Sylvester Team is Florida Sterling Showcase Champion
A multidisciplinary and talented team from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center presented a project called “Letting Go” of Denied Charges to Build a Lean Healthcare System at the 26th Annual Florida Sterling Conference, took home the top team prize, and patients are benefiting from their work. The 12-minute presentation included a song-and-dance performance with a Frozen theme.
Researchers Uncover Clues to Treatment for Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy
Chemotherapy can extend life, or even provide a cure, but occasionally with side effects so severe that patients reduce or discontinue treatment. Take the case of paclitaxel, an agent originally derived from the bark of the western yew tree, and one of the most common tools used to treat cancers of the ovary, breast, lung, and head and neck.
Symposium for Graduate and Post-Doctoral Students Offers Valuable Information on Career Options
The University of Miami Career Development Committee, a Ph.D.-student-run branch under the Biomedical Graduate Student Government and the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, hosted its first annual Graduate Student/Post-Doc Career Symposium on May 30. The goal of the symposium was to provide Ph.D. and post-doctoral students with a comprehensive workshop on career options and skill sets needed to obtain career goals.
First Major Study Comparing Robotic to Open Surgery Published in The Lancet
The first comprehensive study comparing the outcomes of robotic surgery to those of traditional open surgery in any organ has found that the surgeries are equally effective in treating bladder cancer. The seven-year study, conducted at 15 institutions, including Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, and directed by Dipen J. Parekh, M.D., chair of urology at the Miller School of Medicine, is published in The Lancet.
Comprehensive Diabetes Center at Lennar awarded ADA Certificate of Recognition
The University of Miami Health System’s Comprehensive Diabetes Center, located in The Lennar Foundation Medical Center on UM’s Coral Gables campus, has been awarded a Certificate of Recognition by the American Diabetes Association. The center received the certification, which extends through October 1, 2021, for the high quality of its diabetes self-management education program.