To commemorate the birth of West Boca Medical Center’s (WBMC) newest addition, a 3,200 square-foot expansion of its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), the hospital recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony and patient reunion at the hospital.

The NICU addition further expands WBMC’s capacity to provide services to premature and at-risk infants. WBMC’s NICU holds the only Level III designation in North Broward County and Boca Raton, the highest-level rating offered by the state.

Housed on the first floor, the centerpiece of the new four-story NICU structure features 10 state-of-the-art NICU beds – increasing the facility’s capacity from 24 to 34 beds. The three additional floors, totaling to 8,600 square feet, house the hospital’s pharmacy, sleep lab and physical therapy centers.

(l-r) Abby Jagarnauth, Director of the NICU; Louise Toby-Harris, Director of OB; Shanna St. John, Executive Director March of Dimes, Palm Beach Division; Jeff Schildkraut, Chair-elect of the West Boca Chamber; Barry Epstein, President of West Boca Chamber; Ari Miller and son, Guest Speaker for West Boca Medical Center; Mitch Feldman, CEO of West Boca Medical Center; JC Perrin, Board Member at West Boca Medical Center; Troy McClellan, President of Greater Boca Raton Chamber; and Tom Kruse, Chair of West Boca Chamber.