Steven J. Hughes, M.D., chief of the division of general surgery in the UF College of Medicine. Up to one-third of pancreatic cancer cases go undiagnosed through standard means of…
Julie Stortz, M.D. Julie Stortz, M.D., a fourth-year resident with the UF department of surgery, received the New Investigator Award from the Shock Society. The award, which includes a plaque, $650 and a $1,000 travel grant, was presented June 4 at the Shock Society’s…
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…
The University of Florida College of Medicine’s department of surgery recently held its 13th annual Research Day. This year’s Lester R. Dragstedt Visiting Professor and keynote speaker was Scott A. LeMaire, M.D., professor of surgery and of molecular physiology and biophysics; vice chair for research, Michael E. DeBakey Department of…
The University of Florida College of Medicine’s department of surgery recently held its 13th annual Research Day. This year’s Lester R. Dragstedt Visiting Professor and keynote speaker was Scott A. LeMaire, M.D., a professor of surgery and of molecular physiology and biophysics; vice chair for research, Michael E.
A study led by the UF Sepsis and Critical Illness Research Center suggests that certain types of immune cells found in cancer — myeloid-derived suppressor cells, or MDSCs — are also present in certain patients diagnosed with severe sepsis and septic shock. MDSCs are a group of immunosuppressive…
UF Health researchers have found that blocking a certain protein in the blood with medication could help protect premature infants from sepsis, a common and sometimes deadly infection, according to a new study that combines findings from a mouse model and from premature infants.
