The 131 graduates become physicians at the UF College of Medicine’s 53rd commencement ceremony.
Faculty in the News news at the College of Medicine
Realizing the dream
By Melanie Stawicki Azam • May 16th, 2013 • Category: Faculty in the News, Lead StoryRenowned physician passes
By Karen Dooley • Apr 25th, 2013 • Category: Faculty in the NewsOn Tuesday, a valued friend to the UF College of Medicine and one of Alachua County’s most respected and beloved physicians, Dr. Cullen W. Banks.
UF anesthesiologist, patient advocate extraordinaire, medical device expert passes away
By Czerne M. Reid • Dec 17th, 2012 • Category: Anesthesiology, Faculty in the NewsDavid Paulus, M.D., passed away unexpectedly Dec. 12 as he slept. He was 67.
UF receives funding for research into blinding diseases
By Christine D. Velasquez, APR • Dec 4th, 2012 • Category: Faculty in the News, OphthalmologyUF College of Medicine’s department of ophthalmology received a grant of $110,ooo to support research into the causes, treatment and prevention of blinding diseases.
UF delivers promise of personalized medicine to heart patients
By Contributing Writer • Jun 26th, 2012 • Category: Faculty in the News, Faculty Recognition, Medicine, VideoUF&Shands has joined leading medical center of the nation in taking a person’s genetic makeup into account during cardiac treatment.
Leading UF urologist appointed to elite organization
By April Frawley Birdwell • May 29th, 2012 • Category: Faculty in the News, Faculty Recognition, UrologyDr. Johannes Vieweg was recently selected to be a member of the most elite organization in the field of urology.
Pioneering neuroscientist who founded UF’s McKnight Brain Institute passes away
By John Pastor • Mar 26th, 2012 • Category: Faculty in the NewsFounding executive director of the Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida, died on Saturday, March 24, 2012, at Shands at UF medical center.
Commonly used vitamin could help produce ‘good’ cholesterol, UF researchers find
By Contributing Writer • Feb 13th, 2012 • Category: Faculty in the News, Medicine, Published PapersNicotinic acid could be more valuable than previously thought; UF research shows it could increase production of ‘good’ cholesterol.
New UF professorship in Jacksonville supports palliative care program for children
By Melanie Stawicki Azam • Oct 18th, 2011 • Category: Faculty in the News, Faculty RecognitionThe UF College of Medicine-Jacksonville and Community Hospice of Northeast Florida officials announced Oct. 18 that they have established the nation’s first partnership between a nonprofit hospice organization and an academic institution to create an endowed professorship in pediatric palliative care.
Urban Meyer helps open new Chest Pain E.R. at Shands at UF
By April Frawley Birdwell • Aug 26th, 2011 • Category: Emergency Medicine, Faculty in the News, Faculty RecognitionUF&Shands leaders celebrated the grand opening of Chest Pain E.R. at Shands with former Gator football coach, Urban Meyer.
