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Bruce Fleegler & Kyle Garner Receive Top Medical Honors.

Sarasota Memorial Health Care System  (www.smh.com) has honored pulmonologist and critical care specialist Bruce Fleegler with the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award and OB/GYN specialist Kyle Garner as 2013 Physician of the Year award. Both physicians were selected by a committee of physician leaders and honored at Sarasota Memorial’s annual medical staff meeting.

Fleegler joined Sarasota Lung Associates and Sarasota Memorial in 1976; he has served as the hospital’s chief of staff, 1997-1998, and chief medical officer, 2003-2005. Garner joined Sarasota Memorial in 2006 and was appointed chair of the OB/GYN department in 2012.

Both of these specialists are providers to Charter Health Plan members. It is a requirement that Charter Health Plan members receive a referral from their Primary Care Physician to see a specialist.