Welcome to theCenter for Women & Infantsat South Miami Hospital.

Comprehensive.Convenient. Personal.

Getting the health services you need when

you need them has become more and more

challenging—until now.

South Miami Hospital’s Center for Women &

Infants is your one-stop location to meet all

your healthcare needs. We provide a wide

range of services in a friendly setting. We’re a

name you’ve trusted for safe, quality care for

half a century. And now, we’ve made all of this

more simple and convenient than ever.

Patient Care Navigator:With you every step of the way.Before you even begin using our health services, you’ll experience the

convenience and personalized service of the Center for Women & Infants.

Our Patient Care Navigator — a free service that we provide to all the

Center’s patients — is your personal healthcare guide. She will always be

on hand to direct you to diagnostic and treatment services, support groups

and other local resources. If you have questions about your care or your

appointments, she will help you find answers and locate the physicians who

fit your needs.

Call your Patient Care Navigator at ..or visit us online at CenteredOnMe.com.

Diagnostics:The inside story of your health.We make it easy to get the diagnostic and imaging services you need in one location.

No running around town from one imaging center to another. You save time and

energy, and we help you get the services you need when you need them.

For pregnant women, we provide — in addition to ultrasound services through

every stage of your pregnancy — fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to assist

your physician in diagnosing possible brain, spine and other abnormalities in un-

born babies or problems with the mother’s placenta.

For women who are not pregnant, we offer a full range of diagnostic imaging

for every stage of your life, from ultrasound and sonohysterograms for evaluating

the uterine lining, to digital

screening and diagnostic mam-

mography, to pelvic MRI and

bone density testing. Tests to

assess and diagnose fertility

problems also are available.

X-ray, CT and PET scanning detect various problems, from muscle and bone

injuries to neurological disorders and cancer to heart disease. You can count on us

to provide superior imaging and diagnostic testing in a spa-like setting.

Our diagnostic waiting room lets busy

women relax while they wait with

robes, calming decor, freeWi-Fi and

complimentary chair massages.

CENTERED ON WHAT WOMEN WANT

Preconceptionto Birth: One-of-a-kind care.The Center for Women & Infants excels in all areas of the birthing experience.

We’re perhaps best known for our award-winning maternity services — the

place women in South Florida choose most often to have their babies.

In fact, South Miami Hospital has been delivering babies for more than

50 years. Yet, for women having difficulties conceiving, the Center also offers

resources to the area’s top fertility specialists, who not only treat infertility,

but can preserve fertility and can also reverse some tubal ligations. We also

provide a comprehensive education program for parents. Our doctors and

anesthesiologists are Board-certified and our nurses are renowned for their

caring and expertise.

Our Maternal-Fetal Special Care Unit, the only one of its kind in South

Florida, provides advanced care for expectant mothers and their unborn infants

24 hours a day. We care for high-risk mothers with a variety of conditions, such

as hypertension, diabetes, pre-eclampsia and preterm labor. The medical

team, led by a maternal-fetal specialist, also performs ultrasound-guided

procedures to correct anemia, conduct chromosome testing and treat fetal

bladder obstructions or lung problems, while the baby is still in the womb.

Neonatal Intensive Care andChild Development: Helping childrenachieve their potential.

If your newborn needs special care and observation, our Neonatal Inten-

sive Care Unit (NICU) is here for you, staffed by a team of specialized physi-

cians and nurses. Our NICU has 23 Level II beds and 15 Level III beds.

The Level III NICU provides care to babies weighing less than 2.2 pounds

and neonatal surgery to infants who require it. All Level III NICU patient

rooms are private to offer a calming, healing environment to the babies

and their families.

South Miami Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit was the first hos-

pital in Miami-Dade County to have Board-certified physicians specializing

in neonatal care in the hospital around the clock. The unit also was first in

the community to offer innovative treatments, including inhaled nitric

oxide, for respiratory problems in premature babies.

The neonatal transport team, also the first of its

kind in South Florida, is staffed by experienced

professionals, who transport infants from other

medical facilities to South Miami Hospital. The

NICU also advocated lawmakers to mandate

hearing tests for all newborns in the state of

Florida.

Since 1993, our Child Development Center has

provided high-quality diagnostic and early intervention

services to help children reach their full capabilities in all areas of devel-

opment. Our team of specialists includes developmental pediatricians,

occupational and physical therapists, psychologists, speech/language

pathologists, social workers and audiologists, most of whom speak both

English and Spanish. Our program is known for having the highest

standards of quality and expertise in pediatric development assessment,

intervention and care.

