Mount Sinai Medical Center is a national leader in minimally invasive lung surgery and one of a select few hospitals in South Florida offering robotic lung surgery which requires less time in the hospital and offers a quicker recovery. Mount Sinai provides the least invasive diagnostic tools and advanced imaging capabilities so doctors can determine the best course of treatment with minimal discomfort.
Mount Sinai Medical Center's integrated, multidisciplinary Lung Center brings together physicians from several different specialties who work collaboratively to chart the most effective course of treatment for patients with lung cancer and other thoracic malignancies. The physicians, whose specialties include oncology, radiation oncology, radiology, pathology, thoracic surgery and pulmonary medicine, meet to review cases, evaluate test results and coordinate each patient's care.
Advanced Technology
Mount Sinai is a leader in technological advances in the field of minimally invasive thoracic surgery. Patients experience reduced trauma to muscles, tissues and nerves; less overall pain; a shorter hospital stay; fewer complications; faster recuperation; and a quicker return to normal activities.
Robotic Video-Assisted Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
Minimally invasive robotic thoracic surgery is a relatively new and extremely promising procedure available primarily at academic medical centers. Mount Sinai thoracic surgeon Roy Williams, M.D., is one of only a few surgeons in the nation with experience in the procedure. He incorporates the robotic platform into minimally invasive surgeries for localized early stage lung cancer.
"It's a big advantage for patients," Dr. Williams said. "The visualization is better, thanks to a 3D high-definition camera, and the instrumentation is finer. The incisions are even smaller, which means even less soft tissue damage, less rib spreading, reduced blood loss, a lower risk of infection and a shorter hospital stay. It also means that we can operate minimally invasively on more high-risk patients, such as older patients."
Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS)
EBUS allows for a minimally invasive, highly effective means of diagnosing lung cancer and other diseases through ultrasound. Mount Sinai is one of only a few medical centers in South Florida with this technology.
Optiflow™
This high-flow, heated, humidified, oxygen therapy is a non-invasive approach to delivering oxygen through the nostrils. Used for many types of respiratory failure, Optiflow eliminates the need to place certain patients on a mechanical respirator.
Respiratory Recovery Program
This acute-care program provides transitional care for respiratory patients after they leave the Intensive Care Unit. It uses a multidisciplinary approach in a closely monitored, supportive environment to improve breathing and lung function and maximize each patient's recovery.
Pulmonary Care
Mount Sinai's Lung Center provides a wide breadth of pulmonary services as part of its commitment to comprehensive, state-of the art care. Highlights include:
Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic
Mount Sinai offers a weekly clinic with South Florida's only multidisciplinary team specialized in pulmonary hypertension.
Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU)
Every day, pulmonologists address the respiratory needs of critically ill patients in the MICU. This service has extensively reduced the time patients spend on mechanical ventilators in the MICU.
Pulmonary Function Testing Laboratory
Patients from throughout Miami-Dade County and beyond seek testing and treatment at Mount Sinai's laboratory, widely recognized as a center for the evaluation of both adults and children experiencing unexplained shortness of breath.
Sleep Laboratory
Mount Sinai has a fully accredited sleep lab for the evaluation and treatment of sleep apnea and other sleep disorders.
Clinical Trials Exclusive to Mount Sinai
Thoracic oncology patients have access to cutting-edge research through Mount Sinai's CCOP, the only adult clinical research program in the state of Florida funded through a grant from the National Cancer Institute and the National Institutes of Health.
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