Dr. Ravi Chandra Appointed to Florida Board of Medicine

Ocala Vascular Surgeon, Dr. Ravi Chandra, Appointed to Florida Board of Medicine Dr. Ravi Chandra, Medical Director of Surgical Specialists of Ocala and the Vein Center of North Florida, was appointed to the Florida Board of Medicine by Governor Ron DeSantis on April 4, 2021. Florida Board of Medicine The Florida Board of Medicine is a state agency tasked with regulating the practice of medicine across Florida. Its mission is to protect and enhance [...]

By |2021-05-24T14:09:16+00:00May 10th, 2021|News|0 Comments

Dr. Erin Moore begins the latest in abdominal aortic aneurysm treatment

Dr. Erin Moore, MD FACS RPVI, Chief of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery and Director of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville, FL has enrolled his first two patients in the FDA trial for the Gore Excluder CEXC® conformable stent graft for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms with an angulated infra-renal neck of 60-90 degrees. Aortic aneurysms are abnormal dilations of the largest blood [...]

By |2020-04-20T10:51:42+00:00January 23rd, 2018|News|0 Comments

Newer device gives surgeons flexibility in repairing abdominal aortic aneurysms

About 200,000 new cases of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are diagnosed annually in the U.S., and 1.5 million people are living with abdominal aortic aneurysms. Tragically, around 15,000 people die annually from a ruptured AAA, many of them having never been diagnosed in the first place. Finding them early and keeping them from rupturing is critical. A new clinical trial starting at Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville in December [2016] [...]

By |2020-04-20T10:52:47+00:00September 1st, 2016|News|0 Comments

Mediscoop Magazine features an article on aortic dissection

Maynard Eilers doesn’t shy away from talking about his experience at St. Vincent’s. Ask his thoughts and he won’t hesitate to tell you about the miracle workers adorned with employee badges roaming the halls of our health system. Of course, if anyone were to know a miracle when they see it, it would be Maynard. In December 2013, his wife rushed him to the emergency room at St. Vincent’s [...]

By |2020-04-20T10:53:14+00:00May 1st, 2016|News|0 Comments

Local doctor Mark Mostovych on his career, hobbies and unique outlook on medicine

Cancer has a way of clarifying one’s life. At least that was the case with Dr. Mark Mostovych. Encouraged to go into the field of medicine by his parents, Mostovych attended medical school at the University of Louisville before completing his residency at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). After stints in Boston and then Dallas, he was recruited by St. Vincent’s Medical Center and came to Jacksonville. “Subsequent to coming [...]

By |2020-04-20T10:53:44+00:00October 13th, 2015|News|0 Comments

Dr. Erin Moore performs new angioplasty procedure at Baptist Medical Center Downtown

For years, James Sanders could not manage the short walk from his home to his mailbox without severe pain in his right leg. His leg was always cold. But Wednesday he was Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville’s first patient to undergo a new angioplasty treatment forperipheral artery disease, which had   caused his leg pain and circulatory problems. By Thursday, thanks to a tiny drug-coated balloon that reopens clogged arteries, [...]

By |2020-04-20T10:54:48+00:00October 19th, 2014|News|0 Comments

Cardiothoracic and vascular surgeons leading the way

The physicians on the Pivotal Surgical Partners team are committed to providing patients with cardiac, thoracic and vascular conditions with the most advanced surgical procedures and minimally invasive treatments. Many of our surgeons are known industry-wide for their pioneering work in the cardiothoracic, vascular and endovascular fields, and for educating other surgeons and medical students in the use of new procedures and techniques. Learn more about our physicians by [...]

By |2020-04-20T10:57:08+00:00April 9th, 2014|News|0 Comments
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