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Sanford teen leaves hospital with temporary artificial heart and portable driver

UF Health first in Florida to offer iPad-monitoring app to caregivers of infants with rare heart defect

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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…

A Heartfelt Journey: How One Childhood Surgery Led to a Career in Medicine

The first time Matthew Purlee saw the inside of an operating room, he was a congenital heart patient undergoing a surgical repair to address transposition of…

Matt Purlee posing for a photo with Dr. Bleiweis

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…

Grace Huber enjoying a day at the beach.

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…

Jeanne Dickman was escorted into the Sanctuary of Wisdom to begin the heart ceremony in her honor. Attendees made clay heart ornaments to commemorate the day.

Couple Gives Back to Show Appreciation for Doctors and Nurses of Congenital Heart Center

Followed by a rolling cart loaded with bags of stuffed animals, dolls, books and more, Jacob and Donyia Sameck easily navigated the familiar hallways of UF…

Donyia Sameck, right, at the UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital.

In the news

FCAAP NAMES 2021 CHAPTER AWARD WINNERS
South Florida Hospital News July 6, 2021
UF Health Shands Children's Hospital ranked top pediatric hospital in Florida
WGFL-TV June 17, 2021
Twins Conjoined at the Heart Are Separated in Miracle Surgery
Inside Edition September 6, 2016
Kids, parents and medical workers bond, celebrate at picnic
The Gainesville Sun May 16, 2016
Florida Teen, 16, Youngest SynCardia Total Artificial Heart Patient Discharged On the Freedom Portable Driver
GTN News May 27, 2014
Mom's Persistence Leads To Miracle Recovery For Transplant Baby
HUFFPOST Miami January 21, 2014
'I've got focus on what I can do, not what I can't'
Tallahassee.com September 19, 2013
Dr. Mark Bleiweis: Spirit of Gainesville nominee
The Gainesville Sun August 9, 2013
Identical scar connects Jacksonville mother and daughter together on Mother's Day
WTLV-12 May 10, 2013