Author: Dorron Blumberg

July 12, 2021 – Recently, local golf enthusiasts gathered at Madison Green Country Club to tee off for a worthy cause: fighting Alzheimer’s disease. Hosted by Golf Fore A Cure, the charity golf outing raised $5,000 in support of the care, support and research programs of the Alzheimer’s Association.

July 12 2021 – Broward Health Medical Center and Broward Health North have received Comprehensive Stroke Certifications from nationally recognized organizations, The Joint Commission and DNV –Healthcare, respectively. These certifications signify that the hospitals’ stroke programs meet rigorous standards for providing advanced stroke care, including endovascular embolization and surgical clipping of brain aneurysms, tPA administration, and mechanical endovascular thrombectomy (EVT), a minimally invasive procedure used to remove a blood clot from the brain during an ischemic stroke.

 July 12, 2021 – Haroula Protopapadakis Norden has been appointed Chief Operating Officer of Boca Raton Regional Hospital, part of Baptist Health South Florida.

July 11 2021 – Dr. Jeff Gelblum, MD, a board-certified neurologist with First Choice Neurology, the nation’s largest neurology practice, is scheduled to treat the first patient in Florida with Biogen’s Aducanumab, a monthly infusion treatment for early stage Alzheimer’s patients. The drug works to decrease amyloid plaque in the brain, which is a marker for Alzheimer’s disease.