News Archive
UM Cardiovascular Division Doctors Honored as "Super Doctors" for 2009, 1/29/09
A host of UM doctors, including many Miller School of Medicine Cardiovascular Division faculty, were honored as this year's "Super Doctors" by Key Professional Media, a polling and research company... <more>
UHealth Unveils HeartAware and New CT Scanner, 10/2/2008
Heart disease is the number one killer of men and women across the United States, with nearly 2,400 Americans dying from cardiovascular disease each day... <more>
Dr. Maurcio Cohen to head up cardiac cath lab at University of Miami, TheHeart.org, 9/18/2008.
Dr Mauricio Cohen is set to become the new director of the cardiac catheterization laboratory at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, leaving behind his role as assistant professor of medicine and associate director of the catheterization laboratory at the University of North Carolina... <more>
UM Researchers Find Molecule Regulates Cardiac Hypertrophy, 9/12/2008
Researchers at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, led by Nanette Bishopric, M.D., have made a discovery that identifies a key molecule responsible for excessive growth of the heart muscle, or hypertrophy, which may lead to heart failure. The findings could lead to new preventive therapies for adults and children... <more>
University of Miami Health System Recruits Top S. Florida Heart Surgeon, 8/25/2008
One of South Florida’s top heart surgeons is moving his practice to the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine to join the rapidly growing cardiovascular powerhouse at the University of Miami Health System (UHealth). Donald B. Williams, M.D., is leaving Mount Sinai Medical Center on Miami Beach after 19 years and bringing his two partners to be part of the UHealth team... <more>
JMH Cardiac Rehab is Now Open for Referrals, 8/19/2008
Located on 7th floor of the JMH Central Tower, Room 764, the JMH Cardiac Rehab Center is now open for referrals... <more>
Start! Heart Walk Kick-Off Inspires Action, 8/7/2008
Hundreds of Miller School faculty and staff visited the Medical Wellness Center on August 5 to find out more about the Start! Heart Walk, a 5K event benefiting the American Heart Association on October 11 in Tropical Park... <more>
Dr. William O'Neill is featured in the Miami Herald for his work with the new "Impella" heart support device, Miami Herald, 8/5/08
Doctors at three hospitals said they wouldn't operate on Carl Alessi, 63, deeming his heart too weak to undergo open-heart surgery... But last month, Dr. William O'Neill, of the University of Miami performed an angioplasty on Alessi that did not require cutting open the heart chamber... <more>
Stem cell czar: UM researcher, Dr. Josua Hare, leads alternative effort, Miami Herald, 7/29/2008
Dr. Joshua Hare believes medicine is close to a goal long thought to be impossible: healing the human heart. The way to get there? Stem cells... <more>
Stem Cell Researchers at UM Enrolling Patients in Heart Failure Study, 7/15/2008
Stem cell researchers at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine are ready to enroll patients in another breakthrough study aimed at treating heart failure. They have received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for a study using a Helical Infusion catheter system to inject stem cells into the heart... <more>
Dr. Joshua Hare, Chief of the Cardiovascular Division, and Dr. Bettina Heidecker, a post-doctoral fellow, Lead Study Identifying Predictors of Prognosis for Heart Failure Patients, 7/11/2008
In a discovery that could lead to more successful and personalized treatment, a post-doctoral fellow and the leader of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s Cardiovascular Division have published a study that gives physicians a critical tool in predicting the long-term course for heart failure patients... <more>
Role of the Cardiologist in the Management of the Morbidly Obese Patient, Cardiosource, American College of Cardiology
In "Conversations with the Experts," hosted by Cardiosource, an online resource provided by the American College of Cardiology, Dr. Howard Willens, of the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine, is featured along with other experts... <more>
Cardiac Rehab Outpatient Program to Open, 7/1/2008
We are pleased to announce today's opening of the UM/Jackson Cardiac Rehabilitation Outpatient Program. The program, located in Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Central Building, room 764, will provide monitored exercise and education in addition to other services... <more>
UHealth Cardiovascular Experts Help Bring New Techniques to the International Medical Community, 6/10/2008
As part of its growing partnerships with international medical institutions to help bring the most innovative health care to Latin America, the University of Miami International Medicine Institute has been making major strides with heart health technology in Colombia... <more>
Questioning the self cell, Nature Reports: Stem Cells, 6/5/2008
Dr. Joshua Hare, Chief, Cardiovascular Division of the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine, and Director, Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, discusses a "suprising study that indicates that non-self mesenchymal stem cells might be just as therapeutic as one's own stem cells." <more>
UM Researchers Receive Approval to Begin Stem Cell Trial Using BioCardia Catheter to Treat Heart Failure, 5/1/2008
Stem cell researchers at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine continue to blaze scientific trails with another first. They have received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for a study using a... <more>
University of Miami Hospital Doctors Implant Heart Valves Through Minimally Invasive Procedure, 4/25/2008.
