Author: Dorron Blumberg

OCTOBER 14 2019  – The American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk will be held Sunday, October 27, 2019 on the Florida Atlantic University Campus to unite communities, honor those touched by the disease and raise awareness and funds for a world without breast cancer. 

October 8 2019  – St. Mary’s Medical Center is being recognized with the Labor and Delivery Excellence Award™ and Obstetrics and Gynecology Excellence Award by Healthgrades for the second year in a row.  In fact, the hospital is the only one in Palm Beach County to achieve this.  This distinction places St. Mary’s Medical Center in the top 5% of all hospitals evaluated for the exceptional care of mothers during and after labor and delivery according to Healthgrades, a leading online resource for information about physicians and hospitals. In addition to the OBGYN and Labor and Delivery Excellence Awards, St. Mary’s Medical Center has been recognized as a five-star recipient for Vaginal Delivery and C-Section Delivery for the 5th consecutive year

As a staff nurse in the step down unit at Hialeah Hospital, Anny Tuya, RN, is recognized for her hard work and the way she cares for her patients. This nomination is to recognize her achievements. She received the Daisy Award for her compassion and kindness. “We congratulate Anny Tuya for being the Daisy Award winner. She is an example and leader on her team, and she is an inspiration to all the staff," said Michael Bell, CEO of Hialeah Hospital. 

October 10, 2019 – Ocutrx Vision Technologies, LLC, a California-based technology startup developing a state-of-the-art augmented reality headset, is excited to reveal the company’s most significant technology milestone to date—a next generation AR headset technology for Surgery Visualization called the ORLenz™, a second medical device related to their flagship Oculenz™ ARWear™ headset for Macular Degeneration. A prototype of this technology is being formally introduced at the American Academy of Ophthalmology 2019 Conference in San Francisco this October during the dedicated Retina Subspecialty Day.