Despite the challenges of this past year, the Department of Pediatrics and the University of Florida College of Medicine sponsored the 7th Annual Pediatric Medical Student Research Forum this past weekend in Orlando, Florida. This was truly a national stage, with over 60 students from coast to coast…
During this vulnerable period, breast milk allows nursing mothers to provide infants with “passive immunity,” Neu explained.
UF Health is trying to prepare parents to send their children back-to-school during the pandemic…
Sonja A. Rasmussen, M.D., a professor in the departments of pediatrics and epidemiology at the UF College of Medicine and the UF College of Public Health and Health Professions, discusses what parents should know and do to help their children stay well.
Dr. Sonja Rasmussen shares information about children and the Covid-19 vaccines and how you, as a parent or guardian, can make the best decisions for your family.
Dr. Desmond Schatz, Interim Chair for UF College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics stood in front of the board pleading for a universal mask mandate. “The Delta Variant of COVID-19 is causing havoc, and failure to implement the policy, could have horrific, and could still have catastrophic consequences,”…
As children head back to school, parents and guardians have questions about how to protect them from COVID-19. Many want to know more about the delta variant, healthy behaviors like mask wearing and personal hygiene, the safety of extracurricular activities and when children younger than 12 may be…
D-2438. Portraits of faculty, doctors, staff and fellows at Shand’s Congential Heart Center. Mark Steven Bleiweis, MD has been selected as the 2021 recipient of the FCAAP Philip O. Lichtblau, MD, Award. Dr. Bleiweis currently serves in multiple leadership roles at University of Florida, including Director of the Congenital…
An internationally recognized physician who performed more than 100 lung transplants has joined the University of Florida Health Shands Children’s Hospital to lead the pediatric pulmonary division and resume its pediatric transplant program. Marc G. Schecter, M.D., comes to UF Health from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, where he founded…
“The University plans to buy WiFi hotspots across the state which will provide access for low-income families with kids with chronic medical conditions as well as veterans so that when they have a need to see a generalist or sub-specialist for medical care, they can connect with our…
