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Dr. Christopher Forsmark receives Lifetime Achievement Award from APA

Dr. Christopher E. Forsmark, chief of the division of gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition at the University of Florida, was awarded the prestigious Vay Liang & Frisca Go Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Pancreatic Association, which was…

Congratulations to our new DoM Endowed Chairs!

Congratulations to our new endowed chairs: Azra Bihorac, MD – Davis DCI Chair Chris Cogle, MD – Chignon Professorship Jon Licht, MD – Rinker Family Chair For one department to fill 3 endowed chairs this…

Leading the way toward efficiency, effectiveness. Robert Leverence, MD, and Diana Richardson, MBA, co-chair the ‘Medicine Genocentricity’ team.

A coalition of more than 250 executive leaders, managers and frontline staff are working together to address key quality and patient experience measures amid the steadily increasing number of patients. Co-chairs Robert Leverence, MD, and Diana Richardson, MBA, of the Medicine Geocentricity team, used geolocation and a designated observation unit to help…

UF Health designated as one of 28 NPF centers for pancreatic cancer

The National Pancreas Foundation (NPF), a nonprofit organization that provides hope for those suffering from pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer, announced the designation of twenty-eight additional National Pancreas Foundation Centers for the treatment and care of patients with pancreatic cancer.

UF Health Travel Medicine Clinic

Offering travelers country specific vaccinations and antibiotic prophylaxis not generally available at primary care practices, as well as health safety counseling. Whether your trip is for business or pleasure, we can help ensure you are protected. Vaccines available: Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis A/B Combo HPV Japanese Encephalitis…

Dr. Drusano – Lake Nona $12 Million Grant for Accelerating the Cure for Tuberculosis

UF has been awarded a five-year, $12 million grant (P01AI123036) titled: “Optimizing Combination Therapy to Accelerate Clinical Cure of Tuberculosis.” Principal investigators George Drusano, M.D., and Arnold Louie, M.D., director and co-director, respectively, of UF’s Institute for Therapeutic Innovation at Lake Nona, are joined by several collaborators in this program project…