- Primary CareIf your insurance is an HMO/managed care plan and you are required to obtain a referral from your primary care physician, the referral must be obtained before you can be seen for an office visit.
- Emergency CareDO NOT WAIT! Inform the emergency room staff that you are a patient of CyberKnife Center of Miami, and they will contact us.
- Constipation
- Erectile Dysfunction
- Pneumonia
- Labor and Delivery“Nothing worked. Instead I got hives and swollen eyes. I couldn’t go on the air. It was affecting my career. The pain was so bad in my legs that natural childbirth was a walk in the park.”
- Internal MedicineA medical oncologist must first complete residency training in internal medicine and then complete a fellowship in medical oncology. The medical oncologist works with the patient and their family to educate them about a cancer diagnosis and their treatment options.
- Kidney Cancer“The treatment was such a simple thing. I had absolutely no side effects and I don’t feel any different today than I did before kidney cancer.”
- Kidney StonesWhen 55-year-old Don Kearns landed in a urologists office with kidney stones the doctor also suggested a PSA test for prostate cancer since he’d never had one.
- Ovarian CancerThe cancer cells in her lungs turned out to be ovarian cancer cells and since the cancer was also found in her ovaries and the surrounding tissue, Mrs. Rich was diagnosed with Metastatic Ovarian Cancer. This means that her ovarian cancer cells spread to her lungs before she was diagnosed.
- Colon CancerYears later when his sister was diagnosed with colon cancer, he thought she too should go to CyberKnife Miami for treatment, but her doctor recommended surgery to remove the cancer and six months of chemotherapy.
- Prostate Cancer“When I was diagnosed with prostate cancer, I thought my world was coming to an end. I spoke with many men about their prostate cancer treatments and 95% told me that they had bad experiences with open surgery (prostatectomy) or standard radiation and many felt very sick from their treatments.” Those who elected surgery had long recuperations and some experienced side effects including frequent urination and ED, erectile dysfunction.
- Lung Cancer“I had lung cancer and was given 3 months to live. That was 5 years ago, and now my life expectancy is the same as any person without cancer.”
- Diabetes Care
- MRIThe CT data (MRI and PET-CT if required) is downloaded to the CyberKnife treatment-planning computer, where the medical physicist, radiation oncologist, and surgeon use advanced software to obtain a customized treatment plan. This procedure can take up to five days to complete.
- X-Rays
- Computed TomographyBefore CyberKnife treatment, you will meet with the radiation oncologist and surgeon to determine if CyberKnife is the best option for you. You may be required to undergo testing such as PET scan, CT scan, bone scan, blood work, biopsy, hearing tests, or fiducial placement prior to beginning the planning stage.
- ChemotherapyA medical oncologist is also an expert in drug and hormone cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy, and will put together a customized chemotherapy plan as needed for their patients.
- Radiation TherapyRadiation oncologists are the doctors who manage your radiation therapy treatments. The radiation oncologist works with other members of the radiation therapy team such a medical physicist and radiation therapist to develop your treatment plan and make sure that each treatment is given accurately.
- Radiation OncologyRadiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Radiation oncologists must first complete residency training in radiation oncology.
- NeurosurgeryMark determined that he wasn’t comfortable with their approaches or the risk levels associated with the surgeries, so he decided to seek out another opinion. He went to Stanford where he had a consultation with Lawrence Shuer, MD, professor of neurosurgery and chief of staff for Stanford Hospital and Clinics.
- Hysterectomy“Back to the Oncologist I went to talk about what would come next”, she said. The Oncologist recommended a radical hysterectomy, surgical removal of the ovaries, or she could have standard radiation treatments which can take several months to complete. “I’m not having surgery, said Mrs. Rich, nor do I want to go through radiation treatments. At my age, undergoing surgery will not have a positive outcome and I will not put myself through that”.
- LesionsIs the most advanced radiosurgery technique available for the treatment of cancerous and non-cancerous lesions and tumors throughout the body.
- Physical Therapy
- Back Pain
- Foot Pain