Another Waterman milestone!

Florida Hospital Waterman is the first hospital in Lake County to earn The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for knee and FHW’s Joint Replacement Center demonstrated compliance with national standards for health care quality and safety in disease-specific care during a rigorous on-site review in February.

A Joint Commission expert evaluated the center for compliance with standards of care specific to needs of patients and families, including infection prevention and control, leadership, and medication management.

“In achieving Joint Commission certification, Florida Hospital Waterman has demonstrated its commitment to the highest level of care for its joint replacement patients,” says Jean Range, M.S., R.N., C.P.H.Q., executive director of the disease-specific care certification for The Joint Commission. “Certification is a voluntary process and I commend Florida Hospital Waterman for successfully undertaking this challenge to elevate its standard of care and instill confidence in the community it serves.”

Each year, more than 8,000 patients turn to Florida Hospital Waterman for orthopedic care. Florida Hospital Waterman, which introduced a brand new, dedicated joint replacement unit in 2012, provides comprehensive medical, rehabilitation, and joint repair and replacement services, including the area’s only MAKOplasty robotic surgery.

New Smile In The Villages

Pablo J. Sierra, D.M.D., F.A.G.D., F.I.C.O.I., has joined Village Dental, a practice with three offices serving The Villages. Dr. Sierra has worked in private practice, at Wake Forest University Baptist, Moses Cone Memorial, and Randolph hospitals.

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Kick The Habit

The sixth annual Tobacco Free Florida Week has come and gone (April 21–27), but resources to help smokers quit remain in place. Tobacco Free Florida offers the following three free and easy ways to quit:

• Call 1.877.U.CAN. NOW for phonebased counseling

• Visit tobaccofreeflorida. com/webcoach to access an online program

• Attend classes locally. A personalized two-hour Tools To Quit program will be offered on June 5, 3-5p.m. at the Lake Cross Food Pantry, 2001 W. Old Highway 441, Suite No. 2, Mount Dora. Call 1.877.252.6094 to register. There is no charge for materials. The Florida Department of Health in Lake County offers the program in collaboration with the Central Florida Area Health Education Center. Center

Dr. Sierra regularly goes to Guatemala with the University of Florida’s Christian Dental Society to provide treatment to rural populations. He’s also volunteered with the Florida Baptist Convention’s dental mobile bus and other church-based organizations.

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Dr. Sierra has fellowship awards from the Academy of General Dentistry and the International Congress of Oral Implantologists. He has special training in all disciplines of advanced dentistry, including crowns and bridges, dentures, partials, implantology, periodontology, cosmetics, oral diagnosis, sleep medicine, and Invisalign®.