With the passage of the recent health care reform law, the U.S. looks to face a shortage of over 150,000 primary care doctors over the next 15 years, despite efforts to train more doctors in the primary care field.

This past Saturday, the Big Bend March of Dimes held their annual March for Babies in downtown Tallahassee.  North Florida Women's Care's Dr. A.J. Bricker -- a member of the college's clerkship faculty -- commented on the importance of the research being done at the College of Medicine on the link between lack of melatonin and premature onset of labor.

In 2010, the College of Medicine celebrates the 10-year anniversary of its founding.  The main event, the PIMS and College of Medicine Alumni Reunion Weekend, takes place this weekend, April 9-10.  The college's first graduating class, the Class of 2005, will celebrate their five-year reunion as well.

On Wednesday, April 7, the College of Medicine will host a lecture from Dr. Arnold S. Relman, professor emeritus of medicine and social medicine at Harvard Medical School and former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine.  The lecture will be held in the college's main auditorium from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Dr. Relman will discuss the current health reforms that the country needs and how those reforms can be achieved.

On April 3, the college's students held a 3-hour event for the Tallahassee community called "Maximize Your Health."  The students advocated attendees to strive for a more active lifestyle through the day's events and offerings.

The Tallahassee Democrat recently featured the story of College of Medicine fourth-year Jimmy Moss, whose journey to the college was anything but smooth sailing. Despite many challenges, Moss will receive his MD in May, and will begin his residency at the Jacksonville's esteemed Mayo Clinic this fall. Read more about Jimmy and his amazing story at the link to the left.

A Florida State University and internationally recognized leader in the study of autism-related disorders has been recognized as a Distinguished Research Professor – one of the university’s highest faculty honors.

College of Medicine students, professors and administrators alike attended the second annual student symposium on health professions, which attracted prospective medical students from Florida's colleges and universities. In this Tallahassee Democrat article, two current students and senior associate dean Dr. Alma Littles make comments about the road to medical school.

After practicing surgery in Marianna for over 20 years, Dr. Richard Brunner has been named Chief Surgeon at Port St. Joe's recently opened Sacred Heart Hospital on the Gulf. Brunner's father also practiced surgery in Marianna, the town where Brunner has lived since the third grade.  At the College of Medicine, Brunner serves as an assistant professor of surgery for the rural track.

After four years of medical school, the graduating class of the FSU College of Medicine found out where they'll be spending their residencies after officially becoming doctors. In the college's sixth annual "Match Day" ceremony, seniors opened individual envelopes with their destination listed inside --just as 16,000 other fourth-year medical students did at schools across the country. Also featured on ABC 27 and FSU.com.

PRESS RELEASE All 94 students in The Florida State University College of Medicine Class of 2010 received notification today of where they will enter residency training or continue their education this summer after graduation. Watch the Match Day video.

PRESS RELEASE On Thursday, members of the Florida State University College of Medicine Class of 2010 will find out where they will receive residency training – a defining moment in their medical careers – during a Match Day ceremony.

In this article from their 25 Women You Need to Know series, the Tallahassee Democrat showcases Dr. Alma Littles' life and achievements. Dr. Littles has been the college's senior associate dean for medical education and academic affairs since 2003.

Dr. Mohamed Kabbaj, an associate professor and researcher in the college's neuroscience field, recently loaned his expert insight to ABC News for their coverage of actor Corey Haim's death by prescription drug overdose.  Kabbaj comments on the lifelong challenge that chemical addiction poses to those who suffer from it.

Cathy Levenson, associate professor of biomedical sciences at the FSU College of Medicine, is part of a team of Florida State University researchers seeking to fill a gaping hole in the scientific literature regarding zinc.

Associate Professor Tim Megraw and his wife, Ling-Rong Kao, an assistant in research, are two key additions to the Department of Biomedical Sciences.

Laura Brock is the FSU College of Medicine’s new director of external relations. Among other things, that means she’ll act as a liaison with the Florida State governmental relations office, and she’ll work on developing a strategic constituency plan to organize and mobilize community resources.

