CORAL GABLES, Fla. (August 14, 2014) — With 70 percent of Americans lacking the knowledge to perform CPR, the University of Miami, Jackson Health System, and Miami-Dade County Public Schools, in collaboration with the American Red Cross and the American Heart Association, will host CPR Day Miami, a free, countywide training event for participants 11 and older on Saturday, September 6.  Available at seven locations, the 90-minute training sessions are offered multiple times between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

The official opening ceremony for CPR Day Miami takes place from 10 to 11 a.m. at UM’s BankUnited Center Fieldhouse, with UM President Donna E. Shalala, Alberto Carvalho, superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, and Carlos Migoya, president and CEO of Jackson Health System, in attendance.

Online registration, which is required, will be available until noon on Friday, September 5.

The importance of knowing how to perform CPR made international headlines this past February when then 5-month-old Sebastian de la Cruz stopped breathing in the backseat of his aunt’s car. His aunt, Pamela Rauseo, performed lifesaving CPR on Sebastian on the side of a busy Miami expressway, as a Miami Herald photographer captured dramatic images of the harrowing ordeal.

Sebastian was rushed to Holtz Children’s Hospital at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center, and today is healthy, happy, and getting ready to celebrate his first birthday in September.

CPR Day Miami’s sponsoring organizations and their affiliates, which also include local fire and labor unions, have joined forces to bring this lifesaving skill to thousands of families on September 6 at the following locations throughout Miami-Dade County:

University of Miami
Fieldhouse at BankUnited Center
1245 Dauer Drive, Coral Gables

John A. Ferguson Senior High School
15900 S.W. 56th Street, Miami

Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School
1410 N.E. 215th Street, Miami

Greater Miami & The Keys Chapter of the American Red Cross
335 S.W. 27th Avenue, Miami

Coral Reef Senior High School
10101 S.W. 152nd Street, Miami

Booker T. Washington Senior High School
1200 N.W. Sixth Avenue, Miami

Hialeah Gardens Senior High School
11700 Hialeah Gardens Boulevard, Hialeah Gardens

MIAMI, Fla. (June 13, 2014) – Holtz Children’s Hospital at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center is among the nation’s top children’s hospitals, according to U.S. News & World Report’s recently published 2014-15 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings. The rankings feature the top 50 hospitals in each of the 10 pediatric specialties. Read the full story

Holtz Children’s Hospital ranked in six specialties in U.S. News & World Report’s 2013-14 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings.

Holtz Children’s Hospital at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center is among the nation’s best, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2013-14 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings, published online June 11. The rankings feature 50 hospitals in each of the 10 pediatric specialties.

Holtz was ranked in six specialties this year: 22nd in gastroenterology and GI surgery, 22nd in nephrology, 32nd in neonatology, 38th in urology, 40th in cardiology and heart surgery, and 45th in diabetes and endocrinology. Most notably, Holtz improved its ranking in five of these specialties: gastroenterology and GI surgery, nephrology, neonatology, cardiology and heart surgery, and urology. Read the full story

During the University of Miami’s inaugural Week of Well-being this past April, more than 100 faculty, staff, and students came out to volunteer their time and talents to create beautiful cards for the children receiving care at the Department of Pediatrics and Holtz Children’s Hospital.

Your efforts during the Cards for Kids events resulted in some very cheerful cards that will undoubtedly brighten a child’s day. Now there is an opportunity to raise funds through the cards you created. The Department of Pediatrics will select one card for reprint, which will be sold for donations to continuously raise funds for the two pediatric facilities.

Your help is needed to choose the winning card. Visit the UM Department of Pediatrics Facebook page and “like” your top three favorites before May 31. Stay tuned to e-Veritas and e-Update to see which card is the ultimate Card for Kids.

U.S. News & World Report has ranked Holtz Children’s Hospital in eight specialties.

Holtz Children’s Hospital at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine/Jackson Memorial Medical Center is among the nation’s top children’s hospitals, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2012-13 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings, published online June 5. The rankings feature 50 hospitals in each of ten pediatric specialties.

Holtz was ranked in eight specialties this year: 26th in nephrology, 36th in diabetes and endocrinology, 38th in both gastroenterology and pulmonology, 39th in urology, 42nd in neonatology, 45th in cardiology and heart surgery, and 47th in orthopedics. Most notably, Holtz earned recognition in two previously unranked specialties, pulmonology and orthopedics, and improved its ranking in three others: gastroenterology, diabetes and endocrinology, and urology. Read the full story