February 14, 2022
Specialized heart surgery gives Florida father hope for future
Eric Salter’s life changed unexpectedly in May 2017 when he suffered a life-threatening aortic dissection while working from his home office. The active father of two who was then 42 went from living a normal, healthy life to having just minutes to say goodbye to his family before emergency surgery. “We thought I was in […]
Tags: aortic disection, Cardiology, Dr. Alberto Pochettino, Dr. Sabrina Phillips, Eric Salter, Florida
May 9, 2016
Simulation and Reality Meet to Find Ideal Surgical Approach for Florida Patient
For six months, Chad Thompson slept sitting up to ease debilitating headaches caused by a tumor growing on a nerve in his head. Now, after a successful surgery at Mayo Clinic’s Florida campus in March, the 40-year-old Jacksonville resident is having conversations with friends and co-workers that he never expected. “People keep asking, ‘When are […]
Tags: anatomage, Chad Thompson, Dr. John Casler, Florida, MayoClinicFL, Otorhinolaryngoloyg, Schwannoma, Simulation Center
May 6, 2014
Immunotherapy Puts the Brakes on Cancer for Melanoma Patient
By Paul Scotti
Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer. And for those patients whose disease has spread beyond its origination site, most treatment options have offered only modest success in controlling the disease. So when James Donaghy of Huntersville, North Carolina, entered a clinical trial at Mayo Clinic in Florida testing the effectiveness of an experimental […]
Tags: Florida, James Donaghy, MayoClinicFL, melanoma, MK3475, Richard Joseph
March 26, 2014
Patient Honors Her Liver Donor and Faith in New Book
By Paul Scotti
Hildred “Peggy” Lyons’ first signs of liver problems occurred back in 1968, around the time of her son’s birth, when her physician noticed she had elevated liver enzymes. An otherwise healthy woman who worked and also volunteered as a fitness instructor at her church teaching several classes a day to both adults and children, Lyons […]
Tags: Florida, Liver Transplant, MayoClinicFL, Transplant, transplantation
March 18, 2014
A New Chapter: Life After My Liver and Kidney Transplant
By jasonpratt
Written by Elaine Ginn, transplant patient at Mayo Clinic in Florida As I sit here at the Mayo Clinic lab on the Florida campus waiting to be called for a lab draw of a dozen or so tubes of my blood, my mind returns four years to the time before my liver and kidney transplant surgery. […]
Tags: Florida, kidney transplant, Liver Transplant, MayoClinicFL, Transplant, Transplatation
February 24, 2014
Trust Your ‘Gut’ When Experiencing Possible Signs of Colorectal Cancer
By SMHNadmin
Most people think that colorectal cancer is just an old man’s disease, perhaps because current medical guidelines recommend regular screening begin at the age of 50. Truth is, this disease doesn’t discriminate in age, gender or race. Grace De La Rosa was 38 when she was diagnosed with Stage 3 Colon Cancer in 2005. She […]
Tags: Cancer, colorectal cancer, Florida, MayoClinicFL
September 1, 2013
Eluding the ‘Widow Maker’: The Checkup that Saved His Life
“You have to go to know.” George Roberts will tell you he’s a busy man — too busy to worry about a physical. As vice president of a Florida-based road construction and contracting company and chair of two industry groups, he’s got a lot to oversee. Taking time for a doctor’s visit wasn’t on his […]
Tags: 2267, 3994, 5252, 5255, 5268, 5334, 5335, Dr. Rodriguez, Executive Health, executive physical, Florida, george roberts