AdventHealth West Florida Foundation

Walking with patients and caregivers through their health care journey extends the healing ministry of Christ and offers hope.

When you support our West Florida Foundations, you help us provide whole-person, compassionate care so our patients and their families can live their best, most vibrant lives.

Your gifts help fund lifesaving projects, develop groundbreaking treatments, and ensure we have the most advanced facilities and equipment—which means more life-changing moments of celebration right here in our community.

Thank you for helping us deliver world-class health care, close to home.

These stories represent the care you help make possible. Your generous donations impact countless lives and lift up patients, their families, and our care teams. Thank you.

A Heart Saved, A Life Renewed: Fred has always had a zest for life. From enlisting in the Navy to working on a space shuttle, there haven’t been many challenges or adventures he’s turned down. Becoming sick, though, was a new experience for him. Fred was working on his house when he began having chest pains and shortness of breath — he knew he needed help.
Fred arrived at AdventHealth Wesley Chapel where an expert cardiac team was waiting to save his life. After undergoing a procedure to remove a 90% blockage, Fred is grateful to share he’s on the road to recovery. Thanks to his compassionate doctors, nurses and caregivers, he knows the steps to take to support his long-term heart health.
Tanya Found Peace in the Diagnosis: Tanya was surprised when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She had no family history of the disease and was otherwise feeling healthy. But facing this challenge was one she had unknowingly been preparing for — Tanya was on a spiritual journey to better understand life’s unexpected experiences, including death. This helped her receive the diagnosis with a sense of peace.
Thankfully, Tanya’s cancer was caught early. She worked with her team at the Kay Meyer Breast Care Center at AdventHealth Tampa to create a clear plan that included bilateral mastectomies and reconstruction. Throughout her treatment, Tanya felt supported by Dr. John Cox and the center’s compassionate caregivers. Tanya is now living life to the fullest, and she finds comfort in believing that everything was part of God’s plan.
Scott’s Story: A Life Saved by Open Heart Surgery: When Scott participated in an automated external defibrillator training at his place of work, he had no idea how crucial it would be to saving his life. Only 10 days later, Scott began experiencing discomfort in his chest. Luckily, the nurse who’d conducted the training had left a pamphlet about what to do if you began feeling chest pains. He remembered if the pain didn’t subside to “seek medical attention,” so off to the hospital he went.
It didn’t take long for the ER team at AdventHealth Zephyrhills to diagnose his issue: aortic dissection. The decision was quickly made for Scott to have emergency open heart surgery. He would learn later that almost 1/3 of patients who suffer from this do not live 24 hours. Thankfully, his procedure was successful, and Scott was supported in his recovery by the cardiac rehabilitation program at AdventHealth Zephyrhills.