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USF Health to start geriatrics program in The Villages with Promise Healthcare gift

Joel Momberg, Peter R. Baronoff and Dr. Stephen Klasko discuss the Promise Healthcare gift to USF Health. TAMPA, FL (June 14, 2013) - As America struggles to find doctors [...]

Elaine Thompson, Mack Reavis, Lakeland Regional Medical, USF Health System

Dr. Mack Reavis named president of Lakeland Regional

Dr. Mack Reavis has been named president of Lakeland Regional Medical Center, the hospital that is becoming the first member of the newly created USF Health System. In [...]

Dr. Menezes to lead international affairs at USF Health, Morsani College of Medicine

Lynette Menezes, PhD, was recently named new assistant dean for international affairs in the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, as well as assistant vice president for international affairs [...]

Kathleen Armstrong, pediatric psychologist, USF Health Department of Pediatrics

USF pediatric psychologist suggests ways to help children cope during crisis

By Kathleen Armstrong, PhD, NCSP Most of us are in a state of disbelief because of the recent horrific events at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. We [...]

Improved prevention and search techniques may help recovery, avoid incidents of missing drivers with dementia

The study, led by USF Nursing, has implications for the development of Silver Alert-type programs Tampa, FL (Dec. 14, 2012)— A new study focusing on how people with [...]

Two-thirds of the local Best Doctors in America list are connected to this region’s only academic medical center: USF Health

This year, more USF Health physicians than ever are transforming the health care of residents throughout the Tampa Bay area, as the 2012 Best Doctors in America® list clearly shows. Thirty-six [...]

Parkinson's and Movement Disorders Center, Robert Hauser, patient

Combining Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease expertise under one roof benefits research, patient care [VIDEO]

Earlier this year, the USF Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center moved from Harbourside Medical Tower on the Tampa General Hospital campus into its new home on the [...]

USF center leads in research critical for developing new treatments to slow or stop Parkinson’s disease

The USF Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center, established in 1986, treats patients with Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders, including tremor, dystonia, chorea and restless legs syndrome. [...]

USF to conduct study targeting HIV prevention in gay young men

Project PrEPare will enroll participants at 14 sites across the country, including USF Health’s Ybor Youth Clinic Tampa, FL (Dec. 10, 2012) – The University of South Florida [...]

USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Institute, theater students, caregivers holiday show

USF theater students lift holiday spirit of Alzheimer’s caregivers

The caregivers who attended their long-standing monthly support group at the USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute Thursday were treated to some much needed holiday respite. A group of [...]

USF launches online MPH degree in epidemiology

Beginning in May, epidemiology graduate students at the University of South Florida College of Public Health will be able to earn a master of public health degree in an [...]

Mock trial in first-year curriculum sets USF Pharmacy apart, giving students early focus on critical thinking, communications [VIDEO]

From its inception, the USF College of Pharmacy set out to be a pacesetter for teaching future pharmacists. A perfect example of just how innovative the young [...]