Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute, part of Baptist Health South Florida, will be hosting its the 42nd Annual Echocardiography and Structural Heart Symposium on September 26-27, 2025, at the Loews Coral Gables Hotel in Coral Gables, Florida. This premier educational event convenes leading experts in cardiovascular care to explore the latest advancements in imaging technologies and minimally...
Broward Health Medical Center has achieved a life-changing medical milestone, becoming the first hospital in South Florida and only the second in Florida to implant the AMDS™ Hybrid Prosthesis. This advanced medical device is designed to treat acute DeBakey Type I aortic dissections complicated by malperfusion, one of the most fatal cardiovascular medical emergencies. The landmark procedure was...
Delray Medical Center, Good Samaritan Medical Center, Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, West Boca Medical Center, and St. Mary’s Medical Center, trusted leaders in healthcare and patient safety, announced on April 30th that they have filed a legal complaint against The Leapfrog Group (“Leapfrog”) alleging that the organization’s hospital patient safety ratings are inaccurate, corrupt, and...
Laura Horodyski, MD, a reconstructive urologist at Desai Sethi Urology Institute (DSUI) and assistant professor of urology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, is the first surgeon in South Florida to offer transurethral incision with transverse mucosal realignment, a minimally invasive procedure shown to successfully treat nearly 90% of patients with bladder neck contracture...
For more than a decade, cancer has been Judith Hetlage’s constant companion, always present and threatening. What began with a diagnosis of synovial sarcoma, a rare tumor in the connective tissue of joints, ultimately resulted in cancer cells spreading to her lungs. “I felt like that was the death sentence,” she said. But a fortunate thing happened on the way to what Hetlage thought would be her...
Jupiter Medical Center announced recently that it will now offer a first- of-its-kind treatment option for carotid artery disease (CAD). The Neuroguard IEP® System is a new FDA-approved medical device designed to reduce the chance of stroke during and after the procedure to treat CAD. Three percent of adults 65 and older may have CAD. It is caused by the narrowing of the carotid arteries on...
