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Pickleball
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Pickleball for All
Players of all ages can handle the heat as long as they stay out of the kitchen
BY PAIGE AIGRET / PHOTOS BY THE WORKMANS
The USA Pickleball Association (USAPA) has reported that the sport has grown nearly 40% since 2018, with 4.8 million players across the U.S. in 2022. The game combines elements of tennis, badminton and pingpong, according to the USAPA, and is played — singles or doubles — on a badmintonsize court with a modified tennis net. Paddles, larger than those for pingpong but smaller than a tennis racquet, are used to strike a plastic, perforated ball similar to a Wiffle ball. Players serve underhand and cross court. The serve must bounce once but never twice, and the “kitchen,” or non-volley zone, is off
limits. The game is typically played to a score of 11 or 15.
Although new to many, pickleball got its start over half a century ago in Bainbridge, Washington, as a backyard game created by a few dads with bored children.
So what accounts for its widespread popularity now?
Lenin Mongerie, the tennis and pickleball operations supervisor for the City of Tallahassee, said celebrity influencers including Serena Williams and LeBron James have been a factor; both have invested in their own leagues.
“If all of a sudden a pro football, tennis or any player or person
that has stature does something, everybody sees it, right? And you want to try it,” Mongerie said. “That has played a huge role in pushing the sport forward.”
When pickleball was elevated via celebrity platforms, younger people became interested. But the sport first started gaining traction among the 55-plus crowd. Its ease of play and accessibility appealed to players as a healthy form of exercise that presented less risk of injury than games like tennis.
Pickleball arrived in Tallahassee when the city’s tennis superintendent, Glen Howe, introduced pickleball to the local senior center.
Lenin Mongerie, the director of tennis and pickleball operations for the City of Tallahassee, credits sports superstars Serena Williams and LeBron James with helping to popularize pickleball. The city has responded by adding more public courts.
“Without question, one of the biggest benefits is it allows people to get exercise,” Mongerie said. “For people who may not have chosen another sport or maybe found another sport too difficult, it allows them to maximize their ability to enjoy a sport, at the same time getting the benefits of moving around and being social.”
Mongerie said Tallahassee’s USA Pickleball Association ambassador, Carolyn Allaire, has been instrumental in popularizing the sport and introducing it to longtime tennis players.
Mongerie, himself, caught the bug, finding that he enjoyed pickleball’s social aspects.
“Very few people play singles in pickleball; the majority of the game is doubles,” he said. “The socializing is a lot more in the sport than in tennis right now.
“I could go out there and play with you, and we’ll have a fun time. You might not win, but we’ll have fun,” he joked.
For sure, Mongerie would be formidable. He played tennis at Florida A&M and is a United States Professional Tennis Association elite player who has worked as a tennis instructor for 17 years and is now a certified pickleball instructor.
The city recognized pickleball’s growing popularity and adapted tennis courts for use as pickleball courts. Mongerie began overseeing pickleball along with tennis and hosted lessons, clinics and roundrobin tournaments.
Now, the city has 47 courts across Tallahassee’s parks and community centers.
Tom Brown Park stands to be the most popular, with four permanent pickleball courts available and regular open play sessions where anyone can come to learn, play and socialize with other pickleballers.
Tom Brown also hosts leagues on Tuesdays and Thursdays for beginners, advanced beginners and intermediate advanced players.
City of Tallahassee racquet sports operations manager Lenin Mongerie is an accomplished tennis player who played at FAMU. He took up pickleball in part due to the social aspects of the game. Doubles play is predominant in pickleball, which has grown 40% since 2018, especially among older adults.
The new Four Oaks Park at Tram Road and Four Oaks Boulevard has six permanent courts and is now offering court reservations and open play. Winthrop, Jack L. McLean, Lafayette, Jake Gaither and Walker-Ford parks and the LeVerne Payne and Walker Ford community centers have outdoor tennis/pickleball courts. And a number of indoor courts can be found at other community and senior centers.
“There are a lot of grassroots programs that have sprung up
that are really all about growing the sport in Tallahassee,” Mongerie said.
Local groups like the Tallahassee Pickleball Association promote the sport through fundraising, volunteering and advocating for court improvements.
Mongerie anticipates that Tallahassee will host national pickleball tournaments.
“I think pickleball is going to be growing and continue to grow,” he said.
CALL A FRIEND, GRAB A COURT AND PLAY!
