Larkin Community Hospital (LCH) is a 142-bed General Medical/Surgical hospital, located just one block off U.S. 1 and Sunset Drive in South Miami, Florida and ranks among the most cost-effective health care providers in the South Miami area. LCH is staffed by more than 600 employees and over 350 affiliated physician-specialists. The hospital is fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). The Endoscopic Transthoracic Sympathicotomy (ETS) program is just one of several specialized-care units at LCH. With a high standard of care, excellence in nursing, a personal approach and dedicated staff, LCH strives to be the hospital of choice for patients from all over the United States, as well as from the Caribbean, Latin America, and other countries. The hospital is fully suited with state-of-the-art equipment and the latest in technological and clinical advancement.