Umbilical Cord Blood Collection:Unique to South Florida.

The Center for Women & Infants houses the only public umbilical cord

blood collection center in South Florida. We deliver more than 4,000 babies

each year. Our location in the heart of culturally diverse Miami makes us

the perfect epicenter for the collection of umbilical cord blood, which is

rich in stem cells. Research has found that cord blood can be used to treat

more than 70 diseases of the blood, including leukemia and sickle cell

anemia. Parents may choose to donate their newborn’s umbilical cord

blood, which would otherwise be discarded as medical waste.

Surgical and Gynecological Services:Coordinating the best treatmentoptions for you.

The Center for Women & Infants makes coping with cancer less confusing

and more convenient. Whether you require breast surgery, breast recon-

struction or radiation to treat cancer, you can count on us to always provide

compassionate, expert care.

If you have symptomatic fibroids, our Fibroid Center (opening late 2010)

combines all of the services you need in one location. A multidisciplinary

team of specialists will evaluate your needs and develop an individualized

treatment plan. The team includes a gynecologic surgeon, as well as diag-

nostic and interventional radiologists, who will work

together to determine your best treatment options.

Our surgical team offers robotic surgery, which

involves smaller incisions, less pain and quicker

recovery times than traditional surgery. Laparo-

scopic surgery and myomectomy are also

available, as well as uterine fibroid embolization

when appropriate. This minimally invasive proce-

dure blocks the blood flow to uterine fibroids.

Our Urodynamic Testing Lab, part of our diagnostic

services, evaluates symptoms such as urinary incontinence or painful

urination and provides treatment options, such as pelvic floor rehabilitation.

For women needing more advanced treatment options, we offer surgery to

correct pelvic organ prolapse and incontinence.

Of course, the Center for Women & Infants offers a full range of gyne-

cological and cancer treatment services. Your Patient Care Navigator can

help guide you to the diagnostic and treatment services you need.

Lifestyle Services:For a healthier, happier you.We can help you navigate a broad range of healthy lifestyle services. We offer

medical and surgical weight-loss programs, cosmetic medicine and surgery,

as well as smoking cessation programs and support groups. If you’re looking

to become a fitter, healthier, happier you, we can help.

In addition to our medical weight-loss programs, we also offer a surgical

option. Weight-loss (bariatric) surgery is recognized by the National

Institutes of Health as a viable treatment option for obesity. South Miami

Hospital has been designated as a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence

by the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery. We perform

these weight-loss surgery procedures:

� Gastric bypass reduces the size of your stomach and reroutes thedigestive system.

� Adjustable gastric bands and gastric sleeves reduce the volume ofyour stomach so food intake is restricted.

“Centered on Me.”

Think of the Center for Women & Infants as

your one-stop shopping destination for all your

healthcare needs. We combine personalized

care with decades of experience, all in a

convenient setting. And your Patient Care

Navigator makes getting the services you

need even easier. Once you’ve experienced

the way healthcare should be, you’ll say,

“The Center for Women & Infants at South

Miami Hospital really is centered on me!”

THE CENTER FOR WOMEN & INFANTS OFFERS:

� Maternity services, parent education classes, infertility treatmentand reproductive medicine, as well as specialized care for high-riskpregnancies and unborn babies, including fetal blood transfusionsto correct Rh incompatibility.

� Level II and III neonatal intensive care units with highly specializedmedical personnel, including neonatal transport and surgical teams,to care for premature or sick newborns.

� Child Development Center to evaluate and treat infants andchildren as they grow and develop.

� Women’s healthy lifestyle services, including a Bariatric SurgeryCenter of Excellence-designated surgical weight-loss program, aswell as medical weight-loss and cosmetic surgery.

� Diagnostic testing, including digital mammography to detectbreast cancer, MRI, fetal MRI to detect problems in unborn babies,PET/CT, ultrasound, X-ray, coronary artery imaging and bonedensity testing, as well as a urodynamics lab to diagnose and treatproblems with the bladder.

� Breast cancer surgery, breast reconstruction and radiation to treatdifferent types of cancer.

� Gynecological services, including minimally invasive robotic surgery,a program to treat fibroids and cancer treatment.

� Our Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Center allows parentsto donate for free their newborn’s umbilical cord blood to be usedworldwide to treat more than 70 diseases of the blood, includingleukemia and sickle cell anemia.

Call your Patient Care Navigator at ..or visit us online at CenteredOnMe.com.

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