Hospital is only Florida site where the alternative to open-heart surgery clinical trial is available... <more>
Miami Patient Undergoes Groundbreaking Stem Cell Procedure, NBC6.Net, 4/17/2008.
A patient is recovering in Miami after a procedure in a study that uses stem cells to heal patients' hearts. In a new procedure, stem cells are harvested from a patient's bone marrow and then carefully separated and prepared. Six weeks later, the cells are injected into the patient's own heart during surgery... <more>
Patient First to Receive New Procedure for Heart Failure, Fox 7 News Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, 4/16/2008
MIAMI (WSVN) -- Doctors performed a successful breakthrough in science after using stem cells in a first-of-its-kind treatment for heart failure... <more>
Stem Cells for the Heart, a New Wave of Clinical Trials, Nature.com, 4/10/2008.
Four years ago, headlines in newspapers across the United States questioned whether the small number of approved clinical trials on adult stem cell therapies should even go forward... [but] research has moved on a long way since then... <more>
Stem Cells Might One Day Revive an Athlete's Career, SI.com, 3/12/2008.
It sounds like the stuff of Stephen King -- generating body parts, repairing damaged bone and growing back muscle like a gecko's severed tail... <more>
New Genetic Research Could be Key to Uncovering a Deadly Form of Heart Disease, 3/5/2008.
The devastating heart condition known as left main coronary artery disease is the worst form of heart disease and develops silently. Victims often experience no symptoms before sudden death. But new genetic research led by scientists at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Duke University could lead to a... <more>
Prince Andrew Visits Miller School for Meeting on the Life Sciences, 2/6/2008.
A visit today from Prince Andrew, The Duke of York provided Miller School leadership an opportunity to showcase the School’s progress and imminent growth in areas including stem cell research, diabetes research and genomics... <more>
Crist Delivers $80 million to Miami Institute for Human Genomics, 2/1/2008.
The University of Miami’s mission to become an internationally renowned scientific research powerhouse received a big boost today when Florida Governor Charlie Crist formally announced the awarding of an $80 million grant to the Miami Institute for Human Genomics... <more>
UM Researchers Launch Stem Cell Study on Heart Patients, 1/15/2008.
Researchers at the University of Miami are now recruiting patients with heart failure to take part in a clinical trial using stem cells. Joshua Hare, M.D., F.A.C.G., chief of the Division of Cardiology and director of the Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, won approval from the FDA... <more>
UM School of Medicine Makes Bold Moves in Cardiology, Hiring Several Key Clinicians to Join Faculty, 1/11/2008.
The Cardiovascular Division of the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine is taking major steps to move itself into the top tier of cardiology research and treatment centers in the nation... <more>
UM Cardiology Fellow Wins Research Award, 11/8/2007.
Bettina Heidecker, M.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the Division of Cardiology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, won the prestigious Samuel A. Levine Young Clinical Investigator Award... <more>
Restoring Broken Hearts, University of Miami Magazine, Spring 2007.
Joshua Hare, M.D., believes that anything is possible. For the past five years he has led groundbreaking research at The Johns Hopkins University, helping dispel a long-standing theory: that doctors cannot repair a damaged heart. Now he brings that research and much of his team to the Miller School of Medicine... <more>
UM Cardiology Chief Releases Findings on Stem-Cell Based Treatment for Heart Attacks, 3/26/2007.
Dramatic findings have been released by Joshua Hare, M.D., chief of the Division of Cardiology and director of the Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute at the Miller School of Medicine, on the first human clinical trial to test a stem-cell based treatment for heart attack patients... <more>