USF Health In the News – for the week of April 30, 2012
For the week of April 30, 2012 – a snapshot of our colleagues making news across the country and around the world
TELEVISION NEWS
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USF hopes Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulations will have global reach
WTSP 10 News
USF says the $38 million Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation is the largest of its kind, with 90,000 square feet under one roof.
Former Army doc to head Fla. Health Department
Fox10tv.com
Dr. John Armstrong assumes the new responsibilities on May 23. He served as an associate professor of surgery with the college of medicine at the University of South Florida since 2011.
PRINT & ONLINE NEWS
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USF Hopes Surgery Center Will Have Global Reach
The Ledger (Featured in more than 81 news outlets including: The Miami Herald, WTSP 10 News, and WDTN)
The new $38 million Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation Center, which covers a half block in downtown Tampa, will certainly benefit USF med students, but it’s also expected to draw around 30,000 health professionals from around the world every year to hone their surgical skills
USF opens new Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation
HealthySimulation.com
The University of South Florida recently opened the new 90,000 square foot Center for Advanced Medical Learning & Simulation in Tampa.
Top USF doctor to become state surgeon general
The Tampa Tribune
John Armstrong was a premier hire for the University of South Florida when he left the University of Florida last year to become the chief medical officer of USF’s high-tech medical training center in downtown Tampa
Movers and Shakers: Scott appoints state surgeon general
The Miami Herald (Blog)
Gov. Rick Scott names John. H. Armstrong as the state’s new surgeon general and secretary of the Department of Health. Armstrong is an associate professor and chief medical officer at the USF Health Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation.
New Department of Health secretary now on board
Florida Current
Armstrong is an associate professor at the University of South Florida and chief medical officer of USF’s Health Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation.
John Armstrong named Surgeon General, Secretary of Health
Sunshine State News (Blog)
Dr. John H. Armstrong, M.D., has been named by Gov. Rick Scott to be Florida’s surgeon general and secretary of the Florida Department of Health.
Menopause happens: Start hormone replacement therapy, and for how long?
Tampa Bay Times
“So many women are affected,” said Dr. Barry Verkauf, director of the new Menopause Center at the University of South Florida in Tampa.
Berries taken at least once a week can preserve memory functions: Study
News-Medical.Net
“I think it’s very exciting,” said Brent Small, professor of aging studies at the University of South Florida in Tampa. “Because there’s not a lot that’s been reported in the human literature that’s focused on these types of compounds.”
USF receives funds, makes plans for Heart Health Institute
83 Degrees
USF Health has also pledged approximately $25 million in resources for genomics-based personalized medicine, including funds for research equipment, facilities and the recruitment of two top physicians: Dr. Leslie Miller, USF chairman of the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, and Dr. Stephen Liggett, a nationally prominent researcher who will become director of the Personalized Medicine Institute.
Parkinson’s Personality: Disease more likely to strike cautious people
My Health News Daily
It’s possible that what we consider to be aspects of someone’s personality may in fact be very early manifestations of Parkinson’s, said study researcher Kelly Sullivan, of the University of South Florida’s department of neurology.
Parkinson’s Personality: Disease more likely to strike cautious people
LiveScience
It’s possible that what we consider to be aspects of someone’s personality may in fact be very early manifestations of Parkinson’s, said study researcher Kelly Sullivan, of the University of South Florida’s department of neurology.
Researchers at UPMC, Stanford test stem cells to enhance stroke recovery
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Doctors won’t know the outcome for several months, but tests in laboratory rats by Cesario Borlongan at the University of South Florida have shown that the stem cells improved motor function in animals that had suffered a stroke, and the cells secreted several growth and anti-inflammatory factors in the lab.
Medical students’ ceremony honors the people who donated their bodies to science
Tampa Bay Times
On April 20, dozens of medical and physical therapy students gathered in the grass outside the University of South Florida anatomy lab for one final matter: to thank the 24 cadavers they called their “silent teachers.” Opening the ceremony, which USF students hold once a year, was the director of anatomy, Dr. Orhan E. Arslan.
