Shari Schenker

Bayfront Health St. Petersburg

Situated in the heart of downtown St. Petersburg, Florida, Bayfront Health St. Petersburg has served the residents of area communities for more than 110 years. Opening in 1910 as Good Samaritan Hospital, the hospital continued to grow and was well-known for many years as Bayfront Medical Center. Bayfront Health St. Petersburg was established in 2013 and continues to be a well-respected name in healthcare throughout the region. Orlando Health, a not-for-profit healthcare organization headquartered in Central Florida, officially acquired Bayfront Health St. Petersburg from Community Health Systems (CHS) on Wednesday, September 30, 2020. Bayfront Health St. Petersburg is a 480-bed tertiary care center equipped to provide comprehensive medical and surgical care. The hospital offers many areas of expertise, including surgery and trauma, neuroscience, cardiology, acute rehabilitation and obstetrics. The hospital has a 38-bed neurosciences unit with a dedicated neurology team consisting of board-certified neuroscience specialists and physicians with subspecialty expertise in stroke, epilepsy and Parkinson's disease, and includes a Level IV Epilepsy Center. In partnership with Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, Bayfront Health St. Petersburg Baby Place offers full obstetrical services and is a Level III Regional Perinatal Intensive Care Center, one of only 12 in Florida. The hospital also is home to the Bayfront Health St. Petersburg Cardiac Cath Lab, located in the James Heart Center, which offers a full range of cardiovascular care and an on-site inpatient rehabilitation unit, as well as the nearby Bayfront Health St. Petersburg Wound Care & Hyperbaric Center.