Steven N. Hochwald, M.D., an associate professor of surgery and chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology at the UF College of Medicine, has been elected into the Southern Surgical Association. Hochwald was one of 24 surgeons elected into the association during its 121st annual meeting held this month in…
University of Florida researchers have grown tumors in mice using cells from inflamed but noncancerous colon tissue taken from human patients, a finding that sheds new light on colon cancer and how it might be prevented.
Alex Cuenca, M.D., a third-year surgical resident at the University of Florida College of Medicine, recently received a Research Incentive Award from the UF Medical Guild. Cuenca, who is taking three years out from his clinical training to earn a basic science research doctorate degree through UF’s Interdisciplinary Program in…
Physicians treating breast cancer first look to lymph nodes in a patient’s armpit to see whether cancer is spreading elsewhere in the body — but they may not be evaluating the nodes in the most effective way.
To truly kill colon cancer and eliminate the risk of recurrence, it is important to kill the “root” of the disease, according to a University of Florida College of Medicine surgeon.
A new high-tech laparoscopic surgical simulator at the Malcom Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center will not only help train University of Florida College of Medicine surgical residents, it will contribute to improved patient care and safety.
Stephen Grobmyer, M.D., an assistant professor of surgery, has been elected into the Southern Surgical Association. A surgical oncologist, Grobmyer was one of 26 surgeons elected into the association during its annual meeting held in December in West Palm Beach. The second oldest surgical society in the nation, the…
Two University of Florida College of Medicine surgical residents recently swept a state trauma research competition with wins in both the basic and clinical science categories. The UF honors extended to the regional level in November with a win in the clinical science category at an American College of Surgeons’…
Dr. Kevin E. Behrns has been named interim chairman of the University of Florida department of surgery. Behrns, the Robert H. Hux professor of surgery, joined the UF College of Medicine in 2005 as chief of the division of general surgery, which includes gastrointestinal surgeons, surgical oncologists, and…
A new study reveals patients with liver cancer who have no other treatment options might benefit from more aggressive operations once considered too risky, report University of Florida scientists, who also published research this month yielding insight into ways to protect the liver during surgery.
