Danny's Double-Lung Transplant at UF Health

Imagine having the opportunity to save someone’s life by making a simple decision. In 2021, Danny Sams faced the harsh reality of pulmonary fibrosis, a lung…

UF Health team develops technique to conserve oxygen during acute shortages

August 16, 2021

As COVID-19 ravaged India and Indonesia this spring and summer, supplemental oxygen supplies became critically scarce. For some families, that meant exhausting…

Leading-Edge Surgical Techniques Allow Patients to Breathe Better

Breathing is a basic life function. For individuals experiencing breathing difficulties due to congenital defects, external injury or medical procedures, such…

UF Health becomes first in the region to treat sleep apnea with FDA-approved implant

November 23, 2015

University of Florida Health has become the first health system in the region to offer a new Food and Drug Administration-approved upper airway stimulation…