Author: Dorron Blumberg

Expert and Highly-Trained Pediatric General Surgeon joins Palm Beach Children’s Surgical Specialists group in West Palm Beach

Posted by | Sep 14, 2020 | |

September 14, 2020 – Pediatric general surgeon Avraham Schlager, MD, FACS, has joined Palm Beach Children’s Surgical Specialists, a Tenet Florida Physician Services (TFPS) medical practice located in West Palm Beach. Dr. Schlager specializes in pediatric general surgery care including advanced minimally invasive surgery (MIS), oncologic surgery for childhood malignancy, complex neonatal surgery with prenatal counseling, thyroid surgery, inflammatory bowel disease and pectus excavatum (Nuss procedure). He is certified by the American Board of Surgery in Pediatric Surgery and General Surgery. Dr. Schlager is on-staff at Palm Beach Children’s Hospital and St. Mary’s Medical Center located in West Palm Beach.

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Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center is the First Hospital in Palm Beach County to Use New Impella 5.5 Technology to Enable Better Heart Recovery for Heart Attack Patients

Posted by | Sep 14, 2020 | |

September 14th 2020 – Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center reported tha it is the first hospital in Palm Beach County to perform a heart procedure with the Impella 5.5™ with Smart Assist®, a new technology to enable heart recovery in patients whose hearts are too weak to effectively pump blood on their own after a heart attack.  Cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Nishant Patel, is the first surgeon at the hospital to use the device for a procedure.

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High-risk Patients for Colorectal Cancer Lack Knowledge About Colonoscopy

Posted by | Sep 14, 2020 | |

FAU Study on Patients with Advanced Colorectal Polyps Published
in ‘Journal of Gastroenterology and Digestive Systems’   
 
September 14, 2020 – Colorectal cancer is the third most common cause of cancer deaths in the United States and advanced colorectal polyps are a major risk factor. These high-risk patients have a three-fold higher risk of developing colorectal cancer and therefor a three-year follow up interval of colonoscopy is generally recommended. Many clinicians rely on self-reports from their high-risk patients about their need and proper interval for repeat surveillance colonoscopy.
 

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Barry University Named a 2020 NLN Center of Excellence by the National League for Nursing

Posted by | Sep 14, 2020 | |

September 14 2020 – Barry University’s distinguished nursing program is one of only 17 in the country, and the only in the state of Florida, to earn the 2020 NLN Center of Excellence designation from the National League for Nursing. 
 
The university’s undergraduate and graduate level programs were recognized by the NLN as outstanding for enhancing student learning and professional development.
 

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