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• Holy Cross Hospital Participates in Michelle Obama Let's Move! Video Challenge

  View our video and vote online to show your support

• Holy Cross Hospital Approved to Perform New Transcatheter Heart Valve Replacement Procedure in Patients Who Cannot Undergo Open Heart Surgery

  First ever artificial heart valve, recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration, can be implanted without major surgery

  Holy Cross Hospital announced it is now approved to perform transcatheter heart valve replacement (TAVR) procedures in patients who cannot undergo open heart surgery utilizing a first-of-its-kind artificial heart valve that was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in November.

• Epilepsy Monitoring Unit recognized by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers

  Holy Cross EMU designated a Level 3 Epilepsy Center

  The Epilepsy Monitoring Unit at Holy Cross Hospital is recognized by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC) as a Level 3 epilepsy center.

  Level 3 epilepsy centers have the professional expertise and facilities to provide the highest level medical evaluation and treatment for patients with complex epilepsy.

• Holy Cross Medical Group Adds Cardiologist

  Alexander Llanos, MD specializes in Transcatheter Valve Replacement and Hypbrid Operating Room Procedures

  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Holy Cross Hospital President and CEO Patrick A. Taylor, M.D. announced that Alexander Llanos, M.D., has joined the Holy Cross Medical Group, a multi-specialty physician employed group of more than 150 physicians providing services throughout Broward and Palm Beach counties.

• Holy Cross Hospital Receives Grant for Breast Health Program from American Cancer Society (ACS)

  ACS Florida Division's Community Education Grant Program to Address Cancer Disparities

  Holy Cross Hospital is proud to announce it is a recipient of the American Cancer Society, Florida Division’s Community Education Grant Program to Address Cancer Disparities, FY 2011-12. This award will be used to support the implementation of the Partners in Breast Health Program.

• EP Lab Live Video: Rishi Anand, MD, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

  Medical Director of Holy Cross Hospital's Electrophysiology Lab performs an atrial fibrillation ablation and discusses the available advanced technology

  Click here to view the video: Rishi Anand, MD on EP Lab Live.

• OR Live Featured Surgery

  Focus on Feet: Bunion Surgery with Robert Mills, MD

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• Clinically Integrated Physician-Led Network Now Enrolling Members

  Health care model designed to benefit patients, improve the coordination of care and reduce costs

  Holy Cross Physician Partners (HCPP) has begun recruiting physicians into its clinically integrated network. Created in December 2011, HCPP is a response to a national reimbursement system that is shifting from a volume centric model to one based on performance where healthcare providers are held accountable for outcome and efficiency.

• Holy Cross Auxiliary Hosts Gala to Benefit Dorothy Mangurian Comprehensive Women's Center at Holy Cross HealthPlex

  Signature Grand's Vegas

  A Las Vegas-themed extravaganza is planned for the 56th annual Holy Cross Hospital Auxiliary Gala on Saturday, March 31, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Signature Grand, 6900 State Road 84 in Davie, to benefit the Dorothy Mangurian Comprehensive Women's Center at Holy Cross HealthPlex.

• Holy Cross Hospital Appoints Wound Healing and Hyperbarics Program Medical Director

  Cornelius Scannell, MD, MPH

  Holy Cross is pleased to announce the appointment of Cornelius Scannell, MD, MPH, as Medical Director of the Holy Cross Wound Healing and Hyperbarics Program at Holy Cross HealthPlex. Dr. Scannell is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine and Preventive Medicine (Occupational and Environmental Medicine).

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