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Human Connectomics: Miami Neuroscience Institute Grand Rounds
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Simple Skin Test Can Confirm Parkinson's Diagnosis
Patients suspected of having Parkinson’s disease can now have their diagnosis confirmed with a simple skin test available at Marcus Neuroscience Institute in Boca Raton.
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Chemoprevention: Helping Patients Understand the Benefits
With chemoprevention medications proven to decrease breast cancer risk by 50 to 60 percent, Miami Cancer Institute experts are urging those with certain risk factors to take part in the Making Informed Choices on Incorporating Chemoprevention into Care (MiCHOICE) trial.
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Charles Lawrie, M.D., joins Baptist Health’s Miami Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Institute as an Orthopedic Surgeon
Dr. Lawrie joined Miami Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Institute from Washington University School of Medicine, where he served as an assistant professor in the Joint Preservation, Resurfacing and Replacement Division of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery. He is passionate about improving patient experience and outcomes through research, education and clinical excellence.
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Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute Receives Certification of Excellence in Transcatheter Valve Procedures
“Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute has always been at the forefront of breakthroughs in cardiovascular care,” said Barry Katzen, M.D., founder and chief medical executive of the Institute. “This certification validates the excellence of our program, awarding us for meeting or exceeding clinical standards, patient outcomes, quality of care and other guidelines.”
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Miami Cancer Institute Achieves ‘Summit’ With Experts Who Share Advances in Treating Hematologic Malignancies
In the U.S., nearly 180,000 people were diagnosed with a form of blood cancer in 2020, according to the Leukemia & Lymphoma society. As clinical trials and research continue and intensify, physician scientists are gaining more insight into which patients respond better to immunotherapy versus chemotherapy.
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Miami Cancer Institute Expert Co-Leads Research Effort Using Advanced Multi-omics Platform that Predicts Superior Overall Survival and Disease-Free Survival for Brain Cancer Patients
Manmeet Ahluwalia, M.D., M.B.A., deputy director, chief scientific officer and chief of solid tumor medical oncology at Miami Cancer Institute, and co-principal investigators of the trial, was featured in the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting during the Central Nervous System Tumors Track
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Experts Weigh in on Innovations in Treatment of Lung Cancer
Baptist Health South Florida’s Miami Cancer Institute lung cancer experts Rupesh Kotecha, M.D., chief of Radiosurgery and director of the CNS Metastasis Program, and Mark Dylewski, M.D., chief of general thoracic surgery, are featured presenters at the American Lung Association’s upcoming LUNG FORCE expo. We asked them for a sneak peek at their topics.
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‘Structural Heart’ Treatment: Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair with MitraClip Expands Options
Removal from a ventilator was a milestone moment for a patient recovering from parainfluenza in Baptist Hospital’s intensive care unit. But when that patient regressed and had to be reintubated numerous times due to respiratory failure, the multidisciplinary care team collaborated to identify the complex, underlying problem.
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First in Florida: Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute ‘Reshapes’ Heart in Critical Patient to Improve Blood Flow
A team at Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute is the first in the state, and the first in the Atlantic Southeast, to perform a so-called LIVE (Less Invasive Ventricular Enhancement), a minimally invasive procedure that “reshapes” the heart by reducing the size of the left ventricle (as illustrated above), allowing for a seriously ill patient to approach normal functionality
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New Procedure at Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute Prevents Coronary Obstruction When Replacing Heart Valve
Obstruction of the coronary artery, which supplies oxygen-rich blood to the entire heart muscle, is a rare but potentially deadly complication of a minimally invasive procedure to replace the aortic valve, one of four valves that regulate blood flow through the heart.
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New Robotic-Arm Tech for Knee Replacements Offers More Precision, Faster Recovery
Robotic-arm assisted surgery for total or partial knee replacements is becoming more common for the growing number of patients suffering from pain caused by arthritis or injury and who haven’t found relief with non-surgical treatments.