Appendicitis – Dr. Leopoldo Malvezzi
Innovations in Pediatric Healthcare
May 16, 2019
Dr. Leopoldo Malvezzi explains why Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, formerly Miami Children’s Hospital is the most trusted source for treatment.
A Maya Baby Makes It to South Florida and Life giving Surgery
May 16, 2019
Most of the stories about Central American migrant children coming to the U.S. in recent years have been sad ones. That’s especially true of Guatemalan children. Since December, three Guatemalan minors have died while in U.S. immigration custody – including a 16-year-old boy in Texas this month.
Which is why Mayra Pedro Andrés’ story matters.
Our Physicians Make Prestigious 2015-2016 Best Doctors in America® List
December 14, 2015
MIAMI – Sixty-one physicians affiliated with Nicklaus Children’s Hospital have made the Best Doctors in America® List for 2015-2016. Only five percent of doctors in America earn this prestigious honor, decided by impartial peer review.
Best Doctors has earned a worldwide reputation for reliable, impartial results by remaining totally independent. Doctors cannot pay to be included in the Best Doctors database, nor are they paid to provide their input. The list is a product of validated peer review, in which doctors who excel in their specialties are selected by their peers in the profession.
Children with thoracic anomalies
September 12, 2014
BY CATHY BURNWEIT, MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF RIB CAGE SURGERY
"Carlos didn't like to swim in pools or at the beach, or anywhere else where he had to take his shirt off. The reason? He had a sunken chest, a condition known in medicine as pectus excavatum, a congenital deformity of the rib cage that makes it look like this at the level of the sternum, which made Carlos extremely self-conscious of his different physical appearance from other children..."