What are students really learning in medical school?        A Mayo Clinic study recently found that most medical students feel burnout. But a surprisingly high number of them confessed to “some form” of unprofessional conduct.        In a story about the Mayo Clinic study, The Atlantic magazine conducted a lengthy interview with Dr. Stephen Klasko, dean of the USF College of Medicine and CEO of USF Health.        Dr. Klasko talked with the magazine about what students pick up from the “hidden curriculum” of medical schools and how medical students can […]

University of South Florida neurologist Selim Benbadis, MD, is lead author of a provocative letter to the pharmaceutical industry titled “No we cannot just present your slide deck …,” which was published online Sept. 15 in the journal Epilepsy & Behavior. Dr. Benbadis directs the Comprehensive Epilepsy Program at USF and Tampa General Hospital. Signing the letter to the editor with him were neurologists from large academic epilepsy centers at Columbia University, Emory University, the Mayo Clinic, Jefferson University and the University of Texas.  Dr. Selim Benbadis Recently, the pharmaceutical industry – […]

Project will study best ways to help soldiers of Iraq and Afghanistan overcome psychological trauma and other health problems Tampa, FL (Sept. 17, 2010) – Helping service members and veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan heal from symptoms of combat exposure, including post traumatic stress and mild traumatic brain injury, will be the focus of a $2.1-million federal grant to the University of South Florida College of Nursing. The project is part of the Research to Improve Emotional Health and Quality of Life among Service Members with Disabilities (RESTORE LIVES) Center, which […]

Kevin Sneed, PharmD, elected Chair of Cultural Health Initiatives Committee St. Petersburg, Fla. (Sept. 2, 2010) — Dr. Kevin Sneed was elected to the American Heart Association, Greater Southeast Affiliate board of directors. He is slated to serve as Chairman of the Cultural Health Initiatives Committee during the association’s 2010-2011 fiscal year. Sneed is the founding dean of the University of South Florida School of Pharmacy and a tenured associate professor in the USF Department of Family Medicine. The School of Pharmacy, within the USF College of Medicine, will welcome […]

Tampa, FL (August 16, 2010) — USF Health, after a national search, has named renowned cardiologist Dr. Leslie W. Miller, a leading international specialist in heart failure and transplantation, to lead a new, expanded department of cardiovascular sciences at USF Health. This new Department of Cardiovascular Sciences will bring a new level of heart care to Florida, providing advanced patient care for all kinds of cardiac patients, from those recovering from heart attacks or suffering from heart failure to those in need of a transplant or cardiac device. Cutting-edge cardiac […]

Will prepare faculty to use cutting-edge technologies needed to educate today’s nurses Tampa, FL (August 12, 2010) –- The University of South Florida College of Nursing has received a five-year, $1.3-million federal grant to train nursing faculty throughout the state in the use of simulation learning, informatics and telehealth. USF was one of only two institutions in the nation recently awarded such a grant by the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). “USF Nursing will develop and implement a training program designed to integrate […]

It’s been confirmed once again: USF Health has a major impact on the health care of Tampa Bay area residents. Nearly a third (29 percent) of local physicians who made the 2010 Best Doctors in America list work at USF Health. Include the dedicated volunteer faculty members (those who teach medical students or residents several times each year) and University of South Florida College of Medicine alumni in private practice locally, and the numbers go up even more – 57 percent of the prestigious list has a connection with USF […]

Already known internationally for her ground-breaking work in defining brain chemistry, Lynn Wecker, PhD, has been elected President Elect for the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET), one of this country’s oldest and largest scientific societies. Dr. Wecker, USF Distinguished Research Professor of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, Psychiatry and Neurosciences, will begin her term July 1, 2010, and will assume the office of president in July 2011, replacing current ASPET President James R. Halpert. Following a one-year term as president, she will serve as past president for one year. […]

Tampa, Fla. (June 28, 2010) – The members of the American Society for Neural Therapy and Repair (ASNTR) have elected Paula C. Bickford, PhD, professor of neurosurgery and pharmacology at the University of South Florida, president for 2011-2012. As ASNTR president-elect, Dr. Bickford’s term will follow the current term of president Daniel A. Peterson, PhD, chairperson of the Department of Neuroscience at the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. His term ends in April, 2011.   Paula Bickford, PhD ASNTR, founded in 1994 as an interactive forum for scientists […]

They speak out on prematurity and paternal involvement in birth outcomes Two USF College of Public Health faculty members were in the national public policy spotlight in May — speaking out on the consequences of prematurity, poor pregnancy outcomes and health disparities. Charles Mahan, MD, professor emeritus and former dean of public health, testified May 12 in Washington, DC, before the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Health at a hearing focused on what happens when babies are born too early. Dr. Mahan, founder of the Lawton and Rhea Chiles Center […]