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Project PUP brightens patients’ time at USF ALS Center

Patients visiting the USF ALS Center on April 5 were greeted with a wagging tail and soulful eyes begging for attention. Sadie, a senior rescue dog from PROJECT […]

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USF-TGH doctors combine technology and teamwork for safe delivery

The hospital’s new hybrid operating room, allowing interventional and open procedures in the same place, helped reduce high-risk patient’s blood loss Reyna Miranda didn’t know much about the […]

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Introducing the Doctors of USF Health [VIDEO]

Kira Zwygart, interim chair of Family Medicine, describing perfectly the importance of academic medicine and what our type of center means to patients and families in this community. […]

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Florida Hospital Pepin Heart Institute and USF Health team up for groundbreaking study of new gene therapy for heart failure

The first of its kind, an investigational drug, may enhance the body’s stem cell response at the site of cardiovascular injury   TAMPA, Florida (Feb. 20, 2013) – Cardiovascular […]

USF Health, American College of Cardiology to offer free heart health screenings on Valentine’s Day

WASHINGTON (Feb. 8, 2012) — The USF Health Morsani College of Medicine is partnering with the American College of Cardiology’s CardioSmart initiative, a program that encourages patients to […]

Tampa’s UNDY 5000 5K Run/Walk to help benefit BRIDGE Clinic

A portion of the proceeds from this Saturday’s Undy 5000 5K Run/Walk in Tampa will help pay for potentially life-saving colonoscopy procedures for uninsured residents served by the USF Health BRIDGE Healthcare […]

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 […]

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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]

(IPX066), that alleviates motor symptoms quickly and appears to last longer than other levodopa medications currently available. The drug is expected to be approved by the FDA next […]

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.  […]

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