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A Heart From the Harts: UF Health Congenital Heart Center Changes Siblings’ Lives

Aubree and Londyn Harts sit in their living room and show off their souvenirs. Aubree, 11, holds a cannula from a Berlin Heart — an external device that helps…
Alecia Defeats Decades of Heart Failure With Historic Transplant at UF Health

Alecia Cosey came to, slumped over in the driver’s seat, to find her 16-year-old daughter crying and gripping the steering wheel. “Momma, are you OK?” Dayshai…
As Matteo Waits for a New Heart, UF Health Gives Him a Field Trip To Remember

Being in the hospital is difficult for many patients. For some, it’s the moments of waiting — for a transplant, for healing, for a glimpse of normal life…
The Gift of Grace: Series of Surgeries Saves Baby Grace From Rare Heart Defect at UF Health

Expecting a child is a time of joy, anticipation and excitement for most families. Gender reveal celebrations, nursery preparations and dreams of the future…
UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine Hosts Ceremony to Honor Patient’s New Heart

Amid the steady beeping of the heart monitor, Tammy Bernard, UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine practitioner, and Jeanne Dickman, a heart transplant patient at…
Michael gets his beat back

Michael Jansen, 66, is a tall, lean Midwesterner with a soft Missouri drawl, an easy laugh and kind eyes.
UF Health Congenital Heart Center expertise aids both mother, daughter

In May 2001, Morgan Humphreys turned blue. Until that point, her mother said, Morgans birth had been uneventful. After the care team took her newborn to the…
Latasha Aiken’s Two Miracles

Latasha Aiken had always dreamed of being a mom. When a life-threatening heart condition almost took that away from her, she was heartbroken.
UF Health gave Annette confidence for her heart treatment

Annette Powell had always been an athlete. She was a collegiate basketball player with no prior health concerns. In 2007, at 43, this Ocala high school dean…
From Tragedy to Hope: The Story of Moe Ricks’ Optimism in the Face of Tragedy

In July 2019, UF Health staff wheeled Maurice (Moe) Ricks into surgery to prep him to receive a new heart and kidney, which were in transport on a plane to…