UHealth – University of Miami Health System and the Miller School of Medicine push the boundaries of medical science every day. Our documentary series Breakthrough Medicine goes inside our university-based health system to demonstrate what sets us apart. Tune in to watch our patients and physicians confront real-life medical challenges and to share in extraordinary triumphs as UHealth’s medical pioneers discover new solutions to improve patients’ lives and give them renewed hope.

Sports Injuries Threaten Active Futures
In this episode of Breakthrough Medicine, UHealth’s television documentary series, we watch as UHealth Sports Medicine experts give a young woman with a severe knee condition the opportunity to live an active, pain-free life by replacing her meniscus with tissue transplanted from a donor knee.

We also follow the story of a young football player as he learns lifesaving lessons about concussions from rough play on the field, and find out tips on how everyday athletes should treat routine sports injuries.

You can read more about UHealth Sports Medicine in the Winter 2009 issue of University of Miami Medicine, visit our Frequently Asked Questions page, or view the post-show Web chat transcripts below. We also invite you to learn more about Dr. Lee Kaplan and Dr. Gillian Hotz, two of the UHealth physicians who were featured in the episode.

“Sports Injuries Threaten Active Futures” will re-air on Saturday, January 30 at 1:30 p.m. on Channel 10 (ABC).