The following hotels offer a discount for parathyroid patients having
surgery at Tampa General Hospital via the Norman Parathyroid Clinic. These hotels are within a few miles of the hospital. The number of stars is OUR rating, based upon feedback
from our patients... NOTE: prices listed here are approximate,
sometimes it is lower, sometimes it is higher depending on season.
Located in the heart of Tampa's historic Ybor City, the Hilton
Garden Inn is the only hotel in this unique and frequently visited locale.
Formerly the cigar capital of the world, Ybor City is known for its
vibrant nightlife and recognized by its brick streets, wrought iron
balconies and old-fashioned streetlamps. We have been sending patients
here for about 3 years now and they give great service to
our patients. We have 3-5 patients stay here every day. This hotel is only about 5 years old, and its located in a
very nice (interesting) area of town with LOTS of things to do. MANY shops, restaurants,
and even a large movie theater complex is just outside your door. Located
3.5 miles from the hospital but shuttle bus service is available most of
the time. Important... they do NOT have a restaurant or room service.
If this is important to you then don't stay here. However, if you walk one
block, you will have dozens of very nice (some excellent) restaurants,
cafe's, and shops. If you have to take a taxi to the hospital, don't worry, most of the taxi
drivers know who we are and will know what kind of surgery you will be
getting... When booking, you MUST tell them that you are having surgery with Dr
Norman and you MUST give them our corporate ID number: 2632427 in order to get special room rates...and
be treated extremely well (extra pillows, etc).
Located: Tampa's historic Ybor City.
Address: 1700 East 9th Avenue, Tampa, FL 33605
To make
reservations you have 2 choices... call our representative at the hotel
directly at 813-769-0137 and tell them you are having surgery with
Dr Norman and they will find you a room! They are open 9 am to
6 pm M-F, EST. If not there, leave a message. Or,
you can call the main phone number 813-769-9267 and be transferred to the
national reservations desk... and give them our corporate ID number:
2632427. If they tell you the hotel is
full... then you call this special number: 813-769-0137 and they will
probably be able to find
you a room.
$154 January through April, and $124 May through December. These are
special rates that are only available if you give our corporate ID number
2632427. This is a great deal for a very nice room.
Shuttle bus to and from the hospital is available, but doesn't run in the
morning before 7:00 am, so this won't work getting you to the hospital in
the morning... you take a quick taxi for $10.
NOTE FROM DR NORMAN. This is the BEST place to stay if you don't
want room service. LOTS of
great restaurants are 1 block from your room. Very nice, very clean, great
beds, and
they treat our patients great.
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Courtyard
by Marriott 
(813) 229-1100
1 mile from the Hospital.
Located: Downtown Tampa.
Address: 102 East Cass Street. Tampa, FL.
$89 to 129.00 nightly (seasonal). Its a newer hotel. Not too fancy, but clean and nice.
Ask for the Norman Parathyroid Surgery Clinic / Tampa General Hospital Rate when you call to make a reservation. The
hotel does provide a complimentary shuttle (some of the time) within a 2 mile radius of the
hotel between 7:00 am and 11:00 pm that will service
Tampa General Hospital. To book a hotel reservation, please call
1-800-321-2211 and make reference to the Tampa General Hospital rate. Tell
them you are having surgery with Dr Norman.
NOTE FROM DR NORMAN. Clean and simple, but few if any
restaurants.
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parathyroid surgery, parathyroid surgery,
parathyroid surgery, parathyroid operation.
Residence
Inn by Marriott
(813) 221-4224
5/8 mile from the Hospital.
Located: Downtown Tampa.
Address: 101 East Tyler Street. Tampa, FL.
$99.00 - 199 nightly. All are apartment style suites including full kitchens with living areas.
Fireplaces available in some suites. One and two bedroom suites available.
Shuttle bus to the hospital is not available.
NOTE FROM DR NORMAN: Simple and boring. Nothing to do, few if any
restaurants. Clean and nice.
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Westin
Harbour Island Hotel
(813) 229-5000
1/2 mile from the Hospital.
Located: Downtown Tampa on Harbour Island.
Address: 725 Harbour Island Boulevard. Tampa, FL.
$89.00 single, $109.00 double nightly. This is a nice hotel. Only one restaurant
(very good) and a few
shops, but a nice hotel. Lately our patients said they were treated very
well and recommend this hotel highly. Shuttle bus to the hospital is available sometimes, but kind of unreliable.
