Cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Melissa Levack has joined the Palm Beach Health Network Physician Group. She is on staff at Delray Medical Center and Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center. Levack focuses on aortic and valve disease. She has earned numerous honors for clinical excellence and investigation, and has presented her work nationally and internationally. Levack’s office is at 5352 Linton Blvd., Suite 100, Delray Beach.
HCA Florida JFK Hospital makes top 5% for third year in a row
HCA Florida JFK Hospital was recently named one of America’s 250 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades, placing the hospital in the top 5% of U.S. hospitals for clinical performance based on patient outcomes for the third year in a row.
New operating room to help robotic, other surgical procedures
Delray Medical Center has opened a state-of-the-art, $1.9 million operating room designed to support advanced robotic and minimally invasive procedures. The operating room is equipped to support specialties that include urology, breast surgery, general surgery, ENT, thoracic surgery and interventional pulmonology.
Biotech company closes deal on surgical, wound-care division
BioStem Technologies Inc., a biotechnology company with plans to move to Boca Raton, closed on a $15 million cash purchase of the surgical and wound care division of BioTissue Holdings Inc., with the potential for an additional regulatory milestone payment of up to $10 million for achieving 510(k) clearance for a new product, and potential commercial royalty milestone payments of up to $15 million.
The deal includes BioTissue’s trademarked Neox and Clarix product lines, which are used to promote wound healing and generated about $29 million in sales last year, according to company figures. BioStem, currently based in Pompano Beach, purchased 4 acres in the Research Park at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton for a new headquarters last year, with support from local incentives.
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