Program gives critical care patients treated in ICU an even higher level of care
March 3, 2022- West Boca Medical Center is further enhancing its care to some of its sickest patients with the addition of its Critical Care Intensivist Program. The program consists of a team of doctors and nurse practitioners overseeing the hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU), 24 hours a day seven days a week. The intensivists are board-certified physicians certified in the subspecialty of critical care medicine. Dr. Stephen Milan will be the medical director of the new program.
“I am truly honored to be named the new medical director and lead our Critical Care Intensivist Program at West Boca Medical Center. This intensivist program reflects West Boca Medical Center’s dedication to providing patients and our community to safe and high quality care,” said Dr. Milan. “This also means our hospital and the community we serve, will always have a dedicated medical specialist caring for patients who are being treated in our Intensive Care Unit.”
Several highly skilled physicians, including Dr. Mark Adelman, Dr. Carlos Gutierrez, Dr. Noah Schreibman, and Dr. Kenneth Baron, will join Dr. Milan. These intensivists will be working alongside an experienced nursing team led by director Wendy Dubois.
“The critical care intensivist program will enhance our services at West Boca Medical Center, and continue to strengthen the quality of care we have been providing to this community for more than 35 years,” said George Rizzuto, chief executive officer at West Boca Medical Center. “Having this team in place at our hospital will give our patients the support and treatments necessary for someone being cared for in our ICU.”
For more information about the services at the hospital, go to www.westbocamedctr.com or call 866-724-6002.
About West Boca Medical Center
West Boca Medical Center is a 195-bed acute care hospital located at 21644 State Road 7 in Boca Raton, Florida. West Boca Medical Center has been serving the medical and healthcare needs of its community and surrounding areas for over 35 years. West Boca Medical Center offers a broad array of services, including general medical and surgical care, orthopedics and sports medicine, a robotic surgery program offering minimally invasive surgery for gynecological, urological and general surgical procedures, a state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging center featuring a short bore high field MRI and digital mammography, cardiac and surgical intensive care, outpatient surgery services, 24-hour emergency services for adults, children, and outpatient rehabilitation services. West Boca received the American Heart Association Get with the Guidelines- Gold Plus Target Honor Roll Elite Quality Achievement Awards for Heart Failure and Stroke in 2020. The hospital is also designated as a Lung Cancer Screening Center by the American College of Radiology. The hospital is also opening the Boca Center for Orthopedics and Spine Care. This 8-bed unit offers leading edge robotic technology used by our skilled surgeons to provide better outcomes by using the CORI surgical system for knee replacements and the Mako robotic arm, which makes up a 3D image of the bone anatomy.
The hospital also offers several specialties, including women’s and children’s services. With its Boca Center for Women’s Care and Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and a Laborist program providing 24/7 coverage in the hospital to treat expectant mothers and their babies from the routine to very high-risk care. The hospital is also the only one in Southern Palm Beach County to offer the NICVIEW cameras for families of babies in the NICU so they can log on anytime to see their child or loved one. The Breast Center at West Boca Diagnostic Imaging is designated as a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology. It offers comprehensive breast care services including prevention, early disease detection, diagnosis and treatment of breast conditions. The team at the Breast Center, which includes an on-site physician and patient navigator, focuses care on treatment techniques derived from a high caliber of diagnostic services.
West Boca Medical Center has earned the Healthgrades 5-Star C-Section and Vaginal Delivery Awards seven years in a row (2015-2021) and recognized for the fourth year in a row by Healthgrades for patient safety (2018-2021). The hospital is also a recipient of the Healthgrades 2022 Gastrointestinal Care Excellence Award. In addition, the hospital was the first in Florida to be Perinatal Care Certified by The Joint Commission. The hospital is fully accredited by The Joint Commission on the accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the nation’s oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency. For more information about West Boca Medical Center or for physician referral, call 866-904-WBMC (9262) or visit the website at www.westbocamedctr.com.