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Hyatt
Hotel - Downtown Tampa
(813) 225-1234
1/2 mile from the Hospital.
Located: Downtown Tampa.
Address: 211 North Tampa Street. Tampa, Florida
33602.
$179.00 nightly, but they now have an agreement with Dr Norman and Tampa General
Hospital. If you mention Dr Norman's name and surgery at Tampa General,
your rate will be $129. This is one of the nicer hotels in
the area. Nice restaurants and shops. Nothing else to do outside of the
hotel... downtown Tampa is DEAD at night.
Shuttle bus to the hospital is not available.
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Tampa
Marriott Waterside Hotel and Marina
(813) 221-4900
1/2 mile from the Hospital.
Located: Downtown Tampa.
Address: 700 South Florida Ave, Tampa, FL, 33602.
$219 nightly if no discounts used. $186.00 nightly for seniors. $197
nightly for AAA members (many patients say they get much cheaper rates
than what we have listed here. Military discounts too).
NOTE: This hotel does not have an agreement with Dr Norman or Tampa General Hospital, but it is listed here because some of our patients
are Marriott Award Members and prefer Marriott Hotels. This is the newest,
largest, and nicest hotel in
the area...only 5 years old. Nice restaurants and shops. If money is
not a consideration, then this is the place to stay.
Shuttle bus to the hospital is not available, but ask... if they are not
making an airport run they will take you--very accommodating. Some patients have told us that they got a break on price when they mentioned
having surgery with Dr Norman at Tampa General Hospital.
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When
do you come and how long do you stay???
Typically, patients will come to Tampa the day (afternoon) prior to their surgery.
ALL preoperative evaluations and hospital registrations are done over
the phone now... you do not have to come to the hospital prior to the day
of your operation. The hospital will call you 1 to 2 weeks prior to
your scheduled operation and you will be able to take care of all
registration information, insurance information, etc with them over the
phone. You will spend this night in a hotel. The following day
you will go to the hospital for the outpatient parathyroid
procedure. Our average operative time for this procedure is about 18
minutes. All patients spend about 1 or 1.5 hours in the recovery room (the
last 30 minutes will be with
their families), and then are discharged. It is extremely rare for
parathyroid patients to need to spend the night in the hospital... the
procedure is so small and so quick, that less than one in 1000 patients
will have to spend the night (due to other medical problems complicating
their overall health). If you live in Florida, then you can go directly
from the recovery room to your home via car (you can't drive, but you can
be a passenger). If you don't live in Florida, you should spend this night
in a hotel also. Some people elect to spend the night of
surgery in the
same hotel in Tampa. Others elect to travel to Orlando (Disney World area), while
others elect to spend this second night in a hotel on the beach
(Clearwater or St. Pete Beach). Occasionally, some people will
travel by airplane back to their home in another state within a few hours
of leaving the hospital...we generally don't feel this a great idea...
Traveling the day of surgery by car--yes... by plane--we'd rather you did
not. We would
rather you relax, have a nice dinner with your family, and spend one more
night in the Central Florida area. Again, if you are traveling by car, we encourage you to get on the road right
after the surgery if you feel like it. Our advice to those traveling
by car: Find a Wendy's Hamburger place and get a chocolate Frosty (their
brand of milkshake)... it will make your sore throat feel good!
FLORIDA PATIENTS: People who are traveling by car from other areas in
Florida almost always elect to drive home back after their operation.
People from Jacksonville, Gainesville, Ocala, Orlando, Daytona, Melbourne,
Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Boca, Ft Meyers, Sarasota, etc, etc. You can
stay in Tampa, or you can drive home (somebody else MUST drive... but you
will be fine!). This is what we recommend.
When you book the hotel, tell them that you are having surgery with Dr.
Norman at Tampa
General Hospital and that you want the special rate that they provide for
Dr Norman's Patients at Tampa General Hospital.
Before you book any of these hotels, you may want to
read more about them on this "Tampa Hotels" web site.
They rate all of the hotels, and tell you more about them than we have.
HOWEVER, make sure you tell the hotel that you are having surgery at Tampa
General Hospital to get the discount listed above. The prices are correct
in the above listings on this page...ignore the prices you see on the
"Tampa Hotels" web site.
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