American Hospital Supply, Inc. has been serving the Caribbean region for over 50 years. From Bermuda to Trinidad and nearly everywhere in between, we are your complete source for all things medical. And with our experienced team and over 80 years of combined experience, AHS covers the area like the sunshine.
OUR HISTORY
American Hospital Supply has gone through several names since it was founded in the late 1950s. Started in Fort Lauderdale by Charles Dillon and Bruce Andersen, Atlantic Surgical Supply, as it was originally known, was a surgical and oxygen supply company serving Miami and Ft. Lauderdale, with a few customers in the Bahamas.
In 1969, it was sold to General Medical, who, at the time, was one of the largest healthcare distribution companies in the country. Bruce Andersen opened Atlantic Medical Supply, which quickly became the largest independently owned medical-surgical distributor in south Florida. It also added more customers in the Bahamas, Jamaica, Bermuda, and beyond.
In 1978, the domestic arm of that company was sold, and the remaining international business was spun into a new company, Andersen Medical International, or AnMed as it was to be known.
AnMed expanded into every area of the non-Spanish Caribbean, including Belize and Guyana, as well as sales to PAHO and much of Latin America. With sales in medical/surgical, laboratory, pharmaceuticals, wound care, orthopedics, and dialysis, AnMed paved the way to what would become, in 1997, American Hospital Supply, Inc., led by Wes Andersen and Don Andersen.
Today, AHS has four main divisions, med/surg, wound care/orthopedics, laboratory, and veterinary. Now led by Spenser Andersen, the corporate offices are in Maitland, Florida, with an office in Trinidad that focuses on orthopedics and wound care.
AHS looks toward growing more with the changing healthcare industry and continues to be an excellent source for quality medical products in the Caribbean.
A BETTER EXPERIENCE
We work with the finest of Manufacturing Partners to ensure we provide our clients the best available products. We know the importance of quality and pricing. We make it our mission to ensure we are constantly evaluating our partnerships to always be providing the best to you, our customer.
