Delray Medical Center vascular surgeon Dr. Joseph Ricotta recently used the Spur Peripheral Retrievable Stent System to treat narrowed arteries below the knee. The device is a temporary support tube that helps keep arteries open after they’ve been widened with a balloon.
Unlike a regular stent, it can be removed once the artery is stabilized. Ricotta is the national medical director of vascular surgery and endovascular therapy for Tenet Healthcare, a professor at Florida Atlantic University’s School of Medicine, and founder of the Prime Vascular Institute.
Hospital receives Center of Excellence recognition
HCA Florida JFK Hospital was recently recognized as a Comprehensive Resuscitation Center of Excellence, a statewide initiative launched in 2022. The program was created by the Florida Resuscitation Center Committee, which aims to improve survival rates for sudden cardiac arrest.
Each year, about 350,000 individuals die from cardiac arrest in Florida, and it remains the third-leading cause of death in the United States as survival rates remain low despite advances in health care technology and in medical care.
“We bring together a multidisciplinary team, collaborate with the American Heart Association, and engage community partners to increase CPR training and awareness,” said Ken West, CEO of HCA Florida JFK Hospital. “Working hand-in-hand with local EMS agencies, we’ve built an aggressive, coordinated system of care that extends from the moment of cardiac arrest through recovery.”
New assistant chief nursing officer on leadership team
Lisisbell Melendrez, RN, BSN, has joined HCA Florida JFK Hospital’s leadership team as assistant chief nursing officer. Previously she worked at HCA Florida Kendall Hospital, where she served as director of telemetry, the central monitoring unit, and the medical specialty unit.
She earned her bachelor of science in nursing from Grand Canyon University and is pursuing her master of science in nursing from Walden University.
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