adults and children who call Sunrise home.”

Broward Health anticipates that almost 15,000 emergency patients will be treated at the new facility annually.

The freestanding emergency department will be equipped to do everything a hospital-based emergency department can, with adult emergency care provided by Broward Health and pediatric emergency care provided by Memorial Healthcare System’s Joe DiMaggio’s Children’s Hospital. The freestanding emergency department is expected to be completed in early 2025.