A Tom Brown Park
443-557 Easterwood Drive
4 courts (reserve or first-come)
B Winthrop 1601 Mitchell Ave. 6 courts (reserve or first-come)
C Lafayette 501 Ingleside Drive 3 indoor and 3 outdoor courts (business hours only)
D LeVerne Payne 450 W. 4th Ave 2 courts (bring own balls and paddles)
E Jack L. McLean Jr. 700 Paul Russell Road 3 indoor and 2 outdoor courts (bring own balls and paddles)
F Walker–Ford 2301 Pasco St. 3 indoor and 3 outdoor courts (nighttime play available)
G Jack Gaither 801 Bragg Drive 2 courts, can reserve
H Sue Herndon McCollum 501 Ingleside Ave. 3 courts (indoor only)
I Lawrence–Gregory 1115 Dade St. 3 courts (indoor only)
J Tallahassee Senior Center 1400 N. Monroe St. 2 courts (indoor only)
K Four Oaks Park 51 Four Oaks Blvd. 6 courts (reserve or first-come)
U.S. health care spending grew 2.7% in 2021, reaching $4.3 trillion or $12,914 per person. As a share of the nation’s gross domestic product, health spending accounted for 18.3%, according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). As recently as 1980, that figure stood at 8.9%.
Continuum of Care
Leaders seek a seamless approach to health care
BY STEVE BORNHOFT
IAn the United States, health services are delivered based on what Mark O’Bryant sees as a “reverse model.”
Some might even call it a perverse model.
“You get paid for treating people when they are sick,” said O’Bryant, the president and CEO at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Inc., the parent corporation of Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. “And, you get paid more when they’re sicker. You make your biggest dollars when you have your sickest patients. There is very little incentive to keep people well because you don’t get paid for it.”
That is to say, too, O’Bryant stressed, that the model is episodic in nature. A person develops a health issue and engages a health care provider who treats the patient and charges fees for services.
All of that is changing, according to O’Bryant, due to forces impinging upon health care systems including population dynamics.
U.S. health care spending grew 2.7% in 2021, reaching $4.3 trillion or $12,914 per person. As a share of the nation’s gross domestic product, health spending accounted for 18.3%, according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). As recently as 1980, that percentage stood at 8.9%.
“Unfortunately, that number is growing because we have an aging population, and the demand curve certainly follows the age continuum,” O’Bryant said. “If we don’t watch it, that percentage is going to get to the point where it creates real problems for our economy. You can’t compete economically if one of every four dollars is going to health care. We have got to create different dynamics.
“If we are going to live longer, we need to be able to afford to do so. And not just live longer, but live well longer.”
The perverse system will have to be reformed.
O’Bryant firmly believes that in the near future, the fee-based model of reimbursement will evolve to become a value-based system.
“At the end of the day, we’re going to be measured and paid on how we manage a continuum of care,” he said.
Already, he is making plans and trying to get ahead of the curve, working in concert with Bill Wertman, the CEO at Big Bend Hospice (BBH).
“As we grow as an organization, understanding the changes that are coming down from CMS, we will have to find a more sustainable approach to health care,” Wertman said. “It is not going to be enough to simply be a hospice in the future. We will have to become a hospice that provides
a number of other services in order to build scale. In the value-based world, as opposed to the fee-for-services world that we currently inhabit, payers are going to align themselves with organizations that are capable of achieving cost savings or sharing costs.”
For Wertman, payers equate almost exclusively to Medicare and Medicaid. The two entitlement programs supply BBH with 97% of its revenue. Increasingly, he said, they will be looking for health care service providers that “have scale, cover a lot of territory, and are partnered with other nonprofits in relationships adding up to a continuum of care.”
That concept is illustrated, at least in microcosm, by the newly opened First Commerce Center for Compassionate Care, a hospice unit operated by BBH and located at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. Its development was preceded by years of discussion among O’Bryant, Wertman and their respective board chairs, a dialogue that has now expanded in scope to include other possible relationships.
“Talking about hospice services opened the door to other conversations about what we can do in our community to improve care,” O’Bryant said. “All of us on the TMH and BBH teams are willing to look at what that might mean. We went from the inpatient hospice unit consideration to looking at the bigger picture.
“Bill brought some great strategists into his organization, and long story short, we found that there are synergies that we have the potential to capitalize on. But we might never have landed on them, had we not had an established relationship.”
