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Newly recognized syndrome keeps patients from full recovery, UF researchers say

University of Florida researchers have identified a medical condition they say keeps many intensive care, heart surgery and burn patients from recovering fully and returning home. Called persistent inflammation, immunosuppression and catabolism syndrome, or PICS, for short, the newly named condition defies existing treatments and leaves patients weak and unable…

UF burn surgeon wins research competition

Winston T. Richards, M.D., a clinical assistant professor of acute care surgery at the University of Florida College of Medicine, recently won first place in a burn research competition. Presenting at the 22nd Annual Southern Regional Burn Conference, Richards outlined predictions in a lack of resources for elderly burn patients…

Corporate grant enhances burn education at UF College of Medicine

Continuing to help better prepare students for their burn rotations, ConvaTec recently renewed a grant to the UF department of surgery’s burn education program. The $10,000 grant enables medical students, surgical residents and fellows to take the American Burn Association’s online advanced burn life support training during their first week…

UF’s Burn Center tests virtual reality disaster training

Forget the stethoscope — the video game controller could be the newest item you find in your doctor’s black bag. Medical trauma doctors and nurses throughout Florida will begin testing an interactive training program developed by University of Florida experts to model a mass…