Hospice patients and their families in the Florida Panhandle and areas in Southern Alabama can now access quality end-of-life services with VITAS Healthcare. Starting today, the nation’s largest and leading provider of end-of-life care begins accepting referrals and admitting seriously ill patients throughout Tallahassee in Florida and Daphne-Mobile and Dothan in Alabama. “At VITAS, we are...
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Longevity Science Foundation Welcomes Megan Gregg as Advisor
Lisa Ireland, president and CEO of Miami-based Longevity Science Foundation (LSF), an international nonprofit organization dedicated to funding research establishing a longer and healthier human lifespan, is pleased to announce that Megan Gregg has joined the LSF as an advisor. Gregg boasts over 15 years of experience in technology, entrepreneurship, and notably, in the private equity sector,...
Governor Ron DeSantis Appoints Madonna Stotsenburg to the Florida Trauma System Advisory Council
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Governor Ron DeSantis recently announced the appointment of Madonna Stotsenburg, the Director of Trauma and Emergency Services at St. Mary’s Medical Center, to the Florida Trauma System Advisory Council. Stotsenburg graduated from Weber State University with a bachelor's degree in health services administration, the University of Miami with a bachelor's degree in nursing,...
How Is AI Transforming Health Care?
With a provocative title and top tier speakers, the third panel discussion of the recent Business of Health Care conference offered an insightful and thought-provoking discussion for the 600+ in-person and online event registrants. Produced by Miami Herbert Business School, the 13th annual conference, entitled AI, Elections and the Economy was held on February 16 at the Shalala Student Center on...
New Opportunities, Ongoing Challenges
Produced by Miami Herbert Business School, the 13th annual Business of Health Care conference, entitled AI, Elections and the Economy was held on February 16 at the Shalala Student Center on the University of Miami campus in Coral Gables. The event had over 600 registrants, in-person and online. The second panel discussion of the all-day program featured eight speakers, representing a broad...
Cleveland Clinic Florida Welcomes Juan Pablo Umaña, MD
Cleveland Clinic Florida just announced that Juan Pablo Umaña, MD, has joined the organization as Chairman of the Division of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery. He is based at Cleveland Clinic’s Weston Hospital. Dr. Umaña is also an Associate Staff Surgeon at Cleveland Clinic’s Main Campus in Cleveland, OH. Upon earning his medical degree at the University of El Rosario in Bogota, Colombia,...