Such interconnectedness characterizes Tallahassee, a community that O’Bryant thinks of as a “cosmopolitan Mayberry.” The city, he said, provides a great laboratory for developing, testing and refining new approaches to delivering health care.
COVID-19, too, advanced the dialogue in its way. A pandemic can serve as a mother of invention.
“We looked at emerging technologies and our experience during COVID, when we learned to do a lot more with remote monitoring and more telemedicine services,” O’Bryant said. “We in health care are not taking full advantage of that. So, the question comes to be how we could better use technology to enable people to receive certain levels of service at lower costs and at home, a place that they are comfortable and familiar with.”
Wertman and O’Bryant recognized that BBH and TMH have differing core competencies, and that there are health care services and activities that neither is engaged in. That realization led to their focus on a continuum whereby health care, from womb to tomb, might be made seamless, accessible, affordable and community-based.
“At the hospital, we take care of very sick, highly acute patients, everything from trauma to strokes to heart attacks,” O’Bryant said. “Those are always, to a degree, going to take precedence over other areas. But I can see 20% to 30% of the cases we have in the hospital today being treated at home, if we can monitor patients properly. If you can use technology to create an observation platform in the home and give people access to resources on a timely basis, then you could see a big chunk of what we do here move to a different, lower-cost environment.”
In the future, O’Bryant envisions, TMH will function as a big intensive and intermediate care unit by providing high levels of care while relying on a partner to address transitional and rehabilitative care.
Supplying those less acute types of care should not be a secondary project for TMH, O’Bryant said. Instead, it needs the primary role of an entity committed to making it its top priority.
“If you can use technology to create an observation platform in the home and give people access to resources on a timely basis, then you could see a big chunk of what we do here move to a different, lower-cost environment.”
— Mark O’Bryant, the president and CEO at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Inc.
Accordingly, Wertman has created a new nonprofit, Seven Oaks, which is focused as O’Bryant suggests. It is governed by a board made up of the same people that comprise the BBH board. In addition, a TMH board member will sit on the BBH and Seven Oaks boards and vice versa.
“Seven Oaks is going to take this new transitional care model, and they are going to be the drivers of the transitional care strategy,” O’Bryant said.
Wertman and O’Bryant are confident that a reliable continuum of care delivered by community-based nonprofits will make for a healthier Tallahassee and Northwest Florida.
TMH and BBH have a shared vision and cultures that align, Wertman said.
“TMH has a number of organizations that they work with, and so do we,” he added. “By coming together, we can coalesce in an even stronger network that will reach
LEFT: CEOs Bill Wertman of Big Bend Hospice and Mark O’Bryant of Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare were photographed at the First Commerce Center for Compassionate Care, a hospice unit operated by Big Bend Hospice and located at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. The project, they say, exemplified what cooperating nonprofits can do to deliver affordable, accessible health care to patients of all ages.
BELOW: Parents participate in an online medical consultation from the comforts of their home. Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare president and CEO Mark O’Bryant envisions that 20% to 30% of today’s in-hospital cases will one day be treated at home, given the ability to properly monitor patients remotely.
people in outlying communities and in rural areas. We will be working on a more robust model for health care delivery that will include homehealth and palliative care in addition to creating more opportunities for 24/7 health care.”
TMH has involved Dr. Jing Wang, dean of the FSU College of Nursing, in its research into extending care to populations including underserved groups. In 2023, she and two other researchers combined to write an article about how artificial intelligence can be incorporated in homes and hospitals through various digital health platforms, embedded with sensors, wearables and remote monitoring devices.
Technology is sure to play an expanding role in efforts to take health care to the house.
Notions of house and home are central to O’Bryant’s outlook.
“Tallahassee is my home, and if I’m going to be a patient in
Tallahassee, I don't want to have someone a thousand miles away making decisions about the kind of health care we are going to have in our community,” he said. “We have board members from our community, we have doctors who live here and aren’t just rotating in and out. Health care is better when driven locally. Our accounts aren’t stripped nightly. We are able to retain and reinvest our resources locally.”
O’Bryant often thinks about a comment made by John Hogan, who retired last year after more than four decades as the chief executive at Capital Health Plan in Tallahassee.
