Steven J. Hughes, M.D., chief of the division of general surgery in the UF College of Medicine. Up to one-third of pancreatic cancer cases go undiagnosed through standard means of…
The University of Florida Health Shands Children’s Hospital ranks among the nation’s best pediatric hospitals in six medical specialties, according to the Best Children’s Hospitals rankings released today by U.S. News & World Report.
Julie Stortz, M.D. Julie Stortz, M.D., a fourth-year resident with the UF department of surgery, received the New Investigator Award from the Shock Society. The award, which includes a plaque, $650 and a $1,000 travel grant, was presented June 4 at the Shock Society’s…
Through a collaboration with the UF department of neurosurgery, Jessica Ching, M.D., an assistant professor…
Lisa Spiguel, M.D. Lisa Spiguel, M.D., an assistant professor in the division of general surgery’s surgical oncology service, has been inducted into the Chapman Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society as a faculty member in the University of Florida College of…
Joshua Carson, M.D. Joshua Carson, M.D., an assistant professor in the UF College of Medicine’s division of acute care surgery, has joined the editorial advisory board of the Journal of Burn Care and Research. Carson’s clinical interests include all aspects of burn surgery,…
The findings of a study led by researchers from the UF College of Medicine’s department of surgery suggest a standardized, multidisciplinary protocol helps improve the management of patients admitted to the hospital for acute gastrointestinal bleeding.
The University of Florida College of Medicine has approved a designated Sepsis and Critical Illness Research Center. The center stems from a UF department of surgery-led initiative established in 2014 through a $12 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, and builds on clinical and translational research that…
Ali Zarrinpar, M.D., Ph.D. Ali Zarrinpar, M.D., Ph.D., has joined the division of transplantation surgery in the University of Florida College of Medicine as an associate professor. Zarrinpar earned his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco, where he also obtained…
