While it is never the first treatment approach, adolescent bariatric surgery can be a safe and effective way to improve quality of life and reduce co-morbidities like diabetes, hypertension, heart and...
For many years, microscopic discectomy, spinal fusion, and recently total disc replacement have been the surgical approaches utilized for addressing disc herniations or recurrent herniations...
One of the greatest health threats of our time is antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The World Health Organization reported on this in a 2019 report at least 700,000 deaths occur each year due to AMR and...
Marcos Hazday,MD, sheds light on Amyloidosis, a condition previously considered rare but now recognized as more prevalent than initially believed. He explains amyloidosis is a amyloid proteins build...
The incidence of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears, one of the most common sports injuries in pediatric patients, has increased during the last 20 years with females at higher risk, and most...
No matter the study, the Translational Research Institute bridges the gap between scientific discoveries and clinical care. In fact, AdventHealth is one of only a few hospital systems in the country...
Nurses have experienced an increasing level of burnout and exhaustion during the pandemic, according to a recent JAMA study, rising from roughly 40% to 49% over the past three years. Neil Finkler, M...
On October 14, 2022, 13-year-old Zoe Rodriguez came into the AdventHealth for Children emergency room with severe neck pain. Upon evaluation, we found a rare 5 cm benign dermoid tumor with CTNNb1...
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common cancer occurring in children in the United States, and the predominant type of ALL begins in B cells (B-ALL). Standard chemotherapy cures more...
On July 19, 2022, AdventHealth Digestive Health Institute colorectal surgeon Mark Soliman, MD, completed the first complex colorectal surgical case in the Southeast U.S. using the da Vinci SP®...
Physicians are taught to solve problems, but what happens when a solution is not readily available? Chetan Patel, M.D., executive medical director of spine surgery at AdventHealth Neuroscience...
With the exception of some types of skin cancer, colorectal cancer is the fourth most common cancer diagnosed...
Thanks to a recent addition at AdventHealth University called the Anatomage Table, instructors now have a powerful new tool in their arsenal to teach students. Mohtashem Samsam, M.D. explains how...