Lonn McDowell, M.H.A., vice chair of the UF department of surgery and the department’s director for administration, is now a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. McDowell joined the department in early 2014, after working in the health care division of Navigant Consulting, providing practice management services…
Jae-Sung Kim, Ph.D., an associate professor in the UF College of Medicine’s department of surgery and head of the Cell Death and Mitochondrial Biology Laboratory, was one of six presenters at the plenary session on basic science at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) meeting…
Dr. Kfir Ben-David, chief of gastroesophageal surgery service at UF Health, speaks with Wolf Blitzer about Obama’s recently diagnosed acid reflux and the risks associated with this condition.
Dr. Fred Moore, chief of acute care surgery at UF Health, will be speaking about the recently awarded P-50 grant to establish the UF Sepsis and Critical Illness Research Center. He will discuss the grant and how it will impact staff working at UF Health Shands Hospital, as…
LeapFrog Group releases hospital safety grades twice a year.
The UF department of surgery’s division of vascular surgery has welcomed two new surgeons. Javairiah Fatima, M.B., B.S., and Kristina Giles, M.D., are both assistant professors of surgery. Fatima earned her bachelor’s degree in medicine and bachelor’s degree in surgery, together the equivalent of an American medical degree,…
Mark Leyngold, M.D., is UF Health’s newest addition to the plastic surgery faculty. He is a graduate of the Florida State University College of Medicine and his residency training was done in the University of Nevada’s integrated residency program in plastic and reconstructive surgery, where he served as a…
UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital marked an important milestone on September 3 with the debut of a colorful new façade, a dedicated entrance and the opening of the Sebastian Ferrero Atrium, part of a series of renovations focused on creating a welcoming setting and augmenting high-quality care for children. The…
The Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program has approved UF Health as an accredited “Comprehensive Center with Adolescent Qualifications.” The program, founded by the American College of Surgeons and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, “works to advance safe, high-quality care for bariatric surgical patients…
