Q&A — Epidemiologist Ross C. Brownson Covid-19 has exposed the weak spots of the US public health system — and that presents an opportunity, says an epidemiologist, for the nation to recognize the problems and act to fix them Public health — the science of protecting and improving the health of a population — includes everything from setting pollution limits to urging women to get...
The University of Miami Patti and Allan Herbert Business School presented its ninth annual Business of Healthcare conference virtually on Friday, October 30. This program is produced annually by the Miami Herbert Business School Center for Health Management and Policy. The business school is renowned for its Health Executive MBA, the highest ranked (by U.S. News & World Report), longest...
At first glance, the cause of severe infectious disease seems obvious: The culprit is a bacterium, a virus or some other pathogen. Yet this can’t be the full story. After all, there are plenty of differences in a given pathogen’s effects from one person to the next, notes Jean-Laurent Casanova, a human geneticist of infectious disease at Rockefeller University. This clinical variability, he...
A leading hand surgeon with a medical degree from NYU, multiple accolades, and decades of experience, Dr. Alejandro Badia, based in Doral, has spent more than a quarter-century in the trenches of U.S. healthcare. His new book Healthcare From The Trenches: An Insider Account of the Complex Barriers of U.S. Healthcare from the Providers and Patients' Perspective is an open discussion of the...
White House physician Sean Conley gives an update on the patient-in-chief on Oct. 3. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Nancy Nielsen, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York The medical drama playing out daily since President Donald Trump contracted COVID-19 is alarming – but not surprising. Any physician who’s ever rendered medical advice or hospital care to a prominent...
Dr. Daniel Gelrud performs first case using EUS J10 Series Video Gastroscope Miami based Gastro Health, a national leading medical group specializing in digestive health, is the first institution in the United States to utilize the latest diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy technology, the J10 Series Ultrasound Video Gastroscope. Daniel Gelrud, MD, FACP, gastroenterologist and advanced...
