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Dr. Lauri Wright named an Everyday Hero by Florida Academy of Nutrition and...
USF Health dietitian Lauri Wright, PhD, RD, LD, was recently named an Everyday Hero by the Florida Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Dr. Wright, who is assistant professor in the Department of...
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Cardiology physicians present at echocardiography society’s scientific sessions
The USF Health Department of Cardiovascular Sciences was well represented June 20 to 24 at the American Society of Echocardiography’s Annual Scientific Sessions meeting in Portland, OR. The...
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MCOM student Nikki Vyas awarded research fellowship from national AOA honor...
Rising fourth-year medical student Nikki Vyas was awarded the 2014 Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship from the Alpha Omega Alpha national honor society for her research on digital...
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Dr. Charles Slonim earns service award from Florida Society of Ophthalmology
USF Ophthalmologist Charles B. Slonim, MD, was awarded the Shaler Richardson, MD, Service to Medicine Award by the Florida Society of Ophthalmology at the group’s annual meeting in June. Dr. Slonim is...
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Dr. John Adams and Dr. Kevin Kip named Distinguished University Health...
Public Health’s John Adams, PhD, and Nursing’s Kevin Kip, PhD, FAHA, were each recently named Distinguished University Health Professor, USF Health’s highest recognition for faculty. Dr. Adams,...
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Innovative ideas make Teresa Deckard a finalist for national award
Aiming to improve efficiency with internal financial reporting for the USF Physicians Group (USFPG), Teresa Deckard, MBA, developed several systems that ended up increasing accuracy, continuity and...
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USF Nursing professor joins prestigious IOM group to review health effects of...
Distinguished University of South Florida HealthProfessor, Kevin Kip, PhD, FAHA, has been appointed to the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) Committee to review the health effects in Vietnam War veterans...
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USF Health’s Michele Houston Hicks publishes a children’s story that comes...
The lives of two little girls born prematurely and the experiences and adventures they have as they grow up together are being chronicled in a series of children’s books written by Michele Houston...
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Public Health earns WHO designation for Collaboration Center for Social...
The Department of Community and Family Health in USF’s College of Public Health has been designated a Collaborating Center by the Pan American Health Organization and the World Health Organization...
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USF Internal Medicine residents, students and faculty earn big at Florida ACP...
USF Health medical students, residents and faculty once again topped the awards when they competed at a recent meeting for the Florida chapter of the American College of Physicians (ACP). From left are...
View ArticleChosen for their academics and service, 14 medical students are elected to...
A select 14 students from the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine Class of 2015 were recently elected to the USF chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) honor medical society. Chosen from the top...
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State Surgeon General appoints USF Health’s Dr. Amanda Smith to Alzheimer’s...
USF Health’s Alzheimer’s expert Amanda Smith, MD, has been appointed to the newly formed Alzheimer’s Disease Research Grant Advisory Board. As one of 11 members of the Board, Dr. Smith will assist in...
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Dr. Jacqueline Wiltshire appointed to new Alzheimer’s research board
Dr. Jacqueline Wiltshire, assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management in the USF College of Public Health, has been appointed to the state Alzheimer’s Disease Research Grant...
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Three USF Health researchers among 14 USF faculty named outstanding researchers
Three USF Health faculty members were among 14 USF researchers awarded the USF Outstanding Research Achievement Award, an award that recognizes faculty who earned national and international peer...
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Dr. Brian Nester appointed president and CEO of Lehigh Valley Health Network
Brian A. Nester, DO, MBA, was recently appointed president and CEO of Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN). Dr. Nester has served as the network’s acting president and CEO since July, when former...
View ArticleDr. Dolly Swisher elected Fellow in National Academies of Practice
Laura Lee (Dolly) Swisher PT, PhD, professor and coordinator of Professional Education for the USF Health School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, was recently elected a fellow in the...
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Dr. Julie Baldwin named Everyday Hero
Julie Baldwin, PhD, professor in the Department of Community and Family Health in the USF College of Public Health, was recently named an Everyday Hero by Hillsborough County Public Schools for her...
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Dr. Jorge Lockhart named Honor Member of international urology society
USF Health’s Jorge Lockhart, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Urology in the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, was recently named an Honor Member of Confederation of America’s...
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Dr. Ilya Leyngold named in Top 10 Professionals by South Tampa Magazine
USF Health Ophthalmologist Ilya Leyngold, MD, was named one of the 2014 Top 10 Professionals Under 40 by South Tampa Magazine. Dr. Leyngold, assistant professor in the Department of Ophthalmology in...
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MCOM students help make AMA-MSS meeting a success
The USF Health Morsani College of Medicine had a good showing at this year’s interim meeting of the American Medical Association Medical Student Section, held in November in Dallas, TX. Highlights of...
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