R. Stephen Smith
UF Health opens hybrid OR for trauma patients
University of Florida Health Shands Hospital’s new hybrid OR suite integrates a standard operating room with interventional radiology equipment to allow for faster assessment and treatment of trauma patients. University of Florida Health Shands Hospital recently opened a new hybrid OR suite dedicated to trauma cases. The room integrates…
Area coach faced certain death from influenza
As Union County High School’s football coach and athletic director, Ronny Pruitt knows plenty about tough battles on the field.
Retired Naval captain, experienced acute care surgeon joins department faculty
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…