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Erin Sheehan, DNP, ARNP, PMHNP-BC of Keys Medical Group – Psychiatry has relocated her office from 1200 Kennedy Drive, Key West, to 1111 12th Street, Suite 205, in the Key West Professional Building, effective December 21, 2020. The office phone number will remain (305) 293-1299. Regular office hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Telehealth appointments are also available. New patients are welcome. Erin is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and is licensed by the American... ... Read More

Lower Keys Medical Center announced today the availability of a toll-free helpline designed to help Medicare beneficiaries select a health plan that fits their needs and budget. The free helpline connects callers with licensed agents who can assist in comparing traditional Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Supplement and Prescription plans, and then facilitate enrollment in the plan selected. Through this program it will be easier for Medicare beneficiaries to find a plan that is best for them during Medica... ... Read More

Lower Keys Medical Center announced this week that Michele Ramirez, RN, emergency services, has been selected to receive its Nursing Excellence Award. This peer-nominated award, created in honor of 2020 being the “Year of the Nurse,” and in recognition of the critical role nurses have played in treating patients throughout the COVID pandemic, was open to qualifying RNs and LPNs working in a direct patient care position who consistently demonstrate characteristics synonymous with nursing excellence. Mich... ... Read More

Lower Keys Medical Center has established a Patient Family Advisory Council which is dedicated to the improvement of quality in the provision of compassionate, connected care for our patients and family members. The Patient Family Advisory Council (PFAC) includes members of the hospital staff and former patients or family members of patients. “Gaining patient and family perspectives about the healthcare experience helps us maintain our patient-focused care and make improvements,” said David Clay, CEO. C... ... Read More

Beginning October 21, 2020, Joe Paprota, MD, a board-certified and fellowship-trained Pulmonologist, will see patients one day per week in the Keys Medical Group Family Medicine office at 29755 Overseas Highway in Big Pine Key. Dr. Paprota specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of lung and chest conditions and diseases, including asthma, COPD, chest infections and pneumonia. New patients and most major insurances are accepted. Appointments may be requested online at KeysMedicalGroup.com or by callin... ... Read More

Keys Medical Group Gastroenterology will be open for patients at their new location, 1111 12th Street, Suite 210, in the Key West Professional Building, effective October 5, 2020. Orlando Lopez-Roman, MD, FACG, AGAF, is a board-certified Gastroenterologist. He and Erin Kane, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, join Steven Rowe, MD, FACC, board-certified in Interventional Cardiology; Michelle Bachtel, MD, FACC, board-certified in General Cardiology; and Timothy Schneider, MD, FACS, board-certified in Otolaryngology/ENT in... ... Read More

Lower Keys Medical Center welcomes Guido Nodal, Jr., M.D. Board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Dr. Nodal holds additional qualifications in Addiction Psychiatry and Geriatric Psychiatry. Dr. Nodal will serve as the Medical Director and full-time psychiatrist at Lower Keys Medical Center’s inpatient behavioral health unit. Dr. Nodal is a graduate of the Universidad Central del Este College of Medicine in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic and completed his residency at... ... Read More

Keys Medical Group is relocating several specialty practice offices. As of August 3, 2020, Keys Medical Group’s Interventional Cardiologist, Steven Rowe, MD; General Cardiologist, Michelle Bachtel, MD; and Otolaryngologist/Head and Neck Surgeon, Timothy Schneider, MD, will be located at 1111 12th Street, Suite 210, Key West. The office number will remain (305) 294-5727. They will no longer be seeing patients at 3428 N. Roosevelt Boulevard. As of August 17, 2020, Keys Medical Group Gastroenterology, Orla... ... Read More

Key West, FL – June, 2020 – Lower Keys Medical Center welcomes Michelle D. Bachtel, M.D., FACC. Dr. Bachtel has joined Dr. Steven Rowe, Interventional Cardiologist, in the practice of Keys Medical Group – Cardiology. Board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease, Dr. Bachtel treats cardiac conditions including hypertension, lipid disorders, coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, congestive heart failure, and arrhythmia. She conducts inpatient and outpatient cardiology consult... ... Read More

KEY WEST, FL, MAY 1, 2020 – Patients who have delayed surgery or other non-emergency procedures can now work with their physician to secure care as Lower Keys Medical Center resumes elective procedures and services starting May 4, 2020. The hospital is following Governor Ron DeSantis’ Executive Order allowing elective surgeries and procedures in hospitals with a low or no-COVID-19 census. Safety remains the hospital’s highest priority. Numerous precautions for infection prevention, access control, socia... ... Read More