Sanjay Kumar, assistant professor of biomedical sciences and neuroscience at the FSU College of Medicine, was honored by the American Epilepsy Society for receiving an Epilepsy Foundation grant. 

Akash Gunjan, Yoichi Kato and Choogon Lee, assistant professors of biomedical sciences at the FSU College of Medicine, all published articles in prestigious scientific journals.

With Michelle Obama looking on, Elena Reyes received Florida Campus Compact’s service Learning Faculty Award for encouraging lifelong leadership among her students. Reyes was one of the College of Medicine’s founding faculty members and is the behavioral sciences curriculum director and an associate professor.

Richard Nowakowski, an eminent neuroscientist who earned his Ph.D. in cell and developmental biology from Harvard University, is the new chair of the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the FSU College of Medicine. 

With two grants from the National Institutes of Health, Amy Wetherby, a professor in the College of Medicine and director of the Autism Institute at FSU, is continuing to develop an ASD-specific screener for children 18-24 months old in pediatric settings.

Janine C. Edwards is returning to Florida State to become chair of the FSU College of Medicine’s Department of Medical Humanities and Social Sciences.

The College of Medicine's Dr. Alice Pomidor comments on this Tallahassee Democrat story, discussing why seniors should continue to work-out as long as they can.

Florida State University (FSU) recently celebrated its 10-year anniversary of going against the conventional medical school grain. Back in 2000 when the school started, they were among the first to send its third- and fourth-year students out to make rotations with practicing physicians and other healthcare providers working on the front lines.

The College of Medicine's Dr. Ken Brummel-Smith, chair of the geriatrics department, comments on a 2004 report that suggests for better ways to approach senior driving problems. Many seniors' driving skills are often challenged, sometimes unfairly, due to their age.

PRESS RELEASE The College of Medicine and four other colleges at The Florida State University joined together March 2 to host “Healing and the Arts: Space Between Breaths,” an event that explored ways in which loss and grief can serve as a motivational force in people’s lives.

The College of Medicine hosted "Healing and the Arts: Space Between Breaths," a presentation designed to explore the ways that loss and grief can serve as a motivational force in people's lives. The presentation centered around a film, "Space Between Breaths," and was followed by a panel discussion. (Third blurb)

The FSU Center for Innovative Collaboration in Medicine & Law has been established to promote cooperation and collaboration between the two fields. Both the Colleges of Medicine and Law are actively engaged with the center's goals, which encourage collaboration on behalf of the consumer. Also featured on WCTV and FSU Headlines.

At 91, longtime medical education advocate Dr. Charlotte Maguire -- who was also one of the College's earliest supporters -- is still helping others learn through her many projects and causes. The Tallahassee Magazine recently shone its spotlight on her most recent efforts in its March/April issue.

PRESS RELEASE Richard Nowakowski is not only the new chair of Biomedical Sciences but also the first Randolph L. Rill Professor of Biomedical Sciences in the College of Medicine. This is the medical school’s first named professorship.

The ninth annual College of Medicine spring break trips will leave on March 5 and 6 to deliver food, supplies and care to underprivileged countries.

PRESS RELEASE The Florida State University Center for Innovative Collaboration in Medicine & Law has been established to promote cooperation between two professions that often view each other warily.

The ninth annual College of Medicine spring break trips will leave on March 5 and 6 to deliver food, supplies and care to underprivileged countries.

State senator Durell Peaden played a key role in getting the FSU College of Medicine started ten years ago.  A key political figure in the challenge of improving Florida's health care system, Peaden draws from his experiences as a small-town doctor.

These letters to the editor of the New York Times comment the surging numbers of new medical schools opening in the U.S. Marleise Brosnan, the project director of the Eldercare Workforce Alliance in Washington, D.C., praises the College of Medicine for its efforts to prepare all its students for work with elderly patients. (Last letter on this page)

The annual Alzheimer's Disease Education and Training Conference, held at the College of Medicine, offered free activities and information to those who attended. Over 200 people visited vendors, attended educational sessions, shared their experiences and learned about all the various kinds of help and support that's available to local caregivers dealing with a loved one's Alzheimer's disease. Also featured on WCTV.

