Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf in Port Saint Joe, Florida, delivers primary care and specialty care for your everyday health needs, as well as 24/7 emergency care for serious and life-threatening injuries and illnesses. Our care teams listen to quickly understand your health needs and deliver care that's right for you and your family. Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf is a destination for specialty care - including surgical services and heart and vascular health, as well as a helipad to provide rapid transportation of trauma and critically ill patients. We offer a wide range of minimally invasive procedures, imaging, lab tests and rehabilitation services, all on one campus.
Ascension Medical Group Sacred Heart offers primary and specialty care in Gulf and Franklin counties, including family medicine, pediatrics, cardiology, general surgery, orthopedics, sports medicine and infusion therapy.
Care for your everyday health needs
Our primary and specialty care doctors offer advanced care close to home. Learn more about our services and programs:
Emergency care close to home
When you choose Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf for your family’s emergency care, you’ll get the right care, at the right place and at the right time. When care is needed right away, we’re close to where you are with 24/7 care for life-threatening and severe illness and injury — including heart attack, stroke, trauma and more. We listen to quickly understand your health needs. Then, we provide care that’s right for you. From the moment you enter the doors, we deliver compassionate care to help you and your loved ones through an emergency.
When your child needs pediatric emergency care, our emergency room provides family-centered care. Children's needs are different from adults, so our doctors and care teams care for kids and their specific needs.
Connected to specialized follow-up care
Your care doesn’t stop when you leave the ER. Because we’re more than emergency care, you will be connected to follow-up care to support your care plan and recovery. We connect you to specialists in cardiology, neurology, orthopedics, pulmonology, and more. Your care team also helps you manage your medications and sends prescriptions to your local pharmacy or through Ascension Rx. And you will always have access to other services at Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf, like imaging and lab.
Surgical care, close to home
Jeffrey Root, MD at Ascension Medical Group Sacred Heart Surgical Services - Port St. Joe delivers surgical care, including outpatient same-day surgery, emergency surgery, trauma surgery, and inpatient procedures. Our surgeon uses image-guided technology and performs surgery using minimally invasive techniques whenever possible. Your surgical care team starts by listening to understand you and your health needs. We are here to answer your questions and provide pre-operative testing to help prepare you for your surgery. Then, we deliver personalized surgical care to fit your needs. Call 850-229-5833 to schedule a consultation.
If you are experiencing a life-threatening medical emergency, go to the nearest ER or call 911.
