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Safety is Paramount By: Shelley Collins, M.D., Chief, Hospital Medicine Safety is of the utmost importance for the University of Florida Department of Pediatrics and UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital. As such, we have made significant strides in recent months to enhance our internal safety measures. These process…
May is Asthma Awareness Month By: Cindy Capen M.S.N., R.N. and Leslie Hendeles Pharm.D. Why do we need to be aware of asthma? It is common, costly and usually controllable without need for emergency care and yet, in 2009, there were 42,238 emergency department visits and 7,646 hospitalizations with…
You Are Invited! UF Pediatrics, USF Health and the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics will host a reception at the Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting on May 5. Join your colleagues for an informal gathering. Please see the invitation below for additional information. We hope to…
By April Frawley Birdwell There are two types of toddlers: The mysterious calm ones who like to sit quietly … and the 99.9 percent who don’t stop moving until every toy, twig and piece of fuzz on the ground has been explored. At 18 months old, Sydney Thomas definitely…
Gainesville fundraising organization helps fund pediatric cancer research Stop Children’s Cancer held its annal gala event on April 20 at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center at the University of Florida. With more than 1,200 people in attendance, the local fundraising organization presented a check to department of pediatrics…
April is Autism Awareness Month By Krestin Radonovich, Ph.D. and Catherine Zenko, M.S., CCC-SLP Chances are good that you know someone with autism spectrum disorder, or ASD. In March 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention put the incidence of autism and…
