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FIU Professor Working to Prevent Jupiter Medical Center
and Cure Blindness Named Celebrates 40th Anniversary South Florida's
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FIU professor of biomedical engi- Phone: (561) 368-6950
neering Shuliang Jiao, whose research
and technological innovations are
helping prevent and cure blindness, Website:
has been named to the inaugural class www.southfloridahospitalnews.com

of National Academy of Inventors
(NAI) Senior Members. CHARLES FELIX
As principal investigator for FIU’s CAROL FELIX
Eye Imaging Lab, Jiao oversees the Publishers
optical imaging technologies that are
advancing the research and diagnosis NANCY LAMMIE
of eye diseases that often lead to Shuliang Jiao Editor
blindness, such as age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma
and diabetic retinopathy. Currently, he holds seven patents – JUDY GRAMM
one of which was licensed to a leading ophthalmic technology Editorial Manager & Webmaster
development company – as well as three patent applications
and several invention disclosures. Jupiter Mayor Todd Wodraska (left) presents a proclamation to JMC GRAPHICS
His research has been funded through major research grants Steve Seeley, chief operating officer of Jupiter Medical Center. Art/Production
by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including a $2 mil- lammienancy@aol.com
lion dollar grant last year from the NIH to develop new imag- Jupiter Medical Center celebrated its 40th anniversary on 412-835-5796
ing technologies to monitor the treatment of degenerative reti- February 14, in recognition of its historical transition from a
nal disorders. Jiao’s work has also received funding from the small community hospital to an award-winning regional medical CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Department of Defense, the Wallace Coulter Foundation, and center. The celebration began on February 5, when the Town of Daniel Casciato
the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Jupiter presented the hospital with a proclamation in recognition Barbara Fallon
of its four decades of service. Vanessa Orr
When Jupiter Hospital, as it was known then,ened its doors in Lois Thomson
Kendall Regional Medical Center 1979, it was a small facility serving a town of less than 5,000 and
providing care for approximately 1,800 patients annually. The
Named One of Healthgrades 2019 medical center adopted a new name in 1993, transforming to
America’s 250 Best Hospitals “Jupiter Medical Center” to better reflect the breadth of the serv- LOOK FOR OUR
ices it provides. Today, the not-for-profit medical center serves a
town of approximately 62,000. It also attracts patients from NEXT ISSUE
Kendall Regional Medical Center announced that it has across Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast, as well as IN APRIL
achieved the Healthgrades 2019 America’s 250 Best Hospitals locales across the nation and around the globe, logging more
Award™. The distinction places Kendall Regional Medical than 180,000 outpatient visits and nearly 40,000 visits to the TO REACH US
Center in the top 5 percent of more than 4,500 hospitals emergency department each year.
assessed nationwide for its superior clinical performance as While Jupiter Medical Center was founded in 1979, the FOR
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“Kendall Regional is proud to have consistently been recog- the Salhaven retirement community, which occupied land that is OR EDITORIAL
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patients every single day. It is humbling to be the only hospital remaining 30 acres for a medical center.
in Miami-Dade and Broward counties to achieve this Top 250 Jupiter Medical Center has continued to grow and expand.
recognition for 2019.” Last June the medical center completed an acute recovery unit
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