Comprehensive, Compassionate Care

For more than 90 years, the Jackson Health System has been a cornerstone of the South Florida community, providing comprehensive medical care to all who need it. JHS is an internationally recognized academic medical system offering services ranging from routine care to rare, life-saving procedures.

One of America's Best Once Again

Once again, the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center has more specialties ranked among the best in America by U.S.News & World Report  than any other hospital in South Florida. Three specialties -- ear, nose and throat, neurology and neurosurgery, and geriatrics -- were ranked, and for the fifth year in a row, UM's Bascom Palmer Eye Institute earned top honors as the number one hospital in the country for opthalmology. Click here for more.

Holtz Children’s Hospital has more pediatric physicians on the “Best Doctors” in America list than any other children’s hospital in South Florida. To learn more about Holtz Children’s Hospital, click here.

Jackson News

14-Year-Old Girl Survives Without Heart for 118 Days at Holtz Children's Hospital

D'Zhana Simmons Believed to be First Pediatric Patient to Survive with Custom-Made Total Artificial Heart for this Length of Time 

Fourteen-year-old D’Zhana Simmons was kept alive for 118 days with a custom-made total artificial heart while awaiting a second transplant at Holtz Children’s Hospital at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center. She is believed to be the first pediatric patient to survive without a heart while her circulation was supported with the unique device.
Photo: D’Zhana Simmons (left) with her mother, Twolla Anderson

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Behind the Scenes

For a "behind the scenes" look at Jackson Health System, click on the photo for a narrated video tour of our facilities and more information about our programs.