Every year, the UF College of Medicine Faculty Council recognizes its most outstanding faculty members for their extraordinary service and accomplishments that increase the College’s national reputation in their respective areas of expertise.
This year, Desmond Schatz, M.D., Interim Chair of Pediatrics and UFDI Pediatric Medical Director, was named to receive this award in recognition of his decades of dedication, innovation, careful work and outstanding leadership to not only the local, state and domestic…but the international community of Type 1 diabetes researchers and care providers. His commitment to excellence in caring for his pediatric endocrinology patients and mentoring the next generation of clinician researchers is unparalleled. Congratulations!