The Discharge with Dignity program at Indian River Hospital serves as an invaluable program that provides clothing and hygiene items for indigent and underserved patients. Many of the patients who enter the Behavioral Health Center at Indian River Hospital are individuals experiencing homelessness, and the Discharge with Dignity program helps ensure that their basic needs are met during their care and post-discharge. Cecelia Stalnaker-Cauwenberghs is the Administrator overseeing this program and she joins us on this very special episode to discuss ..read more

Dr. Ted Ross is the Global Director of Vaccine Development at Cleveland Clinic. In his role, he is in charge of leading the development of novel vaccines for a variety of infectious diseases, including influenza, HIV, and COVID-19. A highly renowned scientist with expertise in virology, vaccines, immunology and microbiology, Dr. Ross’ research focuses on the design of new vaccines and the implementation of vaccine trials ..read more

Andrea lives in Venezuela and is a busy wife and mother of two young boys. After being diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma at the age of 36, Andrea’s only option in Venezuela was to get her entire kidney removed. However, after Andrea traveled 1,400 miles to Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital for a second opinion with Dr. Pieretti, she was able to find a different treatment path. Dr. Alberto Pieretti joins us on the podcast to talk about this special story ..read more

Care At Home brings Cleveland Clinic Florida’s world-class, hospital-level care to patients in their homes. It provides specialized, acute, and post-acute care for conditions typically treated in a hospital setting. Care At Home delivers a seamless, home-based acute care experience that helps patients heal faster in the comfort of their homes. On this episode of the Health Pulse Podcast, Dr. Richard Rothman and Britney Heaton join us to discuss this innovative program ..read more

Today’s guest is Andrew Koenig. Andrew began his career in CITY Furniture as an Operations Associate in 2007, where he spent a significant amount of time streamlining the Operations Department for the first 8 years of his career. He now serves as CEO of CITY Furniture, overseeing all departments of the business. Andrew joins us on this episode to highlight CITY Furniture’s lean philosophy, green-focused initiatives, and community give-back programs ..read more

Dr. Steven Ronik is the Chief Executive Officer for Henderson Behavioral Health. Henderson is a nationally recognized behavioral health system, known for its innovative and leading evidence-based clinical services. Henderson aims to be the premier provider of accessible, cost-effective, and quality behavioral health services in South Florida. Dr. Steven Ronik joins this podcast to talk about some of the services and programming Henderson provides to the South Florida community ..read more

Robotic-assisted bronchoscopies have made it possible to reach and biopsy more pulmonary nodules than ever before, a critical step for the definitive diagnosis of lung cancer. Robotic-assisted bronchoscopies allow for greater flexibility, improved visualization, and increased diagnostic yields, which as a whole improve the ability to detect lung cancer in its early stages. Today’s guest is Dr. Ivan Romero-Legro, a board-certified pulmonologist at Cleveland Clinic Florida, specializing in adult interventional pulmonology and adult critical care who helped build the robotic-assisted bronchoscopy ..read more

Cleveland Clinic’s Global MedAssist Program, known as GMAP and Powered by VIGILINT, provides health security to global travelers. While most travelers think of physical security, health security represents a significant threat to a successful adventure, family vacation or business trip. Cleveland Clinic and VIGILINT developed GMAP to provide connectivity to health care resources for global travelers. GMAP reduces medical-related stress for global travelers by providing world class care through its telemedicine program. Through a single point of contact, global travelers have real–time, unlimit ..read more

Dr. José L. Navia is the Director of the Heart and Vascular Center at Cleveland Clinic Florida, Chairman of Cardiothoracic Surgery in Florida, and a Distinguished Chair in Heart and Vascular Research. Dr. Navia is also a Professor of Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and an internationally known cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon. With 30 patents to his name, Dr. Navia has made numerous advances in cardiovascular medicine. Today, Dr. Navia joins us on the Health Pulse podcast to speak on a particularly special past case of his, as well as his passion and drive for innovat ..read more

Dr. Nicholas Brozzi is a cardiothoracic surgeon who has been with Cleveland Clinic since 2008. Dr. Brozzi is an expert in the field of heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support. He joins us today to talk about a very special patient of his, Jaime. Jaime is a fellow South Florida Weston Hospital physician with a passion for cycling. One morning, Jaime was out on one of his regular early morning bike rides when he collapsed on the road due to a heart attack and was rushed to Cleveland Clinic Florida. Dr. Brozzi is here with us to discuss the patient, the case, and some of the late ..read more