Author: Dorron Blumberg

Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement (AVR) surgery is a safer procedure than indicated by current surgical risk scores, according to Joseph Lamelas, M.D., chief and program director of cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Miami Health System.

There is one road back to a normal, pre-COVID American economy and society. We must vaccinate a large majority of Americans as soon as possible. Thirty million of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines have been distributed, but as of a couple of weeks ago, only 10 million have made it into our arms. Far fewer have received the mandatory second shot.

Even before COVID-19 dramatically changed the healthcare landscape in early 2020, hospice care was proven to achieve results that hospitals and healthcare systems desire: lower in-hospital mortality, fewer patients spending their last days in a hospital room or intensive care unit, and improved quality of life for hospice-eligible patients and their families.

Dr. Antonio Laudito is a highly-skilled cardiothoracic surgeon with extensive experience in cardiac surgery and minimally-invasive heart valve repair. Dr. Laudito specializes in complex arterial coronary revascularization and bilateral internal mammary artery grafting, minimally-invasive mitral valve repair, complex aortic surgery, aortic root operation and aortic dissection.

When Francis Afram-Gyening became the new CEO of Camillus Health Concern in 2017, he had a lot of big goals in mind. And not only has he succeeded in growing the Miami agency, which delivers healthcare to people experiencing homelessness, but he has been able to ensure financial stability while expanding services—even during the COVID-19 crisis.