Hernando Business Digest for Nov. 16

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Briefly

Teen Leadership Hernando recently visited Oak Hill Hospital, touring the cardiac lab and emergency room. The group also had a chance to work with robotic-assisted surgery systems in the operating room. Pictured are members of Teen Hernando with team leaders from Oak Hill Hospital.

RESIDENTS PASS THEIR BOARD EXAMS: Oak Hill Hospital announced that 100 percent of the graduating class of its Internal Medicine Residency program have passed their board certification exam, and are now certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. The 2015-18 Internal Medicine graduates are the second class to graduate from Oak Hill Hospital's internal medicine residency program.

Who's news

DOCTORS PERFORM ROBOTIC PROSTATECTOMY: Omar Hamoui, M.D., and Nabeel Hamoui, M.D., urologists of Shoreline UroCare, recently performed the first robotic prostatectomy in Hernando County using advanced, four-arm robotic technology, at Bayfront Health Spring Hill. The doctors will be performing minimally-invasive surgeries in the future using the robot, including kidney and incontinence surgeries. For information, or to register for one of Dr. Nabeel Hamoui's upcoming health talks, visit GetRelief.eventbrite.com and ProstateHealth101.eventbrite.com, or call the marketing department at Bayfront Health at (352) 754-3237.

Events

RESIDENT RECEPTION RESCHEDULED: The Greater Hernando County Chamber of Commerce 18th-annual Hernando County Residents Reception is on Nov. 30. It will be from 5 to 8 p.m. at Pasco-Hernando State College Spring Hill Campus, 450 Beverly Court, Spring Hill. New Hernando County residents can check out local businesses and vendors, restaurants, government offices and law enforcement. Local restaurants will offer free samples of their signature items. There will be performances from local theaters and other entertainers. For information, call (352) 796-0697.

CHAMBER RIBBON-CUTTINGS: The Greater Hernando County Chamber of Commerce will host a ribbon-cutting at noon Nov. 29 at Junior Service League of Brooksville, Chamber Office, 15588 Aviation Loop Drive, Brooksville. Call Lindsay Morgan, (352) 263-1041.

Networking opportunities

• Nature Coast Business Professionals: 7:30 a.m. Fridays, IHOP restaurant, 3660 Commercial Way, Spring Hill. Guests are welcome. Those attending may order from the menu. Call Dana Cutlip, (352) 293-4317.

• Connect B2B (Business to Business) Networking: 7:15 to 8:30 a.m. Mondays, Greater Hernando County Chamber of Commerce, 15588 Aviation Loop Drive, south of Brooksville. Free for chamber members, $5 for non-members. To register, visit hernandochamber.com or call (352) 796-0697.

• Connect B2B (Business to Business) Networking, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mondays, Country Kitchen, 20133 Cortez Blvd., Brooksville. Free for Chamber members, $5 for non-members. To register, visit hernandochamber.com or call (352) 796-0697.

• BNI Winning Edge: 7:15 a.m. Tuesdays, Northcliffe Baptist Church, 10515 Northcliffe Blvd., Spring Hill. The cost is $10 and includes breakfast. Call Dan Brown, (262) 676-2776.

• Keep It Local — Spring Hill/Brooksville Chapter: 7:45 a.m. Wednesdays, Great Life Church, 14494 Cortez Blvd., Brooksville. Call Melanie Grossi, (352) 263-7749.

• Keep It Local — Hernando Business Professionals Chapter: 11:15 a.m., second, third and fourth Wednesday of each month, Beef  ‘O’  Brady’s, 14387 Spring Hill Drive, Spring Hill. Call Lauren Jolly, (352) 610-3435.

• BNI Leaders by Design: 7:15 to 9:30 a.m. Thursdays, Temple Beth David, 13158 Antelope St., Spring Hill. No cost for first-time visitors. Call Chris Dyer, (352) 849-5353.

Contact Phyllis Day at [email protected] or (352) 848-1408. Follow @pdaytimes.



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