Mikah’s Story

Living a normal life with a rare form of glioblastoma One day in January 2018, Mikah Phillips came home from school with a headache. After it persisted, his…

Renowned neuroscientists to join UF Health, propel discovery of treatments for neurological diseases

March 18, 2019

Three renowned neuroscientists from top U.S. research institutions will join the newly established Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at UF…

University of Florida is the premiere center in the state with a comprehensive program focused on malignant and benign skull base tumors

The University of Florida Department of Otolaryngology at the UF College of Medicine – part of UF Health, the Southeast’s most comprehensive academic health…

UF Health opens Heart & Vascular, Neuromedicine hospitals in December

November 2, 2017

UF Health will expand on its mission of patient-centered care when the UF Health Heart & Vascular Hospital and the UF Health Neuromedicine Hospital begin…

Pulmonary hypertension drug shows promise for possible new use: preventing brain damage after stroke

June 7, 2017

A drug already approved for use in humans to treat pulmonary hypertension now shows promise in an animal model for protecting against brain damage and…

Immunotherapy for Brain Cancer

April 29, 2016

Each year, more than 200,000 people in the United States receive the chilling diagnosis of a primary or metastatic brain tumor. The sheer number of these cases…

Internationally renowned neurologist to lead UF department of neurology

November 4, 2015

University of Florida College of Medicine leaders have appointed Michael S. Okun, M.D., chair of the department of neurology. Okun, a professor in the…

Neural stem cell implants hold promise for treating epilepsy, other neurological disorders

May 1, 2015

A team of University of Florida Health researchers has successfully transplanted human stem cells that developed into fully functional neurons in a mouse…