Meet the Experts
In partnership with Baptist Health South Florida, the Health Channel, features medical specialists who discuss important health issues and answer live audience questions. Meet some of our contributors:
Dr. Maria L. Alcaide
Professor of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Dr. Alcaide is an Infectious Diseases specialist, Professor of Medicine, OB/GYN, and Public Health Sciences, and Director of Clinical Research, at the Infectious Diseases Research Unit, and the Miami Center For AIDS Research (CFAR) Clinical Core at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. […]
Dr. Harry Aldrich
“It’s an important part for everybody to take part in their own care to prevent heart disease, and the main part of doing that is to be sure that you’re not becoming overweight, keeping your blood pressure under control, and watching your cholesterol not go up,” says Dr. Harry Aldrich, Medical Director, Echocardiography, EKG and […]
Jeanette Alonso, LMHC
What is orthorexia? Jeanette Alonso, Licensed Psychotherapist, explains how patients with it behave with an extreme avoidance of some types of food, and how common it is. How can you know the severity of someone’s eating disorder? Jeanette Alonso, Licensed Psychotherapist, explains how she determines if their patients need an outpatient treatment or if they […]
Dr. Carlos Alvarado
Hip replacement is a very common surgery and Dr. Carlos Alvarado, Orthopedic Surgeon with Miami Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Institute, explains how it is performed and how the replacement works. The doctor asserts this procedure guarantees that the area will not degenerate or hurt anymore. Dr. Carlos Alvarado, Orthopedic Surgeon with Miami Orthopedics & Sports […]
Sandra Amador, ARNP
Sandra Amador, ARNP, Medical Surgical Nurse with Baptist Hospital of Miami, explains nosocomial infections are the infections acquired in the hospital setting. She says for the nursing staff, and for the healthcare team, it is very important to have a designated person to take decisions if the patient is not able to do it if […]
Dr. Donna Amaignac
Director of Best Practice & Center for Advanced Analytics with Baptist Health South Florida
Dr. Andre Anderson
Dr. Andre Anderson, Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellow with Miami Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute, says some of the common injuries are the lower extremity injuries, and as physicians they have to know how to deal with them on the field. Dr. Michael Swartzon, Primary Care Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Physician with Miami Orthopedics and […]