Paraphrasing Hogan, O’Bryant said, “You better make communitybased health care good because you’re gonna see everyone in town at the Walmart, at Publix, at church or somewhere. And you have to answer to them. You can’t hide from them in cosmopolitan Mayberry. We live here. And that’s a good thing.”
Music as Therapy
Therapists utilize a range of instruments and music to enhance patients’ well-being
BY EMMA WITMER
Elvis Presley took the stage at Chicago’s International Amphitheater on March 29, 1957, in a gold lamé suit and proceeded to cause 13 girls to faint. One even fainted twice.
Elvis catalyzed a ravenous fanbase, but there may be more to this story than star power. Music, as it turns out, has power all on its own.
The dedicated team of certified music therapists at Tallahassee
Memorial HealthCare (TMH) leverages the psychological and neurological impacts of music to address a wide variety of issues in patients of all ages, from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) to geriatric care.
Valerie Williams, the director of TMH’s music therapy department, leads a team of four full-time, certified music therapists, five parttimers and two interns who use
guitars, ukuleles, piano and other percussion instruments and recorded music to reach clients in ways that only music can.
“In the simplest definition, music therapy is using music to accomplish nonmusical goals,” Williams said.
Anyone can engage with music on a physical level by swaying to a tune or tapping toes to a beat. These movements make people feel more present and alive. There
OPPOSITE: Music therapist Brittany Rosado leads a Little One’s Music Play class, an early childhood development group representing a partnership between Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare and Florida State University. The project received support from the National Institute for Infant and Child Medical Music Therapy.
RIGHT: Above: NICU music therapist Hannah Sellers helped a mother on the Antenatal Care Unit write a song thanking the medical staff on the unit for the care she received at TMH.
are, however, distinct differences between enjoying music and music therapy. Certified music therapists hold a four-year degree in music therapy or a master’s degree equivalent and complete a 1,200-hour internship. They must also pass the CBMT Board Certification exam to work in a therapeutic setting.
“As board-certified professionals, we have a lot of training beyond just music,” Williams said. “We are trained in counseling techniques, psychology, neurobiology, basic anatomy skills. We look at how the brain works and why the music is working, not just the knowledge that music works.”
Williams and her team develop individual treatment plans, employ flexible intervention options and continually analyze data to measure progress. As part of the TMH ecosystem, Williams and her team operate in every unit in the main hospital as well as outpatient care centers and parent-child groups. Some specialize in particular populations.
Hannah Sellers works in the NICU, using simple lullabies to introduce new stimuli to infants who are otherwise isolated due to their premature birth.
“One of the protocols that we use is the PAL, which is the pacifieractivated lullaby,” Sellers said. “That uses contingent music based on their sucking. So, they suck for 10 seconds and developmentally appropriate music plays. Then we can adjust those settings, making it harder for the music to trigger, so either they
have to suck more times or stronger to get that music to play.”
The PAL was invented by FSU’s Dr. Jayne Standley and is now used to teach sucking to infants across the country.
Sellers is especially cautious when working with premature infants. Music therapy offers many benefits, but done carelessly, music can have counterproductive effects.
“Infants in the NICU can’t listen to the same music that we listen to because they’re premature, and their
brain literally will stop developing properly,” Sellers said.
These risks are also present in adolescent and adult patients.
“The one that always gets me is blood pressure,” added Michaela Schenkel, another music therapist with TMH. “People get excited when they hear music they like, but you could be working with a patient who’s on five different medications for their blood pressure. Then the nurse comes in because the excitement is raising their blood pressure and heart
rate. Socio-emotionally, this is great for the patient, but physiologically, we can’t be hyping them up with their favorite songs.”
TMH’s music therapists assist in the treatment of cognitive issues, Parkinson’s disease, emotional issues, lactation support, pain management, stroke and speech therapy among other conditions. Often, music helps to sublimate pain, discomfort and anxiety. Other times, music therapy can establish neurological shortcuts that, to laymen, can appear miraculous.
Processing music, rhythm and sound utilizes both sides of the brain, which can be of great benefit to patients with brain injuries. Patients who have suffered a stroke or traumatic brain injury may lose the ability to speak, but through music therapy, many can learn to communicate by singing.
“Speech and singing essentially get to the same place in the brain, but they take different routes.”
