Latest NewsUHealths Center for Atrial Fibrillation Delivers Advanced Care and Innovative ResearchExpert cardiology team personalizes patient care to reduce risk of strokes and improve outcomes

For patients with dangerous irregular heartbeats, the Center for Atrial Fibrillation at UHealth the University of Miami Health System and the Miller School of Medicine offers leading-edge personalized care.

From a new National Institutes of Health-funded clinical trial that examines the role of epicardial fat and a special 4D MRI to measure velocity of blood flow in the heart to comprehensive treatment options and risk modification programs, UHealths expert cardiology team delivers in-depth and comprehensive care to each patient.

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Mentoring another medical professional may seem like a one-sided practice, but these interactions often benefit both parties. Sometimes the benefit for the physician mentor is unexpected, as was the case for UHealth urologist Ranjith Ramasamy, M.D. He recently found out he won the 2019 Florida Award for Advocate Excellence from the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.

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Emmanuel Thomas, M.D., Ph.D., a researcher at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, was the inaugural speaker in Dean Henri R. Fords Interdisciplinary Research Lecture Series. Dr. Thomass lecture was titled An Integrated, Multidisciplinary Approach for the Prevention and Early Detection of Viral Hepatitis-induced Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

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The work of several University of Miami Miller School of Medicine students and residents was highlighted at the Palm Beach County Medical Societys James J. Byrnes Future of Medicine Poster Symposium, held February 7 at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach.

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The Faculty Senate voted unanimously at its January 30 meeting to honor two exceptional members of the University of Miami faculty with its prestigious awards, the Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award and the Outstanding Teaching Award, at its annual awards ceremony on April 8.

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Two years after a Zika virus outbreak in South Florida, the Caribbean and Latin America, a University of Miami Miller School of Medicine pediatric team is carefully monitoring more than 75 children who were exposed to the virus but do not have visible birth defects.

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