Name, MD/DO + any additional degrees:  Erik Anderson, MD, MS College/University: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical School: Georgetown University Hometown: Mission Viejo, CA Clinical and Research Interests: Clinical Interest: Vascular Surgery; Research interest: Clinical outcomes in vascular surgery; Vascular science – inflammation, genomics, and vascular biomechanics What were you looking for…

From the battle field to the emergency room, how Thomas Beaver has continued to care for trauma patients

Associate professor Harvey Chim, MD, FACS, and Bruce Mast, MD, chief of the division of plastic and reconstructive surgery, leveraged their expertise in minimally invasive techniques in plastic surgery at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons annual meeting. Dr. Chim moderated a panel on “Brachial plexus: nerve transfers…

The 2020 HiPerGator Symposium focuses on active research applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at UF. Providing the keynote is Azra Bihorac, MD, MS, FCCM, FASN, the R. Glenn Davis Professor of Medicine, Surgery and Anesthesiology. Dr. Azra Bihorac, associate professor, anesthesiology, medicine and surgery, College of Medicine. “I…

In May 2012, world leaders committed to reducing global mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by 25% by 2025. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is accountable for nearly half of all NCD deaths making it the world’s number one killer. World Heart Day is, therefore, the perfect platform for the CVD community to…

A new study in the Journal of Surgical Education explores curriculum implementation as a means for success.

Allen Korson went from a kidney stone ailment to needing a multiorgan transplant, both lungs and a liver, one of the rarest procedures performed in the United States due to its complexity.

Geriatrics, tied with Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville; nephrology; ear, nose and throat; pulmonology and lung surgery; and urology all ranked highest in the state of Florida.

Shawn Larson, MD, received a W. Martin Smith Interdisciplinary Patient Safety Award for his and co-investigator Phyllis L. Hendry's, MD, initiative aimed at improving Florida pediatric trauma education.

As surgeons, our chosen profession has the power to affect the balance of life and death every day. We became surgeons to improve our patients’ quality of life, or to give them a second chance at living. As healers, it is therefore our mission to prevent harm to those entrusted…