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Internal Medicine Chairman Receives Lifetime Global Achievement Award

vfontane — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 17:56:26 +0000

John Sinnott MD FACP, recently received the Lifetime Global Achievement Award for contributions to International Medicine. Dean Lockwood and Provost Wilcox presented the award.

Dr. John Sinnott is Honored with the Prestigious Dunhuang Award from China

vfontane — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 19:16:39 +0000

USF Health’s infectious disease expert John Sinnott, MD, FACP, was recently presented with the 2017 Dunhuang Award, the Gansu Province government’s highest honor. To read the full article, click here.

2017 Internal Medicine Graduation Ceremony

vfontane — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 14:52:37 +0000

Congratulations to the Internal Medicine Graduating Class of 2017. Click here for the event pictures.

USF doctors help celebrate lung transplant milestone at TGH

vfontane — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 13:52:05 +0000

There were tears of joy from 65-year-old Jeanette Ebaugh, who recently received the 500^th lung transplant from Tampa General Hospital(TGH). Read more.

Pulmonologist joins USF to help build center of excellence for advanced lung disease

vfontane — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 13:52:29 +0000

Pulmonologist Kapil Patel, MD, arrived at USF Health full-time Sept. 1 with one overarching goal in mind: to help lead and strengthen the Lung Transplant Program at Tampa General Hospital while strategically working to create a Center of Excellence for Advanced Lung Disease. read more

2015 Best Doctors in America List

jmeeks2 — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 20:12:52 +0000

The annual list of Best Doctors in America is compiled using information collected from surveys asking physicians who they would go to for treatment in their specialty. The result is a nation-wide list of 40,000 physicians. The Department of Internal Medicine is proud to have 44 physicians included on this list. Congratulations everyone! To see the complete list of USF physicians click here.

U.S. News and World Report Best Hospitals Rankings 2015-2016

jmeeks2 — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 20:11:37 +0000

U.S. News & World Report ranked Tampa General Hospital, USF Health’s primary teaching hospital, 3rd in the state and one of the top 50 hospitals nationally in six medical specialties. Congratulations to the Nationally Ranked Internal Medicine divisions who contributed significantly to this achievement: Nephrology #26, Gastroenterology and GI Surgery #39, and Pulmonary #42, as well as the High Ranking divisions: Endocrinology & Metabolism, Geriatric Medicine, Hematology & Medical Oncology, and Palliative Medicine. Read more about the National Rankings here.

Tampa’s Top Doctors 2016

jmeeks2 — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 20:10:10 +0000

USF Internal Medicine is proud to have 9 doctors listed on the Tampa Top Doctors list. The list is decided on through peer nomination. In September, Tampa Magazine mailed surveys to close to 9,000 physicians in Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Pasco counties asking them to vote on who they think are the best doctors in various fields of medicine. The final list is comprised of 331 physicians in 51 specialties.

Congratulations to Drs. Dennis Ledford and Richard Lockey from the Division of Allergy and Immunology who were both ranked #1 in their field by their peers resulting in a two way tie! Congratulations to Dr. John McCormick who was tied for first in Internal Medicine. And congratulations to Dr. John Greene (Infecious Disease), Dr. Anthony Morrison (Endocrinology), Dr. Kevin O’Brien (Internal Medicine), Dr. David Orban (Emergency Medicine), Dr. Mark Rumbak (Pulmonary Disease), and Dr. John Sinnott (Infectious Disease) who were all voted runners up in their field by their peers.

Tampa Bay Times: For Pinellas’ new health director, the patient is ‘the whole population’

jmeeks2 — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 14:15:01 +0000

The Tampa Bay Times recently published an article on Dr. Ulyee Choe’s appointment to the position of Director of the Pinellas Health Department. The article notes that when Dr. Choe was selected for the position in August it was more than a promotion, it was a homecoming. Dr. Choe’s family moved from Kuwait City to Clearwater Beach when he was a child and he has called Pinellas home ever since. As such, this appointment is especially meaningful to Dr. Choe who notes in the article, “My heart is here.”

With the health of the whole Pinellas population in mind, Dr. Choe has big plans as he settles into the job. Following the Pinellas County Community Health Improvement Plan, Dr. Choe aims to make behavioral health a priority, improve overall access to care, and help Pinellas residents achieve a healthy weight.

Read the Tampa Bay Times article here.

SPRINT Trials: Study indicates lower target blood pressure greatly reduces cardiovascular complications and deaths in older adults

jmeeks2 — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 15:38:01 +0000

USF Health was one of multiple sites across the country participating in a large-scale study sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to determine if using multiple targeted medications to reduce the systolic blood pressure in certain patients to less than 120 mmHg would be beneficial. The study, titled The Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT), was scheduled to take place over a five year period, but was halted in its fourth year when it became clear patients did indeed benefit from a lower target mmHg.

The USF Health team, headed by USF site Principal Investigator Dr. Ramon Lopez Del valle from the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, studied 54 of the 9,361 participants. The USF team earned honorary awards for their performance and compliance in the study.Read more about this study here.