The world of heart transplants is changing, and a Cleveland Clinic physician is leading the way.

In this episode of Florida Health Care Insider, presented by Cleveland Clinic in partnership with The South Florida Business Journal, Dr. Antonio Polanco, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Cleveland Clinic, discusses emerging technologies that make donation-after-circulatory-death (DCD) transplants possible and how this type of transplant can benefit patients.

“My hope is that we can make heart transplants a reality for more patients who have been waiting a really long time,” Polanco said.

Listen to hear more about:

- What DCD heart transplantation entails (1:32)

- How new technologies make these transplants possible (5:16)

- Differences for patients receiving DCD heart transplants (13:00)

- The impact of pushing new procedures forward (19:45)

As the rate of hernia surgeries in the U.S. increases, Cleveland Clinic’s board-certified surgeons are leading the way in solutions and surgical techniques.

“We look at every hernia differently and say, ‘What do I think is going to be the best repair for that patient?’” said Dr. Eric Owings, chief of surgery at Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital.

In this episode of Florida Health Care Insider, presented by Cleveland Clinic in partnership with The South Florida Business Journal, Owings discusses the different approaches to repairing hernias and how they are changing patient lives for the better.

Listen to hear about:

- The different types of hernias (2:36)

- Hernia repairs with robotics (5:42)

- How the Cleveland Clinic team manages complex cases (11:31)

- Patient success stories (14:54)

About one in eight men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year in the United States.

“Having a first-degree relative with prostate cancer significantly increases the patient’s possibility of having prostate cancer. That’s why it’s so important to undertake screening,” says Dr. Carrington Mason, a urologist with Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital.

In this episode of Florida Health Care Insider, presented by Cleveland Clinic Florida in partnership with the South Florida Business Journal, Mason is joined by Dr. Jamil Syed, also a urologist with Cleveland Clinic, to discuss the alternative methods to treating prostate disease successfully.

Listen to this episode to hear about:

· Why patients are choosing active monitoring over traditional routine screening (11:58)

· Focal therapy treatment (16:16)

· How Cleveland Clinic treats prostate disease (19:10)