Tavarez Joins Sarasota Memorial Health Care System

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Sarasota Memorial Health Care System has welcomed a new pediatrician to the health system’s First Physicians Group (FPG) network and community. Dr. Jose Tavarez began accepting new patients at FPG Pediatrics at Lakewood Ranch on Monday. Tavarez succeeds longtime pediatrician Dr. Robert Shamsey, who retired from the practice last month after more than 42 years. Board-certified in Pediatrics, Tavarez has worked as a pediatrician since 2013, providing medical and preventive care to infants, children and adolescents in outpatient and inpatient settings in Amory, MS, and has served as chair of the Pediatrics Department at Merit Health Gilmore Memorial Hospital in Amory for the past year. Bilingual in English and native Spanish, Tavarez is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and American Medical Association.

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