At the Norman Parathyroid Center, we operate on 20-30 parathyroid patients every week from outside the state of Florida. This page provides information regarding hotels where our parathyroid patients typically stay.

The Marriott Residence Inn (101 East Tyler, downtown) and the Marriott Courtyard (101 East Cass, downtown) are the primary hotels for the Norman Parathyroid Center. Both are Silver Sponsors for the National Parathyroid Education Foundation and donate a portion of their proceeds to the Foundation to help educate folks on the dangers of high blood calcium. The vast majority of our patients stay at one of these two hotels which are next door to each other. We highly recommend both. Thousands of our patients have stayed at these hotels (and thus know our patients well). Both hotels are within a mile of the hospital and both give our patients great service. The hotels are very close to all of the nice amenities of downtown Tampa with a shuttle available to take you to dinner, or wherever. This shuttle will also pick you up at the front door of the Parathyroid Center at Tampa General Hospital when your operation is over. Since you have to be at the hospital early in the morning before the shuttle starts, you will have to take a taxi.  This is one mile and the taxis are there waiting for you (heck, the taxi drivers know a lot about parathyroid disease!). If you want more of a "hotel" atmosphere then we recommend staying at the Courtyard by Marriott. If you want more of an "apartment" style room (with a kitchen and living area), then stay in the second choice below--the Residence Inn by Marriott.

Courtyard by Marriott. Downtown 
(813) 229-1100
1 mile from the Hospital.
Located: Downtown Tampa.
Address: 102 East Cass Street. Tampa, FL.

$94 nightly. Very nice and our folks like the service. Breakfast restaurant in the hotel lobby. The hotel does provide a complimentary shuttle between 7:00 am and 11:00 pm that will service Tampa General Hospital and surrounding area attractions. You will be close to the River Walk, Florida Aquarium, and many restaurants.  Since most of you have to be at the hospital between 5:00 and 6:30 am, you will need to take a taxi to the hospital in the morning and the hotel will help you do this. The shuttle will take you back to the hotel after your operation. Our nurses in the recovery room will make the call for the shuttle for you. Those of you that need to be at the hospital at 9:00 am or later can take the shuttle both directions.

You can make reservations online and learn more about this hotel by clicking here. This will automatically set to the Norman Parathyroid Center room rate.

If you do call the hotel directly to make a reservation, ask for the Norman Parathyroid Center Rate when you call to make a reservation and tell them you are having surgery with the Norman Parathyroid Center.  

The Courtyard donates a portion of the proceeds to the National Parathyroid Education Foundation. You can help too with a tax-deductible donation!

Residence Inn by Marriott 
(813) 221-4224
1 mile from the Hospital.
Located: Downtown Tampa.
Address: 101 East Tyler Street.  Tampa, FL.

$104 nightly. All rooms are apartment style suites including full kitchens with living areas. Fireplaces are available in some suites. One and two bedroom suites are available. Free breakfast buffet (for the families, not the patients!) and free hospitality drinks and food in the evenings. The hotel does provide a complimentary shuttle between 7:00 am and 11:00 pm that will service Tampa General Hospital and surrounding area and attractions. You will be very close to the River Walk, Florida Aquarium, and many restaurants. Since most of you have to be at the hospital between 5:00 and 6:30 am, you will need to take a taxi to the hospital in the morning and the hotel can help you do this. Just like above, the taxis are waiting in the morning because they have driven thousands of patients to the hospital for us over the years. The shuttle will take you back to the hotel after your operation. Our recovery room nurses will make the call for the shuttle for you. 

Note from Drs. Norman and Politz: Several restaurants have opened up directly across the street such as Tabs, Raw Bar Sushi, Five Guys and the Fly. Their shuttle will be more than happy to take you to Ybor City as well as ChannelSide where you could enjoy number of restaurants. This hotel has more of an "apartment" style atmosphere than the hotel above, since these rooms have kitchens and a living area in addition to the bedroom.

You can make reservations online and learn more about this hotel by clicking here. This will automatically set to the Norman Parathyroid Center room rate. 

If you do call the hotel directly to make a reservation, ask for the Norman Parathyroid Center Rate when you call to make a reservation and tell them you are having surgery with the Norman Parathyroid Center.  

Residence Inn by Marriott donates a portion of the proceeds of your stay to the National Parathyroid Education Foundation. You can help too with a tax deductible donation! 

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... you do not have to come to the hospital prior to the day of your operation. The hospital will call you 1 week 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 hour 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, only about one in 800 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!). We recommend that you plan on driving home after the operation. 

The two hotels on this page are Silver Sponsors of the National Parathyroid Education Foundation

Tampa General Hospital Contact Information
Main Number: 813-844-7000

This page was last updated: 07/24/2010.