— Michaela Schenkel, music therapist
“Speech and singing essentially get to the same place in the brain, but they take different routes,” Schenkel explained. “Think of it like this: If you know the way to your house, there’s probably a road that you always take, and you don’t have to pull up a map to get there. You might know a couple of other ways to get to your house. Let’s say that
ABOVE: Department director and former NICU music therapist Valerie Williams teaches a parent at the unit how to use Multimodal Neurologic Enhancement to increase tolerance to stimulation and improve neurologic development in premature infants.
route you always take just does not exist anymore. That doesn’t mean that you can’t get to your house.”
The music therapy department at TMH began in 1995 with a single therapist funded by Florida State University. At that time, the department served to fulfill internship requirements for FSU music therapy students, but having seen the positive impacts of music therapy firsthand, TMH, FSU and other charitable organizations have invested more and more funding to support the department.
Williams and her team hope that trend continues.
MEDICAL LISTINGS
Note: These listings are not comprehensive and do not include every doctor or specialty clinic available in Tallahassee.
For a map of provider locations turn to page 34.
AESTHETICS
/ ANTI-AGING / WELLNESS
Square One
Aesthetics & Wellness
HANNAH WALKER, APRN 863 E. Park Ave. Tallahassee, FL 32301 (850) 765-9923
SquareOneAesthetics.com
TIMOTHY WALKER, MD 863 E. Park Ave. Tallahassee, FL 32301 (850) 765-9923
SquareOneAesthetics.com
DENTISTRY
Bastien Dental Care
RICHARD J-P BASTIEN, DMD 1433 Piedmont Drive East Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 425-1300
BastienDentalCare.com
LAUREN WEIR MILLER, DMD 1433 Piedmont Drive East Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 425-1300
BastienDentalCare.com
W. HARRISON MILLER, DMD 1433 Piedmont Drive East Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 425-1300
BastienDentalCare.com
David W. Cardman
DAVID W. CARDMAN, DMD 1001 Thomasville Road, Ste. A Tallahassee, FL 32303 (850) 224-4151
Tallahassee Dental Associates
JULIE BAILEY, DMD 2929 Capital Medical Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 656-2636
SmilesByBeck.com
BRIAN BECK, DMD, MS 2929 Capital Medical Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 656-2636
SmilesByBeck.com
HUNTER BRANTLEY, DMD, MS 2929 Capital Medical Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 656-2636
SmilesByBeck.com
WILLIAM A. TYRE, DMD
2929 Capital Medical Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 656-2636
SmilesByBeck.com
James Walton III, & Toby Thomson
TOBY THOMSON, DMD 1280 Timberlane Road Tallahassee, FL 32312 (850) 893-2136 TimberlaneSmiles.com
JAMES WALTON III, DDS 1280 Timberlane Road Tallahassee, FL 32312 (850) 893-2136 TimberlaneSmiles.com
DENTISTRY – PEDIATRICS
Tallahassee Pediatric Dentistry
SHAWN HANWAY, DMD 2304 Killearn Center Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32309 (850) 900-1950 TallahasseePediatricDentistry.com
DENTISTRY –PERIODONTICS
Capital Periodontal Associates
WILLIAM T. BALDOCK, JR. DMD, MS 2621 Mitcham Drive, Ste. 1 01 Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 942-8111
CapitalPerio.com
Periodontal Associates of North Florida
WALTER E. COLÓN II, DMD, MS
2160 Capital Circle NE, Ste. 100 Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 562-6111 TallahasseePerio.com
AIXA GUZMÁN, DMD 2160 Capital Circle NE, Ste. 100 Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 562-6111
TallahasseePerio.com
JAKE ZELLNER, DMD, MS 2160 Capital Circle NE, Ste. 100 Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 562-6111
TallahasseePerio.com
NEUROLOGY
Tallahassee Neurological Clinic
RICARDO AYALA, MD 1401 Centerville Road, Ste. 600 Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 878-8121
TNC-Neuro.com
DANNY ESTUPINAN, MD 1401 Centerville Road, Ste. 600 Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 878-8121
TNC-Neuro.com
JAMES MARTIN, MD 1401 Centerville Road, Ste. 600 Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 878-8121
TNC-Neuro.com
EFRAIN MARTINEZ–ALVERNIA, MD 1401 Centerville Road, Ste. 601 Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 878-8121
TNC-Neuro.com
WINSTON ORTIZ, MD 1401 Centerville Road, Ste. 600 Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 878-8121
TNC-Neuro.com
NEUROSURGERY
Tallahassee Neurological Clinic
GRIFFIN BAUM, MD 1401 Centerville Road, Ste. 300 Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-5115 TNC-Neuro.com
NARLIN BEATY, MD 1401 Centerville Road, Ste. 300 Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-5115 TNC-Neuro.com
