Stories written by Joanna Palmer

Mount Sinai Med. Center launches Women’s Centered Care Program

Mount Sinai Med. Center launches Women’s Centered Care Program

Recognizing that women have unique healthcare needs that they often push aside to meet the demands of family and work, Mount Sinai Medical Center recently launched a new program to make it easier for women to get the care they need, when they need it. On Friday, Mar. 8, Mount Sinai Medical Center celebrated International [...]

Mount Sinai Launches Women’s Centered Care Program

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Recognizing that women have unique healthcare needs that they often push aside to meet the demands of family and work, Mount Sinai Medical Center recently launched a new program to make it easier for women to get the care they need, when they need it. On Friday, March 8, Mount Sinai Medical Center celebrated International [...]

Mount Sinai Medical Center expands with new Coral Gables satellite office

Mount Sinai Medical Center expands with new Coral Gables satellite office

Mount Sinai Medical Center has expanded into Coral Gables with a new primary and specialty care satellite office. Located at 836 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Mount Sinai Coral Gables offers convenient appointments and access to board certified primary care doctors as well as Ivy League backed cardiologists from Florida’s No. 1 heart program, the Mount [...]

Mount Sinai Medical Center Continues Satellite Expansion with New Coral Gables Office

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Mount Sinai Medical Center has expanded into Coral Gables with a new primary and specialty care satellite office. Located at 836 Ponce de Leon Boulevard, Mount Sinai Coral Gables offers convenient appointments and access to board certified primary care doctors as well as Ivy League backed cardiologists from Florida’s #1 heart program, the Mount Sinai [...]

Cardiac surgeons from around the nation come to learn surgical techniques at Mount Sinai Medical Center

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Mount Sinai Medical Center welcomed cardiac surgeons from across the country to the Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Masters Summit, which took place on June 14th and 15th. The Medtronics ponsored event attracted approximately 25 participants and provided an opportunity for cardiac surgeons to share best practices and participate in team training programs on advanced valve [...]

Approval of New Alzheimer’s Disease Dianostic Agent

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The Wien Center for Alzheimer’s Disease and Memory Disorders at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Florida, was one of a select few sites throughout the country chosen to participate in a clinical trial that resulted in the FDA approval of Amyvid. It is the first and only diagnostic agent approved for PET imaging [...]

MSMC Case Study Examines Potential Relationship Between Consumption of Energy Drinks and Heart Attacks

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A case study from Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Florida examines the potential relationship between heart attacks and energy drink intake. The study was recently published in the American Heart Association’s publication, Circulation. (Circulation 2012, 125:1447-1448) A 24-year old, previously healthy male presented himself to the Mount Sinai Emergency Room with a 10-hour [...]

Mount Sinai Medical Center first hospital in Miami to offer patients implantable Neurostimulation System

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New system uses motion sensor technology for the management of chronic pain At Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Lisa Gonzalez was the first patient in Miami to receive the AdaptiveStim with RestoreSensor neurostimulator. Dr. Jonathan Hyde, orthopedic spine surgeon at Mount Sinai, successfully implanted the neurostimulator, the first and only chronic pain treatment [...]

Mount Sinai Medical Center welcomes back its tiniest patients

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On Friday, December 2nd, Mount Sinai Medical Center welcomed back more than 100 patients for its 16th annual Preemie Party. This year’s “Superhero” themed celebration reunited babies who defied the odds in the Mount Sinai Abess Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), and their parents, with the doctors and nurses who cared for them. [...]

MSMC ‘Celebrates’ Heart Month and National Wear Red Day

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By Joanna Palmer.... Set to the music of Kool & The Gang’s “Celebrate”, but with heart-healthy lyrics, the employees of Mount Sinai Medical Center produced and appear in their very own music video to promote heart health during February, American Heart Month. Donning heart-shaped glasses, antennas and fans, employees from all departments within the hospital [...]

MSCC First site in South Florida to provide new prostate cancer treatment

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By Joanna Palmer.... The Mount Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center is the FIRST site in South Florida to treat advanced prostate cancer patients with a new cellular immunotherapy treatment called PROVENGE®, the first in a new therapeutic class known as autologous cellular immunotherapies. Mount Sinai is one of only 50 sites throughout the country and, currently, [...]

MSMC Dedicates the Lila and Harold Menowitz Comprehensive Breast Center

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By Joanna Palmer.... Couple’s support enables Mount Sinai to purchase the newest, most advanced SPEC-CT available In a beautiful outdoor ceremony shortly before sunset, Mount Sinai Medical Center paid tribute to Lila and Harold Menowitz by dedicating its comprehensive breast center in their honor on Wednesday, November 10. The dedication took place on Harold Menowitz’s [...]