Physicians at the University of Miami Sports Medicine Institute have closely examined the inconsistencies in recent literature between risk factor and injury occurrence in triathletes. Carolyn M. Kienstra, M.D., and Thomas M. Best, M.D., Ph.D., were contributors to an analysis published in the American College of Sports Medicine’s Current Sports Medicine Reports.
They say that whenever an angel gets its wings, a bell rings. The bell that Miami resident Jorge Bustamante heard in his head three years ago may well have been a sign that his beloved daughter, Mikaela, whose life ended far too soon, had gotten her wings. But it also signaled the genesis of an idea Jorge had that would turn anguish into action, and tragedy into tribute.
Medical professionals from all over the world who care for critically ill newborn infants gathered in November at the Loews Miami Beach for the 41st International Miami Neonatology Conference, sponsored by the Miller School of Medicine and presented by the Department of Pediatrics’ Division of Neonatology.