MATTHEW DAVIS, MD 1401 Centerville Road, Ste. 300 Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-5115
TNC-Neuro.com
MATTHEW LAWSON, MD 1401 Centerville Road, Ste. 300 Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-5115 TNC-Neuro.com
ALBERT LEE, MD 1401 Centerville Road, Ste. 300 Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-5115
TNC-Neuro.com
ONCOLOGY
Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute Tallahassee Cancer Center
VIRALKUMAR BHANDERI, MD 2351 Phillips Road Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8166 FLCancer.com/VBhanderi
TIEN DO, MD 2351 Phillips Road Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8166 FLCancer.com/TDo
PARESH PATEL, MD 2351 Phillips Road Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8166
FLCancer.com/PPatel
SCOTT TETREAULT, MD 2351 Phillips Road Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8166 FLCancer.com/STetreault
OPHTHALMOLOGY
Eye Associates of North Florida
VIET BUI, MD
2020 Fleischmann Road Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 878-6161 EyesNF.com
JERRY FORD, MD
2020 Fleischmann Road Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 878-6161 EyesNF.com
KENNETH KATO, MD 2020 Fleischmann Road Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 878-6161 EyesNF.com
FANG SARAH KO, MD 2020 Fleischmann Road Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 878-6161 EyesNF.com
DEANNA LOUIE, MD 2020 Fleischmann Road Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 878-6161 EyesNF.com
TONY WEAVER, MD
2020 Fleischmann Road Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 878-6161 EyesNF.com
OPTOMETRY
Eye Associates of North Florida
PAUL HARMAN, OD
2020 Fleischmann Road Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 878-6161 EyesNF.com
ELIZABETH STRICKLAND, OD
2020 Fleischmann Road Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 878-6161 EyesNF.com
JOSHUA TRAFTON, OD 2020 Fleischmann Road Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 878-6161 EyesNF.com
BRIAN WOOD, OD 2020 Fleischmann Road Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 878-6161 EyesNF.com
ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic TOC Canopy Clinic
CHESLEY DURGIN, MD 2605 Welaunee Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8174
TeamTOC.com
HANK L. HUTCHINSON, MD 2605 Welaunee Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8174
TeamTOC.com
MATTHEW C. LEE, MD 2605 Welaunee Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8174
TeamTOC.com
HECTOR MEJIA, MD 2605 Welaunee Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8174 TeamTOC.com
KYLE S. MOBLEY, MD
2605 Welaunee Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8174
TeamTOC.com
THOMAS M. PARK, MD 2605 Welaunee Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8174
TeamTOC.com
JORDAN D. WALTERS, MD 2605 Welaunee Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8174
TeamTOC.com
ANDREW M. WONG, MD 2605 Welaunee Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8174
TeamTOC.com
BRIAN J. ZIRGIBEL, MD 2605 Welaunee Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8174
TeamTOC.com
TALLAHASSEE’S BEST CHOICE IN ACTIVE SENIOR LIVING
TALLAHASSEE’S BEST CHOICE IN ACTIVE SENIOR LIVING
Enjoy an active lifestyle emphasizing wellness and lifelong learning opportunities at our Life Plan Community on 140 acres of rolling hills in Tallahassee. At Westminster Oaks, every residence is maintenance-free, so you can take a wellness class in the fitness center, savor a chef-prepared meal, or enjoy the many walking and biking paths nearby instead of keeping up with your home. You’ll love the wide variety of spacious residences available, all with great services and amenities to enhance your lifestyle, like housekeeping, scheduled transportation and 24-hour security. Best of all, you’ll find safety and security for the future with our full continuum of healthcare services, including Assisted Living, Nursing Care, Memory Care and more, should your needs change.
Enjoy an active lifestyle emphasizing wellness and lifelong learning opportunities at our Life Plan Community on 140 acres of rolling hills in Tallahassee. At Westminster Oaks, every residence is maintenance-free, so you can take a wellness class in the fitness center, savor a chef-prepared meal, or enjoy the many walking and biking paths nearby instead of keeping up with your home. You’ll love the wide variety of spacious residences available, all with great services and amenities to enhance your lifestyle, like housekeeping, scheduled transportation and 24-hour security. Best of all, you’ll find safety and security for the future with our full continuum of healthcare services, including Assisted Living, Nursing Care, Memory Care and more, should your needs change.
Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic
TOC Capital Medical Clinic
DAVID ALVAREZ, MD
3334 Capital Medical Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8174
TeamTOC.com
DAVID A. BELLAMY, MD
3334 Capital Medical Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8174
TeamTOC.com
DAVID C. BERG, MD 3334 Capital Medical Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8174
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ANDREW H. BOROM, MD
3334 Capital Medical Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8174
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TONY L. BRYANT, MD
3334 Capital Medical Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8174
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AARON J. GUYER, MD 3334 Capital Medical Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8174
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D. JASON OBERSTE, MD 3334 Capital Medical Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8174
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GARRISON A. ROLLE, MD
3334 Capital Medical Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8174
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W. BRAD STEPHENS, MD
3334 Capital Medical Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8174
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Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic TOC Thomasville (Georgia)
COREY A. MESSERSCHMIDT, MD 113 West Hansell St. Thomasville, GA 31792 (229) 226-3060
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BRADLEY N. WALTER, MD 113 W. Hansell St. Thomasville, GA 31792 (229) 226-3060
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NON-SURGICAL ORTHOPEDICS
Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic
TOC Canopy Clinic
TODD D. HEWITT, MD 2605 Welaunee Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8174
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PAIN MANAGEMENT
Tallahassee
Neurological Clinic
JOSHUA FUHRMEISTER, MD
2160 Capital Circle NE, Ste. 200 Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 558-1260
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WINDRIK LYNCH, MD 2160 Capital Circle NE, Ste. 200 Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 558-1260
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THOMAS REGAN, MD 2160 Capital Circle NE, Ste. 200 Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 558-1260
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Tallahassee
Orthopedic Clinic TOC Canopy Clinic
CHRISTOPHER W. BABL, MD 2605 Welaunee Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8174
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GILBERT S. CHANDLER, MD 2605 Welaunee Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8174
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PEDIATRIC –ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic TOC Capital Medical Clinic
RYAN PRICE, DO 3334 Capital Medical Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8174
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PEDIATRICS
North Florida
Pediatric Associates
SARAH M. ALVAREZ, MD 2255 Killearn Center Blvd., Ste. 100 Tallahassee, FL 32309 (850) 877-1162 NorthFloridaPeds.com
ANNA T. KOEPPEL, MD
2255 Killearn Center Blvd., Ste. 100 Tallahassee, FL 32309 (850) 877-1162 NorthFloridaPeds.com
MACI MCDERMOTT, MD 2255 Killearn Center Blvd., Ste. 100 Tallahassee, FL 32309 (850) 877-1162 NorthFloridaPeds.com
SCOTT NELSON, MD 2255 Killearn Center Blvd., Ste. 100 Tallahassee, FL 32309 (850) 877-1162 NorthFloridaPeds.com
CAULLEY SOTO, MD 2255 Killearn Center Blvd., Ste. 100 Tallahassee, FL 32309 (850) 877-1162 NorthFloridaPeds.com
PLASTIC SURGERY
Southeastern Plastic Surgery, PA
CHRIS DEROSIER, MD 2030 Fleischmann Road Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 219-2000 Se-PlasticSurgery.com
BEN J. KIRBO, MD 2030 Fleischmann Road Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 219-2000 Se-PlasticSurgery.com
LAURENCE Z. ROSENBERG, MD 2030 Fleischmann Road Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 219-2000 Se-PlasticSurgery.com
Tallahassee Plastic Surgery Clinic
LARRY HARPER, MD, FACS 2452 Mahan Drive, Ste. 101 Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-2126
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ALFREDO A. PAREDES JR., MD 2452 Mahan Drive, Ste. 101 Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-2126
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JEFFREY M. RAWLINGS, MD, FACS 2452 Mahan Drive, Ste. 101 Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-2126
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PRIMARY CARE
SPORTS MEDICINE
Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic TOC Capital Medical Clinic
CAMERON D. STRAUGHN, DO, CAQSM
3334 Capital Medical Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8174
