USF Health academic partners among top hospitals nationally ranked by U.S. News
At Tampa General Hospital, USF faculty physicians play leadership roles in the six medical specialties that made the Top 50 list. U.S. News & World Report (U.S. News) has ranked Tampa General...
View ArticlePulmonologist joins USF to help build center of excellence for advanced lung...
Dr Kapil Patel was recruited from Stanford University known for its preeminent center Pulmonologist Kapil Patel, MD, arrived at USF Health full-time Sept. 1 with one overarching goal in mind: to help...
View ArticleUSF Engineering and Morsani College of Medicine partner to create Department...
The new department will be home to USF’s growing biomedical engineering program TAMPA, Fla. (Jan. 4, 2017) — The University of South Florida College of Engineering and the USF Health Morsani College...
View ArticleUSF doctors help celebrate lung transplant milestone at TGH
There were tears of joy from 65-year-old Jeanette Ebaugh, who recently received the 500th lung transplant from Tampa General Hospital (TGH). Ebaugh celebrated the successful procedure, alongside her...
View ArticleMedicine, engineering researchers use facial expression software to help...
For generations, nurses tending to newborns have been able to tell the subtle difference between a baby’s cry of hunger and that of pain. That ability to distinguish those differences is now being...
View ArticleDr. John Curran retires from USF after 45 years of service
USF Health faculty, students, staff and local and state leaders celebrated the extraordinary work and legacy of John S. Curran, MD, professor of pediatrics, associate vice president of USF Health, and...
View ArticleTGH, USF Health to Create New Model for Advanced Organ Disease
Tampa, FL (July 5, 2017) – Tampa General Hospital and the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine are creating a new model for advanced organ transplantation. Noted transplant physician Dr. David Weill...
View Article“Best Doctor in America” named USF Health Chair of Surgery
Dr. Paul Kuo joins Morsani College of Medicine Sept. 1 TAMPA, Fla. (Aug. 1, 2017) — The USF Health Morsani College of Medicine has selected Paul C. Kuo, MD, as the new chair of the Department of...
View ArticleUSF Health hospital partner’s performance ranked among nation’s best
Tampa General Hospital named one of top 50 hospitals nationally in six medical specialties by U.S. News & World Report TAMPA, Fla. (Aug. 8, 2017) — U.S. News & World Report (U.S. News) has...
View ArticleUSF College of Nursing receives $2.6 million NIH grant to study link between...
Dr. Maureen Groer heads a group of USF Health researchers in a five-year study examining the relationship between pregnant Hispanic women, depression and the Toxoplasma parasite Tampa, FL (August 31,...
View ArticleTampa General Hospital’s new CEO on the job
Tampa General Hospital’s next president and chief executive officer, John Couris, officially started his new job earlier this week (Aug. 28). Couris joins TGH from Jupiter Medical Center, a 327-bed...
View ArticleDr. Thomas Rutherford practices superior medicine and patients recognize the...
This story is part of a series highlighting faculty who are shining examples of quality and compassionate patient care and patient safety. Every day, these health care providers put their patients...
View ArticleWhen age doesn’t matter: New model of care offers women greater expertise for...
Brigitte Jenkins has more living to do. She is 80, has a full and loving family, and aims to reach her U.S. travel goal – she has visited 49 of our 50 states and has yet to see Hawaii. That’s why when...
View ArticleNew USF Health Cardiologist Helps Heart Failure Patients with Remote...
Robby Wu, DO, assistant professor of medicine in the Morsani College of Medicine and advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologist for USF Health and Tampa General Hospital, joined the team in...
View ArticleClinical trial shows first 3D printed nasal swabs work as well as commercial...
The device invented by USF Health doctors, teaming with Tampa General Hospital, Northwell Health and Formlabs, has been used worldwide to address critical shortages of test kit swabs Tens of millions...
View Article21st Century Cures Act: FAQ
USF Health patients have access to most of their clinical data through MyChart. A federal rule called the 21st Century Cures Act, which went into effect in November 2020, is designed to give patients...
View ArticleUSF Health Tampa Bay Street Medicine helps launch Florida’s second needle...
The USF Health Tampa Bay Street Medicine, Hillsborough County and Pioneer Foundation Needle Exchange Program is ready to hit the road as Florida’s second needle exchange or syringe service program...
View ArticleTampa General Hospital, USF Health announce joint Office of Clinical Research...
The new office will allow the previously separate offices to combine resources and elevate their research efforts to improve health care for all Floridians TAMPA, Fla (Nov. 30, 2020) — Tampa General...
View ArticleThe USF Health COCO Clinic Becomes Permanent Resource Inside TGH
Since the launch of the COVID Confirmed (COCO) Clinic in early April, over 4,700 patients with COVID-19 have been given virtual follow-up services after being discharged from the hospital. Not only...
View ArticleDespite similar treatment, obese women face additional risks for postpartum...
A USF Health-Tampa General Hospital study suggests different management protocols may be needed for obese vs. nonobese patients to improve maternal outcomes TAMPA, Fla (Dec. 21, 2020) — Postpartum...
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