The Florida Academy of Family Physicians (FAFP) has named USF’s Richard Roetzheim, MD, MSPH, the 2011 Florida Family Physician of the Year. Dr. Roetzheim, professor and director of research at USF’s Department of Family Medicine, will be presented with the award Dec. 10 at the FAFP annual conference in Amelia Island, FL. “Dr. Roetzheim’s humanity, research expertise, teaching and care to patients are all being recognized through this award,” said H. James Brownlee, Jr., MD, professor and chairman of UFS’s Department of Family Medicine. In his letter nominating Dr. Roetzheim for […]

Take care of everyone on your holiday shopping list at the USF Health Annual Arts & Craft Show. Jewelry, crafts, baked goodies and much more will be on sale. This year’s event will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Dec 2, in the USF Health breezeway, between the old Medical Clinic and the USF Health Post Office. Getting there couldn’t be easier for those coming from the Faculty Office Building or the Morsani Center for Advanced Healthcare. The USF Bull Runner shuttle stop is on the corner of […]

Dr. J. Robert Hamill (right), USF affiliate faculty member and past president of the Florida West Dermatology Society, presented the inaugural award to Dr. Fenske. Neil Alan Fenske, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, recently received the 2011 Dermatology of the Year Award from the  longstanding Florida West Coast Society of Dermatology. Dr. Fenske was the inaugural recipient of the new award, which was presented to him Nov. 8 at the society’s quarterly meeting in the Morsani Center for Advanced Healthcare at USF Health. […]

Citing multiple strengths that serve both students and faculty well, the Council on Education for Public Health awarded the USF College of Public Health a full seven years of accreditation as a school of public health.    Dr. Donna Petersen “We are an outstanding school of public health and this confirms the quality of our operations and our efforts in addition to the passion we bring to everything we do,” said Donna J. Petersen, MHS, ScD, dean of the College and senior associate vice president for USF Health. “Accreditation is […]

Returning to Tampa after 20 years, Lawrence P. Levitt, MD, will speak to USF medical students in early 2012, sharing with them the lessons he has learned in his career, and which are still applicable to medical students and physicians today. Dr.  Levitt founded the neurology division at Lehigh Valley Hospital and assisted in transforming it into one of the largest teaching hospitals in Pennsylvania. He is retired professor of neurology at Penn State College of Medicine, and is currently Senior Consultant in Neurology Emeritus at Lehigh Valley Hospital in […]

  The University of South Florida’s Public Health Dean  rolled up her sleeve Friday and got a flu shot from the University’s highest ranking nurse — Dianne Morrison-Beedy, PhD, dean of the USF College of Nursing.  Donna Petersen, ScD, was among the more than 1,200 people who received free flu shots Oct. 20 at the College of Public Health’s Annual Flu Shot Drive.  Also stopping by to get her flu shot and visit with students was USF President Judy Genshaft. Working in collaboration with the Hillsborough County Health Department (HCHD), nursing and medical […]

Jared Fogle, best known as “The Subway Guy,” after the brand of sandwiches that he says helped him lose 245 pounds in a year, met Oct. 18 with Dr. Kevin Sneed, dean of the USF College of Pharmacy,  to discuss combating obesity, a risk factor for cardiovascular and other chronic diseases. Jared Fogle (“The Subway Guy”), spokesperson for the AHA Heart Walk, with Kevin Sneed, PharmD, dean of the USF College of Pharmacy. Jared was in the Tampa Bay area to help promote the upcoming AHA Heart Walk, which will […]

The USF College of Public Health 15th annual  Free Flu Shot Drive will be held 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday, Oct. 21, at the college, 13201 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, Tampa FL 33612 (corner of Bruce B. Downs Blvd and Fletcher Ave.).  The shots will be available to adults ages 18 and older while supplies last. Working in collaboration with the Hillsborough County Health Department (HCHD), nursing and medical student volunteers supervised by clinical faculty, occupational medicine residents and HCHD nurses will offer vaccinations against this year’s predicted influenza […]

USF Health gastroenterologist Dr. Patrick G. Brady received the Florida Gastroenterologic Society’s highest honor, its Distinguished Service Award,” at the society’s annual meeting, September 17 in Orlando. Dr. Brady, a professor of medicine, is director of the Gastroenterology Fellowship Program at the USF College of Medicine. He also directs the Gastroenterology Center at Tampa General Hospital. Dr. Patrick Brady The FGS Distinguished Service Award, given each year, honors a Florida gastroenterologist whose clinical, educational and community accomplishments have made a significant contribution to gastroenterology within the state. The award was […]

USF Health has a new neighbor: Florida Hospital Tampa. That’s because on Tuesday, the hospital across the street changed its name – a change that also will signal a greater partnership with USF Health. Formerly called University Community Hospital, Florida Hospital Tampa adopted the branding identity of the other Adventist Health System hospitals in Florida. Other University Community hospitals in Tampa Bay also were renamed as part of the Florida Hospital Tampa Bay Division. “This is a new beginning for us,” said John Harding, president and CEO of the Tampa […]