Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Broward Health celebrated the opening of its advanced robotic electrophysiology lab to treat heart rhythm disorders with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tours of the lab and other cardiac areas. Located at Broward Health Medical Center, the lab is the fifth in the nation and the first in Florida to be equipped with the latest robotic technology for cardiac ablation procedures using the Genesis Robotic Magnetic Navigation system by Stereotaxis.
Elected officials, including Florida State Representative Chip LaMarca and the City of Fort Lauderdale’s Vice Mayor Warren Sturman, M.D. and District 3 Commissioner Pamela Beasley-Pittman, joined hospital leaders on March 16 to celebrate the lab’s opening.
“Advancing patient care is our number one priority, and we are excited to make this unique technology available and expand our electrophysiology capabilities to treat the most complex heart arrhythmias with heightened precision,” said Ahmed F. Osman, M.D., medical director of the cardiac electrophysiology lab at Broward Health Medical Center.
The Genesis system’s robotic magnetic navigation brings the benefits of robotic precision and safety to cardiac ablation, a common, minimally invasive procedure to treat arrhythmias. Tens of millions of individuals worldwide suffer from arrhythmias – abnormal heart rhythms that result when the heart beats too quickly, too slowly, or with an irregular pattern.
“Broward Health is committed to adopting innovative technology and making it available to patients close to home,” said Shane Strum, President & CEO of Broward Health. “We are proud to be the first in Florida to introduce this system to further enhance the comprehensive range of advanced cardiac services we deliver to our community.”
Broward Health, founded in 1938 and headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, ranks among the 10 largest public healthcare systems in the United States. Nationally recognized for its focus on high-quality care for the residents of Broward County and beyond, Broward Health boasts five hospitals, two trauma centers, a dynamic academic partnership with Florida Atlantic University, was the county’s first statutory teaching hospital and has an ever-growing graduate medical education program. It includes more than 50 health centers and physician practices covering virtually every healthcare specialty.
Broward Health never stops working toward its mission of Exceptional Care, Extraordinary Compassion and Everyday Excellence. Driven by more than 11,000 talented employees and physicians who deliver care to all patients, regardless of their ability to pay, Broward Health is one of the largest employers in Broward County with an operating budget of $1.6 billion, and annually provides more than $522.6 million of charity and uncompensated care.
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