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Give Kids a Smile Miami Is Bright Success
PO Box 812708
Boca Raton, FL 33481-2708 Give Kids a Smile
Miami, an event
Phone: (561) 368-6950 designed to provide
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restorative dental
Website: care to children of
www.hospitalnews.org low income fami-
lies, was held in var-
CHARLES FELIX ious locations in
CAROL FELIX Miami recently.
Publishers Volunteer dentists,
dental assistants
NANCY CARROLL LAMMIE and hygienists pro-
Editor vided dental screen-
ings, cleanings and
JUDY GRAMM
Editorial Coordinator more to children
from neighborhood
organizations and schools in Miami-Dade County. Parents
JMC GRAPHICS
Art/Production and their children also learned about the growing scientific
evidence that oral health is critical to staying healthy. Children’s Health Day at
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS The Consortium for a Healthier Miami-Dade, an initiative of Baptist Children’s Hospital
Ron Cichowicz the Miami-Dade County Health Department, sponsored the
Jim DiGiorgio event. The Health Foundation of South Florida provided
John Fries funding for the event. Harry Potter, aka 12-year-old Joshua Hernandez, of
Miami, couldn’t conjure up a spell powerful enough to zap
Carrie Goldstein
him away from the operating room. Joshua was a “patient”
Nancy Kennedy
Maryanne Murphy Mariners Hosts at Baptist Children’s Hospital’s Children’s Health Day held
Oct. 28, and got a ride on an operating room table cour-
Vanessa Orr, Ron Paglia American Association
Lois Thomson tesy of Jorge Valdes, a certified nurse anesthetist. The
David Volz of Critical Care event gave kids a chance to take part in hands-on health
activities, learn the importance of hand-washing in elimi-
Nurses nating germs, gather information about nutrition and par-
SISTER PUBLICATIONS ticipate in free health screenings. About 5,000 kids and
parents attended the free event, held each year near
Atlanta Hospital News More than 40 nurses,
Kristen & Josh Felix, Publishers members of the Greater Halloween so that children can come in costume. Photo
info@atlantahospitalnews.com credit: Mabel Rodriguez
Miami Chapter of the
American Association of
Chicago Hospital News
Kristen & Josh Felix, Publishers Critical Care Nurses, recent-
info@chicagohospitalnews.com ly attended an educational
meeting hosted by Mariners
Western Pennsylvania
Hospital News Hospital. The nurses earned
Harvey D. Kart, Publisher continuing education credits
hdkart@aol.com by participating in seminars.
Pictured is Loren Nelson,
M.D., medical director of Baptist Health’s eICU department.
Other speakers included Debbie Barrow, pharmacist, and Fran
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Glick, administrative director of Imaging Services, who dis-
IN JANUARY 2008 cussed Contrast Induced Nephropathy; Eugene Manuel, D.O.,
who talked about addiction; and Ellen Pritchett, dietitian, who
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Pediatric nurses Sheila Hecht, R.N. (left), and Evna
One Year $30 Jean-Louis, R.N., are happy to be reunited with triplets
Two Years $45 Brian, Kailee and Carly Blum at the 15th annual reunion
of the George Batchelor/Gloria Vasta Lewis Neonatal
Three Years $60
Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Baptist Children’s Hospital.
To subscribe, call (561) 368-6950 Robotics Demonstration at The triplets were born premature at 27 weeks, and spent
or subscribe online at the first two months of their lives in the NICU. The annu-
www.southfloridahospitalnews.com. Holy Cross Hospital al reunion provides an opportunity for doctors, nurses and
____________ staff to reunite with their former patients, and to celebrate
All rights reserved. Reproduction The community recently turned out at Holy Cross Hospital the giant strides they have made since leaving the hospital.
in whole or part without written to view a demonstration of MAKO Surgical Corp.’s propri- Approximately 400 premature or critically ill infants,
permission prohibited. Copyright © 2007
etary Haptic Guidance SystemTM. The demonstration was be many weighing little more than a pound, are treated each
led by Martin Roche, M.D., the first surgeon in the world to year in the NICU.
perform the MAKOplasty™ procedure for partial knee
replacement using the system.

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