Comprehensive, Future-Facing Pediatric Thyroid Cancer Care
Thyroid cancer is rare in kids but is on the rise, especially in teens. Nicklaus Children's Hospital offers personalized care using molecular testing and works with a network of experts to improve treatment. Their team provides top-notch diagnostics, surgery, and support, making sure families stay informed and involved throughout the process.

Advanced, Personalized Care for Children with Thyroid Cancer
Although a rare type of pediatric cancer, thyroid cancer in children is on the rise. The multidisciplinary team in the thyroid cancer program at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital is dedicated to providing advanced, comprehensive diagnosis and treatment options while offering families support every step of the way.

Neural-Enabled Prosthetic Hand (NEPH) System Developed at FIU restores sensation to first human subject
The NEPH system, developed at Florida International University by Ranu Jung and her Adaptive Neural Systems Laboratory team, restores a sense of touch/grasp force and hand opening by stimulating sensory nerve fibers in the residual limb with fine wires implanted inside nerves. Implantation of the device was performed by Dr. Aaron Berger and his team from Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. Berger is a hand and peripheral nerve surgeon who holds an appointment in FIU’s Department of Biomedical Engineering. 

Miami Children's Hospital Performs First Nerve Repair Surgery Using Avance Nerve® Graft Technology
The Avance® Nerve Graft isa valuable new tool that is changing how the surgical reconstruction of injured brachial plexus nerves is approached. Dr. John A. I. Grossman used this new technology to repair a brachial plexus injury on a 6 month-old baby girl.