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On a sunny December afternoon, in a room high atop the UF Health Heart and Vascular Hospital overlooking the University of Florida campus, six people whose…
Patient Stories
The power of video games is leveling up care at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital. As the new clinical patient gaming technology coordinator for the UF…
Our Caregivers
The look in her eyes and her next words would be etched forever in the mind of Elias Sayour, MD, PhD. Months earlier, the girl’s right leg was amputated, the…
Advancing Care
March is a special month. More specifically, it is Child Life Awareness Month, a time to recognize the vital work of child life specialists nationwide. Child…
Children's Wellness
Lakshmi Balasubramanian, MD, or “Dr. Bala,” was drawn to gastrointestinal oncology because of the opportunity to work with experts across different specialties…
Our Caregivers
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…
Patient Stories
Spencer Wood skied down the mountain at 70 miles an hour in Valle Nevado, Chile. The familiar sound of his skis slicing through the snow filled his ears. Then,…
UF Health Inspire
Heart disease has been the leading cause of death in the United States for more than a century, dating back to 1921, according to the Centers for Disease…
National Awareness
Six days before Roberto Tellez was scheduled to see his local primary care provider in Tallahassee, a routine order for laboratory testing set in motion a…
Patient Stories
Hospitalized babies and children often rely on medical tubes and cords that are essential to their care, yet difficult for small hands to ignore. To keep young…
Our Caregivers
Jess Thornton was vigilant about getting her cancer screenings. With a family history of breast cancer, she got breast imaging annually. In July 2024, a few…
Patient Stories
Astrid Weller’s dad holds her up to a window at the University of Florida Health Congenital Heart Center so she can press her hands to the warm glass and peer…
Patient Stories
