New chief of transplantation surgery joins UF

Dr. Jeffrey Fair, chief of transplantation surgery in University of Florida College of Medicine Jeffrey Fair, M.D., has joined the University of Florida…

UF names Dr. Daniel Meldrum the new chief of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

Daniel Meldrum, M.D., chief of the division of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. (Photo by Maria Farias/University of Florida) Daniel R. Meldrum, M.D.,…

UF researchers find chemical signals that initiate the body’s immune response

Cutline: (l-r) Lyle Moldawer, Ph.D., a professor and vice chairman of research in UF's department of surgery; and Matthew Delano, M.D., Ph.D., a UF surgical…

UF welcomes new chief of acute care surgery

Frederick A. Moore, M.D., has joined the University of Florida’s College of Medicine as the department of surgery’s chief of acute care surgery. (Photo…

UF researchers find surgical breast biopsies overused in Florida

Steven N. Hochwald, M.D., Stephen Grobmyer, M.D., Luke Gutwein, M.D., and several other University of Florida researchers found that open breast biopsies are…

UF surgeons, particle engineers receive grants to research breast cancer treatments

A team of UF College of Medicine and College of Engineering researchers has received three Department of Defense Breast Cancer Concept Awards and a grant from…

UF colorectal surgeon receives $1.5 million NIH grant to study colon cancer

Emina Huang, M.D. Emina Huang, M.D., an associate professor of surgery in the College of Medicine, has received a $1.52 million grant from the National…

New device packs power to analyze genes, proteins at patients’ bedside

Lyle L. Moldawer, Ph.D., a professor and vice chairman of research in the UF College of Medicine’s department of surgery and Elizabeth Warner, M.D., a surgical…

New chief of general surgery joins UF

Steven Hughes, chief of general surgery(Photo by Maria Farias/University of Florida) The UF College of Medicine’s Department of Surgery has named Steven J.…

Biomedical Sciences Building receives LEED Gold Certification

UF Biomedical Sciences Building (Photo by Alan Cheuvront) The University of Florida’s Biomedical Sciences Building has received Leadership in Energy and…

A healthy medium ~ The art of balancing social media and health care

When Karen Thurston Chavez learned her 1-year-old son, William, had a heart defect, she envisioned a worst-case scenario. "My immediate thought was, ‘I'm going…

Pediatricians say colleagues cautious about treating chronic pain in children

Lindsay A. Thompson, M.D., M.S., UF assistant professor of pediatrics (Photo by Sarah Kiewel/University of Florida) Many pediatricians don't think it's their…