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SUSANNA ZORN, MD 3334 Capital Medical Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8174
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PSYCHIATRIC/ MENTAL HEALTH
Lifespan Psychiatric Services, LLC
JULIANNE FOLSOM, ARNP, PMHNP 3606 Maclay Blvd. South, Ste. 102 Tallahassee, FL 32312 (850) 999-2996 Lifespan.care
STROKE AND ENDOVASCULAR NEUROLOGY
Tallahassee Neurological Clinic
MENA SAMAAN, MD 1401 Centerville Road, Ste. 300 Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-5115 TNC-Neuro.com
VASCULAR CARE
Vascular Surgery Associates
The Vein Institute
ROBERT S. BRUMBERG, DO, FACOS 2631 Centennial Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8539 VSAFL.com
AARON W. HAYSON, MD, RPVI 2631 Centennial Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8539 VSAFL.com
LAWRENCE D. KAELIN, MD, FACS 2631 Centennial Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8539 VSAFL.com
MEGAN I. MARCH, MD, RPVI, FSVS 2631 Centennial Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8539 VSAFL.com
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FACILITIES
Capital Periodontal Associates
2621 Mitcham Drive, Ste. 101
Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 942-8111
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Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute Tallahassee Cancer Center
2351 Phillips Road Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8166
FLCancer.com/Tallahassee
Lifespan Psychiatric Services, LLC
3606 Maclay Blvd. South, Ste. 102
Tallahassee, FL 32312 (850) 999-2996
Lifespan.care
Periodontal Associates of North Florida
2160 Capital Circle NE, Ste. 100 Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 562-6111
TallahasseePerio.com
Tallahassee
Orthopedic Clinic
TOC Canopy Clinic 2605 Welaunee Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8174
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Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic
TOC Capital Medical Clinic 3334 Capital Medical Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8174
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Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic TOC Now Urgent Care 2605 Welaunee Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 219-6100 TeamTOC.com
Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic
TOC Thomasville 113 W. Hansell St. Thomasville, GA 31792 (229) 226-3060
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Tallahassee Primary Care Associates (TPCA)
1803 Miccosukee Commons Drive Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 297-0114
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The Vein Institute
2623 Centennial Blvd., Ste. 102
Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 531-VEIN (8346) TVIFL.com
Vascular Surgery Associates
2631 Centennial Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 877-8539
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Westminster Oaks 4449 Meandering Way Tallahassee, FL 32308 (850) 878-1136
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LOCATIONS OF PHYSICIANS, SPECIALISTS, CLINICS & HOSPITALS
BASTIEN DENTAL CARE 1433 Piedmont Drive East
CAPITAL PERIODONTAL ASSOCIATES 2621 Mitcham Drive, Ste. 101
DAVID CARDMAN 1280 Timberlane Road
EYE ASSOCIATES OF NORTH FLORIDA 2020 Fleischmann Road
FLORIDA CANCER SPECIALISTS & RESEARCH INSTITUTE
TALLAHASSEE CANCER CENTER 2351 Phillips Road
HCA FLORIDA CAPITAL HOSPITAL 2626 Capital Medical Blvd.
LIFESPAN PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES, LLC 1618 Mahan Center Blvd.
NORTH FLORIDA PEDIATRIC ASSOCIATES 2255 Killearn Center Blvd., Ste. 100
PERIODONTAL ASSOCIATES OF NORTH FLORIDA 2160 Capital Circle NE, Ste. 100
SOUTHEASTERN PLASTIC SURGERY, PA 2030 Fleischmann Road
SQUARE ONE AESTHETICS & WELLNESS 863 E. Park Ave.
TALLAHASSEE MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE 1300 Miccosukee Road
TALLAHASSEE NEUROLOGICAL CLINIC 1401 Centerville Road
TALLAHASSEE NEUROLOGICAL CLINIC (PAIN) 2160 Capital Circle NE, Ste. 200
TALLAHASSEE ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC TOC CANOPY CLINIC 2605 Welaunee Blvd.
TALLAHASSEE ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC TOC CAPITAL MEDICAL CLINIC 3334 Capital Medical Blvd. #400
TALLAHASSEE ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC TOC THOMASVILLE 113 W. Hansell St., Thomasville, GA 31792 (30 mi drive from Interstate 10)
TALLAHASSEE PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY 2304 Killearn Center Blvd.
TALLAHASSEE PLASTIC SURGERY CLINIC 2452 Mahan Drive, Ste. 101
TALLAHASSEE PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATES (TPCA) 1803 Miccosukee Commons Drive
THE VEIN INSTITUTE 2631 Centennial Blvd., Ste. 102
WESTMINSTER OAKS 4449 Meandering Way
