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Holtz Children’s Hospital Hosts Prom for Patients

April 20, 2017

Teenage patients from Holtz Children’s Hospital at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center will enjoy a break from being compassionately examined, poked and prodded during the “A Night at the Oscars” Prom Friday night. Patients and their dates will walk down the red carpet, and will have their photos taken by paparazzi.

Celebrating the Gift of Life – One Year Later

April 14, 2017

For more than 45 years, the Miami Transplant Institute (MTI) at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center has been making miracles—by giving a second chance at life to patients from all over the world. To celebrate National Donate Life Month, MTI is honoring patients who are celebrating one year post-organ transplant surgery.

UHealth Transplant Surgeons at Jackson Perform Lifesaving Transplant on 11-Year-Old

April 10, 2017

University of Miami Health System surgeons have performed a lifesaving liver transplant on a little girl about to say goodbye to her father.

UHealth Surgeons at Holtz Children’s Hospital Save 8-Year-Old Whose Carotid Artery was Being Strangled By Tennis-Ball-Sized Tumor

April 5, 2017

In what could be the first such tumor of its kind in a child under the age of 13, University of Miami Health System surgeons at Holtz Children’s Hospital recently saved the life of a little girl by removing a tennis-ball-sized paraganglioma body tumor from her carotid artery.

April Marks Sexual Assault Awareness Month

April 3, 2017

Millions of women and men are the victims of sexual violence each year – an act that is defined as any sexual activity where consent is not freely given. Yet according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, it is the most under-reported violent crime in the country.

UHealth Surgeons at Jackson Remove Two Brain Tumors from Pregnant Woman and Restore Patient’s Vision Loss; Full-Term Baby Delivered Three Months Later

March 23, 2017

UHealth surgeons at Jackson remove two brain tumors from pregnant woman and restore patient’s vision loss; full-term baby delivered three months later.

Patients Reunite with Doctors at Holtz Children’s Hospital for Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Month

February 14, 2017

Holtz Children’s Hospital at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center is hosting an event to celebrate children who were born with congenital heart defects and successfully treated at Holtz Children’s.

Elementary School Students Learn to Protect and Save Lives at the Children’s Fire Safety Festival

February 10, 2017

Last year, dozens of children were treated for burn injuries at the UM/JM Burn Center, located at Ryder Trauma Center at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center.

Advanced Certification for Comprehensive Stroke Centers Awarded to Jackson

February 6, 2017

Jackson Memorial Hospital joins an elite group of health care organizations focused on highly-specialized stroke care.

UHealth Jackson Urgent Care – Keystone Point Celebrates Grand Opening with Family-Friendly Event

January 28, 2017

UHealth Jackson Urgent Care at Keystone Point will celebrate its grand opening with a family-friendly event this Saturday, January 28. The urgent care center opened its doors to patients more than a week ago, and it’s one of the six locations announced under Jackson Health System’s $1.8 billion capital plan to build new facilities and renovate existing ones.

Drunk Driving Victim’s Family Raises Awareness Against Drunk & Drugged Driving this Holiday Season

December 20, 2016

In April 2014, 17-year-old Caroline Agreda and her friend, 17-year-old, Anapaula Saldana, were in a fender-bender. A Good Samaritan, 45-year-old Eduardo Hernandez, stopped on the side of the road to help them.

Jackson Oncology Patients Receive Holiday Cheer!

December 9, 2016

For the past 50 years, Ellen Wilborn has been spreading holiday cheer to cancer patients at Jackson Memorial Hospital – a mission she started at age 29 when she became a member of the Woman’s Cancer Association at the University of Miami, Barton-Ravlin Chapter.

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