Discovery could lead to new preventative and curative treatments.

Jamie Beth Conti, M.D., was appointed chief of the division of cardiovascular medicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine.

Shands and the University of Florida have been recognized by the Myelodysplastic Syndromes Foundation as a center of excellence for research and patient care of myelodysplastic syndromes, cancers that affect bone marrow.

On the eve of the new year 2009, Bill Hahn (left) received a kidney-pancreas transplant with help from members of the Renal Transplant Program at Shands at the University of Florida medical center. This week he and fellow surfer and transplant recipient Richard Salik are preparing for the 24th annual National Kidney Foundation Surf Festival, slated for Sept. 3 to Sept. 7 at Cocoa Beach.

Anthony A. Bavry, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of medicine at the COM, has been named the Stop Heart Disease Researcher of the Year by the Florida Heart Research Institute.

Christopher Cogle, M.D., assistant professor of medicine at the COM collaborates on a book focused on cancer microenvironment.

Patients, visitors and employees at the University of Florida Health Science Center campus and Shands HealthCare facilities throughout north central Florida are going Tobacco-Free Together.

U.S. News Media Group’s 2009 edition of America’s Best Hospitals lists Shands at UF among top 50 best hospitals.

HyGreen hand hygiene system can help reduce infections and save money by reminding hospital workers to clean their hands to remove pathogens.