Dr. Marie-Carmelle Elie, MD is a site Principal Investigator of a 5-year project titled “Emergency- Department Initiated Palliative Care in Older Adults with Advanced Illness”, which was recently awarded by PCORI to New York University. This study aims to test the comparative effectiveness of nurse-led telephonic case management versus facilitated,…
Dr. Henry Young, MD was offered an appointment as a KL2 Scholar funded by a National Institute of Health (NIH), National Center for Advancement of Translational Science (NCATS) Award Number 1KL2TR001429. Dr. Young will be exploring the implementation of a patient centered approach to treating pain-utilizing alternatives to opioids in the…
The Department of Emergency Medicine is excited to announce that the High Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T to Optimize Chest Pain Risk Stratification (STOP CP) study started enrolling patients on January 25, 2017. Thirty-six participants have been enrolled as of March 10th. The STOP CP study is a prospective…
S.A.N.E. Room Ribbon Cutting UF Health Shands Hospital opened its Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner’s room on October 25th, 2017. The room provides a dedicated space for sexual assault survivors to seek treatment in a private and quiet area located outside the main emergency…
The University of Florida College of Medicine's Department of Emergency Medicine in Gainesville, Florida, is seeking talented, highly motivated emergency medicine physicians to join our robust dynamic department of 44 faculty, with an expanding residency program and increased fellowship opportunities.
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and The Alachua County Child Abuse Prevention Task Force, along with faculty and staff from UF Health, planted 1,000 pinwheels on the front lawn of UF Health Shands Hospital.
University of Florida Health celebrated the opening of its newest freestanding emergency room, the UF Health Emergency Center – Kanapaha, Monday (Sept. 26), providing access to emergency care for residents of southwest Gainesville.
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