Håkan Charles-Harris, MD, Surgeon

11/23/2024

Lots of advanced aortic vascular disease in this community!!!

03/05/2023

TCAR is a new alternative in treatment of carotid artery stenotic disease to reduce risk of stroke. The key difference is the flow reversal technology which temporarily reverse at the direction of flow in the carotid artery, to prevent debris going to the brain while revascularization is done with angioplasty and stenting.

Information for patients and caregivers on Carotid artery blockage treatment using the TCAR procedure by Silk Road Medical. View clinical data and patients stories here.

02/04/2023

Very exciting technology!

Lots of legs saved!

03/24/2021

FIRST IN FLORIDA!! We did the first case, using the new TigerEye Lumivascular OCT (Optical Coherence Tomography) crossing system, today. Successfully got flow into the leg thru a heavily calcified blocked artery that previously we wouldn’t be able to cross.

I plan to save a lot of limbs using this new technology!

03/10/2021

First in Florida new innovative procedure soon ..... stay tuned.

08/16/2020

History making FIRST in Miami and Miami-Dade County Florida. We did the first three Lumivascular Artherectomies at our practice this past week. It’s basically minimally invasive live visualizing of disease causing blockages INSIDE the artery using computerized light technology. This increases the accuracy and success of increasing blood flow while decreasing complications.

This is me and the highly skilled team involved. Congrats team!

03/01/2020

CORONAVIRUS : COVID - 19

We have all heard a lot about this world wide virus outbreak. Here is the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) website with a lot of expert and accurate information. I'd strongly suggest reviewing this site regularly:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a virus (more specifically, a coronavirus) identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China.

11/06/2019

Me on the Davinci Xi Surgical Robot. It’s the latest version of the Davinci HD Surgical System. Much more user friendly and with many more features that helps the surgeon (me) help the patient.

09/28/2019

I am seeing an increase in uninsured patients, usually younger, who have major illnesses. As a physician that cares, it's really difficult to help these human beings who don't have health care insurance. It saddens and disturbs me.

06/25/2019

Robotic Surgery wave continues. 3 successful Robotic Surgeries today. We have a fantastic team!

06/03/2019

Robotic Assisted Surgery has grown tremendously. I have two patients who I will do Robotic Assisted Hernia Repair on today.

03/21/2019

This is a very good website with a plethora of information on women's health:
https://www.womenshealth.gov/a-z-topics

Use OWH's A-Z directory of health topics to find the information you need.

03/21/2019

Public Health vs Community Health? The public is "out there" separate from us, but "the Community" we are part of. Should we be studying how to improve P***c Health or Community Health? Which term makes us feel an effort is being directed at us, to make our health better?

03/04/2019

March Women's History Month.

https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/womensrh/healthconcerns.html

A woman’s reproductive system is a delicate and complex system in the body. It is important to take steps to protect it from infections and injury, and prevent problems—including some long-term health problems.

03/03/2019

Smoking, hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, your diet, and advancing age increase risk for a slew of diseases that kill.