Tampa General Hospital Grows in Size and Recognition!

If you have not been near Davis Island in the past year you are missing the rapid growth of the Tampa Bay area's only Level 1 Trauma Center, TGH.

This is the front of the new more-than 260,000 sq. ft. hospital expansion. (bringing to more than 2 million the total square footage) The combination of different facades is to blend the entire new structure in with the existing TGH buildings which date back to the original building put up in 1926.
This is the end view of the new University of South Florida (USF) Building, across from the TGH main entrance. It will house many of the surgeons and physicians from USF. TGH is a teaching hospital affiliated with USF.













If you have visited the growing hospital you know the parking is tight. No more....The 3rd structure under construction, and possibly the 1st to be completed is a new 1,400 car parking garage.


A lot of folks don't know TGH is a major hospital on the national scene! It is currently ranked #4 in heart transplants in the nation. In addition TGH is ranked in the top 20 in volume for lung, kidney, pancreas, and liver transplants. The survival rate for Tampa General transplant patients is at to well above the national average. It is also the ONLY hospital in the United States which has been certified in 11 specialties by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO, the federal hospital certification body)! Quite a place to have available when you need a tuneup or major medical work! Sometimes we don't recognize what we have in our own back yard.

Duke