Miami Cancer Institute | Baptist Health

10/02/2025

10/02/2025

10/02/2025

Breast reconstruction is deeply personal; it’s about restoring more than just the physical appearance, say Ivo Pestana, M.D., and David Mattos, M.D., plastic and reconstructive surgeons with Baptist Health Cancer Care. https://bit.ly/4pSzaKo

10/01/2025

Nearly three decades after her first breast cancer diagnosis at the age of 24 — and seven months after having a negative mammogram — Alison Miransky was facing breast cancer again. This time it was aggressive triple-negative breast cancer, which affects 10 to 15 percent of patients.
https://baptisthealth.net/baptist-health-news/how-a-breast-cancer-diagnosis-transformed-her-lifes-purpose-meet-alison-miransky

10/01/2025

Dionne Morgan, MD, a sleep medicine physician at Baptist Health Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute, provided commentary on World Narcolepsy Day, highlighting challenges in diagnosis and treatment, evolution in therapeutics, and combating comorbidities.

10/01/2025

Jennifer Zawadzki is the founder of Future You Project, which offers inspirational gifts and cards to support people through tough times. The messages came in handy when, just as her business was flourishing, she was diagnosed last year with stage 4 breast cancer. https://baptisthealth.net/baptist-health-news/single-mom-and-entrepreneur-is-inspired-by-her-future-self

10/01/2025

When a lesion was noted on her annual mammogram, Farah Sylvain Claude quickly saw a specialist. “Getting her breast imaging done saved her life,” says Lauren Carcas, M.D., Baptist Health Cancer Care breast and gynecologic medical oncologist. https://bit.ly/46O6YPY

10/01/2025

Andrea de Armas learned she had breast cancer days before starting her physician assistant degree program. Today, thanks to Baptist Health Miami Cancer Institute, she’s not only a survivor, she’s now a P.A. https://bit.ly/40rYzQM

09/30/2025

What is thyroid cancer? Would you recognize its symptoms? Learn more about what Meghan Crawley, M.D., and Rachel Slotcavage, M.D., two specialists with Baptist Health Cancer Care, call a “highly curable disease.” https://baptisthealth.net/baptist-health-news/thyroid-cancer-how-to-recognize-this-highly-curable-disease

09/29/2025