SMHF Hosts Annual Women and Medicine Event, Raises Over $255,000

March 27, 2024 – Sarasota

On Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 420 guests attended Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation’s 11th annual Women & Medicine Educational Luncheon held at Michael’s on East. The program featured a panel discussion from leading lung cancer experts. Over $255,000 was raised. Proceeds will help SMH bring world-class healthcare to our community.

The program opened with a welcome from returning event co-chairs and Healthcare Foundation board members, Gwen MacKenzie and Sandi Stuart. Kelly Batista, Executive Director, Brian D. Jellison Cancer Institute at SMH, presented an update on the Jellison Cancer Institute. The educational program, moderated by Stephanie Roberts, executive producer of Suncoast View on ABC7, included a panel of lung cancer experts: Amy Budke, M.D., Pathologist, SaraPath Diagnostics; M. Blair Marshall, M.D., Thoracic Surgical Oncologist, First Physicians Group; and Amie J. Miller, Program Coordinator, Lung Cancer Screening and Incidental Nodule Program, Jellison Cancer Institute. The discussion primarily focused on screening options and advancing treatments that are changing the way we view and treat lung cancer in women. Guests participated in a Q&A session to conclude the program.

“The Healthcare Foundation looks forward to hosting the Women & Medicine Educational Luncheon each year,” said Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation president Stacey Corley. “It’s a wonderful event where the women of Sarasota come to learn about their health and wellness while helping support Sarasota Memorial.”

2024 Women & Medicine Lead Sponsors

Scientist: First Horizon Advisors; Researcher: Robert and Beverly Bartner; Kathy Brown and Veronica Brady; Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation; Daiquiri Deck; Daniel Welch Fund at Gulf Coast Community Foundation; Deb Kabinoff Fund; First Physicians Group; Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute; Daman and Randy Kowalski; Lorraine and Richard Schwarz Family Foundation; Diane and Dick Mayer; Barbara and Gary Rodkin; Elsa Soderberg and Libby Soderberg; Sandi Stuart and Mike Murray; and Robert and Angelia Wood