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Jupiter Medical Center Celebrates 45th Anniversary

Leadership Reflects On 45 recognition of “Top Hospital” from The Leapfrog
Years Of Growth And Looks Group, the most elite distinction given by the
national not-for-profit patient safety watchdog
Ahead To Future group. The recognition followed an “A” Hospital
Safety Grade from the same organization one
Jupiter Medical Center (JMC) is celebrating 45 years of month prior.
service as the area’s only independent, not-for-profit hospital Last year JMC was also named an “America’s
in its region. The hospital opened its doors for patient care Best-in-State Hospitals” for 2024 by Newsweek
on Feb. 14, 1979, as a 34-bed facility treating just 1,800 and U.S. News & World Report named the hospital
patients a year. Today, the health system employs more than a High Performing hospital for stroke, colon
2,500 dedicated team members, oversees 400 volunteers and cancer surgery, lung cancer surgery, heart failure,
has over 750 affiliated physicians to care for nearly 400,000 knee replacement, and leukemia lymphoma and
patients annually. Leadership for the hospital is reflecting myeloma. Additional recognitions were achieved
on the organization’s tremendous growth while also looking from Becker’s Healthcare, The Palm Beach Post
ahead to the future. and the Association of Healthcare Philanthropy.
“Jupiter Medical Center started as a local hospital for Since Jupiter Medical Center opened, Jupiter
emergency access,” said Amit Rastogi, M.D., MHCM, and the region have grown in population exponentially. In new, highly anticipated, state-of-the-art Johnny and Terry
president and CEO of JMC. “But as the population grew, we 1980, the U.S. Census recorded nearly 10,000 people lived Gray Surgical Institute.
worked diligently to evolve in order to meet the needs of the in Jupiter. Four decades later, the census reported that more New projects on the horizon for the hospital’s main
community and the region. Today, we’ve expanded the depth than 60,000 people resided in Jupiter. campus include a new five-story, 92-bed Patient Care Tower
and breadth of our clinical services, and we are the number In 2020, under Dr. Rastogi’s leadership, JMC launched and a five-deck garage with 800 parking spaces. The tower
one rated hospital in our region for patient safety, healthcare its cardiac surgery program at the Robson Heart & Vascular will connect to the surgical institute and is on track to open
quality and patient experience.” Institute and opened its comprehensive Anderson Family in 2025.
Jupiter Medical Center’s stellar reputation is supported Cancer Institute. Last year, the hospital completed more For more information about Jupiter Medical Center,
by peer, industry and community accolades from local, expansion projects – starting the year with the completion visit jupitermed.com, call (561) 263-2234, or follow
regional and national organizations. Notably, in December, of a significant renovation and expansion to its emergency Jupiter Medical Center on Facebook and Instagram @
JMC was the only hospital in Palm Beach County to earn the department and finishing the year with the completion of its jupitermedicalcenter or on Twitter @JupiterMedCtr.
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Director of Finance and this time, requests is received and reviewed, the Board approves the TRIM
Administration, Northern are balanced against rates in June.
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governments, the Northern remain in the funding a public hearing is held for the Board to hear any public
Palm Beach County plan for the upcoming comments on the proposed budget. After comments are
Improvement District year. received and potentially addressed, the Board will approve
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