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Florida Blue’s gift to UF Health Pathology Laboratories helps Floridians return to work and school…

https://bridge.ufhealth.org/quality-patient-safety/new-next/2020-patient-safety-and-quality-week/tuesday-3-10-team-safety-and-quality-awards-for-hospital-goal-improvement/ AWARD WINNERS Congratulations to the following teams who exemplified a culture dedicated to improving patient safety, quality, and the patient/family experience. The UF Health Invasive Placenta Management Team This multidisciplinary team recognized that the process for managing patients with placenta accreta was suboptimal. They began their cycles of…

We are extremely pleased to announce that Drs. Ashlie Rubrecht and Kait Weaver will be our Chief Residents for the 2020-21 year!  They will officially take over on July 1 and will be gearing up until then.  Please join me in congratulating them on all…

Dear College of Medicine community, After leading the Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine to national stature over the past 11 years, Michael Clare-Salzler, M.D., will be stepping down from his position as chair Aug. 1, and I am pleased to announce that Jennifer Hunt, M.D., a national leader…

Congratulations to Josephine Brown and Vanessa Rubio for this year’s graduate appreciation award for 2019-2020.  Your work and accomplishments are meaningful to the department and UF and we wish you much success in the future. …

We didn’t let social distancing and quarantining prevent us from hosting our 2nd Annual Pathology Photo Contest – we adapted to a virtual platform instead!   Trainees were welcome to submit histomicrographs, gross images, electron microscopic images, or any other “art” they find in pathology and laboratory medicine.  Judging was…

Mentor: Dr. Mark Atkinson Dr. MacKenzie Williams’ role within the University of Florida Diabetes Institute followed a unique evolution: first as a “friend of the lab” while working as a barista at Opus Coffee, then a brief time as a research technician in Dr. Mark Atkinson’s laboratory, and finally as…

Mentors: Dr. Todd Brusko and Dr. Mark Atkinson Dr. Melanie Shapiro is, without question, one of the most – if not the most – talented young scientists we have ever encountered throughout our combined 35 years as principal investigators. Her knowledge of and dedication to type 1 diabetes research far exceeds expectations. …

Edmonston D, O’steen L, Fredenburg K, Mendenhall W. (2020) Merkel cell carcinoma of an unknown primary. J Dtsch Dermatol Ges 18(3):253-255. PM ID: 32077591   Yin L, Keeler…

Dr. Michael Feely, Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of Anatomic Pathology mentored Dr. Al-Qaysi (PGY-3, AP/CP resident) on this award winning submission. Full Article…