Treatment Options for Symptomatic Uterine Fibroids
Jackson North Medical Center is a 382-bed acute care center located in North Miami Beach that serves the residents of north Miami-Dade and south Broward counties. We offer a variety of services, including 24-hour adult and pediatric emergency care, maternity, orthopedics, surgery, psychiatry and inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation. We are also home to specialized centers, including the Weight-Loss Surgery Center, Wound Care Center, Center for Mental Health and the Pain and Spine Institute.
Jackson North is also proud to be affiliated with Florida International University's Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. Many of the college's faculty have joined the Jackson North staff and are practicing at the medical center, bringing cutting-edge techniques, treatment and research to the facility. Our team of community physicians also assists in achieving our academic mission.
An alarming 20 to 40 percent of women ages 35 to 55 have symptomatic uterine fibroids. The incidence is twice as common among African-American women. Fibroid symptoms present themselves in different ways, including, but not limited to, heavy menstrual bleeding often leading to anemia, painful periods, pelvic pressure, frequent urination, pain during intercourse and lower back pain.
If you have been diagnosed with uterine fibroids or are suffering from the symptoms mentioned above, please call Adam S. Gropper, M.D., an interventional radiologist and associate chief of Radiology at Jackson North Medical Center and make your appointment today! 305-654-3090
Seza Gulec, M.D., F.A.C.S., chief of Surgical Oncology at Florida International University's Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, is an active member of the comprehensive cancer program at Jackson North Medical Center. The cancer program integrates surgical and nuclear oncology, offering a unique model utilizing PET and CT-guided surgical treatment planning, and radionuclide therapy for advanced cancers. Dr. Gulec focuses on the treatment of liver cancer, using radiomicrosphere therapy to help destroy tumors from the inside out.
Dr. Gulec will also be leading a special symposium for physicians in October titled Y-90 Radiomicrosphere Therapy of Liver Cancer. For additional information and/or to register, click here.
For more information about our liver cancer therapy program, click here.
Currently, one in three adults in the United States is overweight. Obesity creates serious health risks including high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, stroke and some forms of cancer. Our Weight-Loss Surgery Center is led by well-known bariatric surgeon Jorge L. Sosa, M.D. Dr. Sosa has performed more than 1,800 gastric bypass procedures, which he does through a laparoscope, thus improving recovery time and leaving much smaller scars.
Free information sessions about bariatric surgery are offered at Jackson North the first Thursday of every month at 6:30 p.m. For more information on the program, click here or call 1-866-931-TRIM.
