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Blogs
Ensuring Early and Accurate Diagnosis of Cardiac Amyloidosis to Initiate Timely Multidisciplinary Treatment
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...
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AdventHealth for Children and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh: A Unique Partnership to Expand Access to Lifesaving Pediatric Liver Transplants
For many years, the only pediatric liver transplant program in Florida was in Miami. At AdventHealth for Children, we knew the need for this lifesaving care was growing and wanted to ease the burden...
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Bridge-enhanced Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair (BEAR®) Implant Promotes Healing of Native Torn ACL in Pediatric Patients
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...
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Sub-specialized Care for Pediatric Head and Neck Tumors Needed to Optimize Surgical Outcomes
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...
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Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell Therapy — Providing New Hope for Pediatric Patients with Refractory or Relapsed B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
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...
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AdventHealth Altamonte One of Three Sites Worldwide Participating in Study on Use of the da Vinci SP Surgical System for Complex Colorectal Procedures
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®...
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A Decade of Discovery - Reflecting on the Research and Innovation at the AdventHealth Translational Institute
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...
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Surfacing the inventor in all of us
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...
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Through research and innovation, AdventHealth strengthens the nursing experience – and physicians back the effort
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...
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Circulating Tumor DNA Testing (ctDNA) Could Transform the Management of Colorectal Cancer
With the exception of some types of skin cancer, colorectal cancer is the fourth most common cancer diagnosed...