With a different schedule and 250 more dancers than last year, the 15th annual Dance Marathon at FSU raised over $400,000 for the Children's Miracle Network. Children both at UF's Shands Hospital and in the FSU College of Medicine's Leon and Gadsden county programs will benefit from the funds raised.

The 15th annual Dance Marathon, organized each year by a dedicated group of FSU students, boasted a new schedule this year -- two 20-hour shifts instead of one 32-hour shift -- and 250 more dancers than the previous year. More than 1,500 volunteered total. Money raised -- over $400,000 -- goes to help kids at UF's Shands Hospital as well as the FSU College of Medicine's health programs in Leon and Gadsden counties.

The Alzheimer's Project Inc. partnered with the College of Medicine and the Pilot Club of Tallahassee to present a free conference for caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease. Held at the college, the conference aimed to help caregivers find support, counseling, respite opportunities and any other information that would make their lives easier.

The College of Medicine's Dr. Maggie Blackburn, director of Rural Health, voiced her opinion in this "My View" in the Tallahassee Democrat. Blackburn expressed thanks and continuing appreciation to FSU's Dance Marathon fundraiser's organizers and dancers; every year the event raises tens of thousands of dollars that directly benefits children living in Gadsden County.

Hundreds of people from the College of Medicine and across the Florida State campus filled the atrium Tuesday afternoon to view the work on display at the medical school’s sixth annual Research Fair. The 67 posters – 12 more than last year’s total – represented the work of faculty members as well as students. Their areas of research included stem cells, fetal nerve cells, liver fibrosis, childhood obesity, Vitamins B12 and D, and yoga for breast cancer patients, among many others.

Positive aging will be the keynote speaker’s message at the upcoming Alzheimer’s Disease Education and Training Conference at the Florida State University College of Medicine. The 25th annual conference, scheduled for Feb. 20, is free and open to everyone. It will give the public, caregivers and health professionals the latest updates on Alzheimer’s disease.

Florida Surgeon General Ana Viamonte Ros will be the keynote speaker this weekend at the Latino Medical Student Association regional conference, taking place at the Florida State University College of Medicine.

See page four of this official publication of the Florida Council on Aging for information on Florida State University's new Center for Innovative Collaboration in Medicine & Law.  Center director Marshall Kapp explains the center's mission to foster an agreeable relationship between the medical and law fields, instead of the conflicts that so often arise.  The FSU Colleges of Medicine and Law play integral roles in the center's development and ongoing projects.

In an opinion piece, former Herald-Tribune editor Waldo Proffitt mentions the College of Medicine as one of the four most important major institutions in the Sarasota-Manatee-Charlotte County area to help citizens age with dignity. Proffitt listed he college's Sarasota regional campus along with Sarasota Memorial Hospital, the Pines of Sarasota (a nursing home), and Senior Friendship Centers

PRESS RELEASE A team of Florida State University researchers will use a five-year, $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a way to measure levels of the trace metal zinc in the human body. An abstract of the team’s research project, titled “Development of Sensitive Fluorescent Probes for Physiological Zn2+ Over Large Concentration Ranges,” is available at http://projectreporter.nih.gov/project_info_description.cfm?aid=7784811

PRESS RELEASE A team of Florida State University researchers will use a five-year, $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a way to measure levels of the trace metal zinc in the human body. An abstract of the team’s research project, titled “Development of Sensitive Fluorescent Probes for Physiological Zn2+ Over Large Concentration Ranges,” is available at http://projectreporter.nih.gov/project_info_description.cfm?aid=7784811

For an October Grand Rounds, former FSU President Sandy D'Alemberte recalled what he went through -- alongside other early advocates of forming a college for Florida's underserved -- to make the College of Medicine a reality. Videos include D'Alemberte's speech, interview footage and a photo session next to the president emeritus' honorary statue. View the videos here.

The College of Medicine's Dr. Curtis Stine and Dr. Luckey Dunn offer their input to this article's analysis of the U.S. Health and Human Services panel's recent recommendation for women to wait until age 50 to get their first mammogram.