As Union County High School’s football coach and athletic director, Ronny Pruitt knows plenty about tough battles on the field.

By Karin Lillis The University of Florida Sepsis and Critical Illness Research Center continues to spearhead research to develop clinical solutions for sepsis, as well as illnesses that stem from it and their enduring effects. The center, one of the first of its kind in the nation, studies long-term…

Three-time world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali died of septic shock “due to unspecified natural causes,” a family spokesperson told reporters on Saturday.

Several physicians and other clinicians from the University of Florida (UF) Department of Surgery and UF Health’s intensive care units attended and participated in the 45th Critical Care Congress, the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s annual conference. They included Frederick Moore, M.D., a professor and chief of acute care…

Five UF surgeons and three graduates of UF’s surgical residency program were initiated in October as fellows in the American College of Surgeons. The convocation took place in Chicago, the location of the college’s 2015 meeting. New fellows include: UF faculty:   Scott C. Brakenridge,…

Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., a well-known organization that rates health care providers, has named eight UF surgeons among the nation’s “top doctors” for 2015:   Kenneth Andreoni, M.D., associate professor, UF division of transplantation surgery Kevin E. Behrns, M.D., chairman of the department of surgery…

Philip A. Efron, M.D., FACS, FCCM, an associate professor at the UF College of Medicine and medical director for UF Health Shands Hospital’s surgical intensive care units, has been awarded an investigator-initiated research grant (R01) from the National Institutes of Health for his project titled, “Hematopoietic Stem Cell Dysfunction…

The UF Department of Surgery was well represented at this year’s Shock Society National Meeting, held by the North American/United States Shock Society, a professional organization whose mission is to improve the care of victims of trauma, shock and sepsis. Presentations from UF Department of Surgery faculty, residents and staff…

R. Stephen Smith, M.D., RDMS, FACS has joined the UF department of surgery as a professor of acute care surgery. Dr. Smith earned his medical degree at the University of Arkansas and completed his residency at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita. He was a trauma/surgical…