Why Heart Patients Choose Jackson Heart Institute

Lloyd Henry, MD, has spent decades saving lives as a general surgeon at Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. At age 84, he had lived a healthy life with no prior medical concerns.

For a few months, Juan felt some discomfort in his stomach. To ease the pain, he’d drink water and feel better. The 63-year-old postal worker never suspected his stomach issues were a sign of heart failure. Then, he suffered a massive heart attack at home.

Earlier this summer, Jackson North Medical Center’s Emergency Department treated a familiar face. The patient was Raymond Sandler, MD, medical director of gastroenterology at Jackson Medical Group’s Jackson North location.

In mid-December, Brettlynn Wolff, 39, got tested for COVID-19 as a precaution for her family’s well being. Her test came back positive, and within a few days, she experienced what seemed to be a short-lived fainting spell.

Angelique Williamson exercised regularly and had even run marathons and competed in fitness competitions. So when the 53-year-old couldn’t climb a flight of stairs in her Bahamas home without feeling winded and out of breath, she knew something was wrong.

Three years ago, Coral was doing yard work outside his Downtown Miami home, when he unexpectedly began experiencing dyspneic (shortness of breath), became nauseous, and felt his heart racing.

South Florida native Brian Mealey, PhD, 64, is passionate about two things: science and his students at Palmer Trinity School in Palmetto Bay.

For Felipe Finale, 78, gardening in his Hialeah backyard and tending to his guanabana trees has always been one of his greatest pleasures.

Sheldon Edwards always prided himself on being healthy, athletic, and fit. The Cutler Bay resident played competitive sports throughout high school and college.