Trauma Care

Using the new test, caregivers may be able to predict if a patient is at risk for a dysfunctional inflammatory response and at a high risk of multi-organ failure.

Tyler Loftus, MD Fifth-Year Surgery Resident Q: When and how did you first decide you wanted to be a doctor? A: I decided I wanted to be a doctor when I was in high school. My parents are both chiropractors, and I was between chiropractic school and medical school.

Kevin Moore’s colorful tattoos serve as a reminder of his motorcycle accident and the care team at University of Florida Health who saved his life.

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…

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…

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…

The University of Florida expects to get about $12 million in federal money to launch a center researching the long-term effects and potential treatments for the sometimes deadly and often debilitating infection-related medical condition sepsis. The new Sepsis and Critical Illness Research Center will track patients who initially developed…