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.
James L. Talbert, M.D., an emeritus professor in the division of pediatric surgery, was awarded the UF College of Medicine’s Lifetime Achievement Award April 29 as part of the college’s 2009 “Celebration of Research.” Talbert became UF’s first pediatric surgeon when he joined the College of Medicine in 1967 as…
Carol Stanaland, an employee of the UF department of surgery since 2001, recently received one of the UF College of Medicine’s Superior Accomplishment Awards for contributing outstanding and meritorious service. Noted as an ‘unsung hero’ and the ‘go-to’ person for almost any issue that arises, Stanaland was nominated by Kimberly…
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…
Lyle L. Moldawer, Ph.D., professor and vice chairman of research at the University of Florida Department of Surgery, recently was honored with the Shock Society Scientific Achievement Award. Bestowed during the society’s annual conference, held this June in San Antonio, the award is presented to an outstanding scientist with lifetime…
Mark Clayman, M.D., a graduating plastic and reconstructive surgery fellow at the University of Florida College of Medicine, recently was honored by the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery for his outstanding research efforts. He received the Gaspar W. Anastasi Award for best research paper in both national and international…
Selected by his peers – in honor of a fellow surgical resident who was adored by all – Darrell L. Hunt, M.D., Ph.D., is the first recipient of the Hugh A. Walters, M.D., Humanitarian Award. The award was created to honor the memory of Walters, a surgical resident who died…
The UF Department of Surgery has established an annual award, The Hugh A. Walters, MD, Department of Surgery Humanism Award, in honor of the unexpected loss of resident Dr. Hugh A. Walters, a 2004 UF medical graduate who was a promising young surgeon. Each year the award is presented to…
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.
A glimpse of the deep blue ocean has come to Gainesville in the form of the newly renovated Shands Children’s Surgical Center, which offered an Official Grand Opening look‘sea’ earlier this month for donors, supporters, and regional pediatricians. Striving to appeal to children and adolescents of all ages, the…
