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Compassionate Mission
Florida Hospital Launches Central Florida’s Only Heart Transplant Program
It was a natural next step.
Florida Hospital already had the well-renowned Florida Hospital Cardiovascular Institute in place, a 40-year old establishment with more than 100 Florida Hospital cardiologists treating nearly 35,000 patients suffering from chest pain annually. Cardiovascular surgeons perform some 1,600 cardiac procedures every year.
LYNNE JETER |
What’s Next for Physician Group Managers?
Central Florida MGMA President Barbara Forgione Talks about How Healthcare Reform will Impact Group Practices
No matter what they think of the bill Congress passed to reform healthcare, physicians face enormous challenges in the decade to come.
DAVID ROSENFELD |
Orlando Physicians Split on Reform
President Obama may have signed the healthcare reform bill into law, but the Florida Medical Association is not letting up in its opposition, and neither are many Orlando-area physicians.
DAVID ROSENFELD |
Running Strong
Orange County Healthcare Professional and Advocate Pete Clarke Running for Commissioner Seat
Growing up in the Conway area, Pete Clarke did odd jobs to finance his hobbies—and college education—mowing yards, pressure-washing roofs, working the Sears’ holiday lay-away, pin-setting machines at the local bowling alley, unloading box cars, and even installing acoustical tiles.
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Following Their Heart
World-Class Physicians Relocate to Orlando to Initiate Florida Hospital’s Heart Transplant Program
The paths of the two world-class physicians that Florida Hospital recruited to lead the heart transplant program at the Florida Hospital Transplant Center had never crossed. Their backgrounds were decidedly different. But it didn’t take long for cardiologist Barbara Czerska, MD, and transplant surgeon Lawrence McBride, MD, to collaborate seamlessly in their common goal to launch Central Florida’s only heart transplant program.
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Breaking Through the OR Glass Ceiling
Women Making Strides in Pursuit of Surgery
When interviewing for postgraduate residency positions soon after giving birth to her third child, Sharona Ross, MD, was very hesitant to bring up the subject of children. She was concerned that divulging having an infant and two small children at home would hinder her chances for a career in surgery.
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| REIMBURSEMENTS/ACOs Focus |
Before the Breathin' Air is Gone
Luring Physicians "Out in the Country"
Grady, S.C., was one of the lucky rural communities. Unfortunately, it was fictional.
In the 1991 film "Doc Hollywood" with Michael J. Fox, the Porsche Speedster of hotshot plastic surgeon Benjamin Stone breaks down in Grady, and the charms of the community, its people and one woman in particular entice the young physician to hang his family-practice shingle in the rural Southeast.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
PHYSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: Michael Messieh, MD
Orthopedic Surgeon, Messieh Orthopedics
CLERMONT—When Michael Messieh, MD, was growing up in New Brunswick, Canada, a fishing village of 1,500 residents located on the Atlantic coastline, the small-town boy dreamed of becoming a doctor and practicing medicine in a much warmer climate.
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Breast Cancer – Best Chances for Cure
May is Women’s Health month and serves as a reminder for screening, prevention, and early detection of breast cancer, which is the most common type of cancer in women and the second leading cause of cancer death in women, followed only by lung cancer.
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