Author: Dorron Blumberg

West Boca Medical Center’s Pediatric Emergency Department Wins Broward Family Life Award as Favorite ED in Community

Posted by | Jul 17, 2020 | |

Hospital implements safety protocols and urges families not to delay care,
and to come to the emergency room for any emergent pediatric need
 
July 16th 2020- West Boca Medical Center earns the award of Favorite Pediatric Emergency Department by Broward Family Life Magazine.  Readers of Broward Family Life Magazine, who vote on their family favorites in the community, select the award winners.  Some families may be hesitant to bring their children to the ER, but it is important to know the hospital has taken the appropriate steps and precautions to ensure safe emergency care. 
 

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Scrubbing In with Dr. Perito from Coral Gables Hospital

Posted by | Jul 16, 2020 | |

Can you briefly walk us through your story – How you started ? How you got to where you are today?
 
22 years ago I was leaving a Fellowship in Prostatic Disease in Australia for a Chief of Urology position in Berkeley, California.  My life could not be any further from those fledgling plans.  After years of dedicating myself to the surgical treatment of erectile dysfunction, I find myself running the largest training program in the world for the placement of penile implants:  we have trained over 600 surgeons from all over the world.  For the last 10 years our practice has consistently placed more penile implants/year than any other individual (to date no country has beat us)!  Most importantly, PeritoUrology has helped introduce the minimally invasive penile implant.  This patented procedure has redirected the paradigm for prosthetic surgery changing a 2 hour operation fraught with potential complications into a 15 minute procedure that can be performed under local anesthesia with great safety and efficacy.
 

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Susan G. Komen Florida Recruiting BigWigs Campaign

Posted by | Jul 16, 2020 | |

July 16 2020 – It’s all about having fun and raising funds and Susan G. Komen Florida’s BigWigs campaign does both while helping in the fight against breast cancer. The organization is proud to once again host their BigWigs fundraising campaign and invites area business and community leaders to join in raising awareness, and funds during a friendly competition that runs from September 21st through October 31st.

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Lee Health Contributed More Than $531 Million in Community Benefit 2019 Annual Report highlights the health system’s care and commitment

Posted by | Jul 16, 2020 | |

July 16, 2020 – Lee Health’s Annual Statement of Community Benefit for fiscal year 2019 was recently published revealing $531.6 million in community benefits by the health system – a benefit increase of more than $61.5 million over 2018. The report is a national standard of measurement that determines a monetary value for the health system’s community commitment and the financial investments it makes to help strengthen health and human services. The increase was attributed to higher costs of charity care for low-income patients, unpaid Medicare, Medicaid, other government-sponsored programs and providing community benefit outreach. 

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