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Jun 27, 2023
The Messenger
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a warning that malaria could be spreading in the United States for the first time in 20 years, following the confirmation of four domestic-borne cases in Sarasota County, Florida. Malaria is a disease caused by a parasite and is primarily spread to humans bitten by infected Anopheles mosquitoes, which can be found across the U.S.

Symptoms can include headaches, fever, nausea and muscle aches.

"You always want to protect yourself from mosquitoes in Florida," said FSU College of Medicine professor Dr. George Rust, Director of the Center for Medicine and Public Health. The CDC recommends wearing long-sleeved shirts and using a bug repellent with DEET.  

"There are a lot of things that are more common [that can cause illness]," Rust said, adding that it's too early to panic. "[Malaria] is very low on a scale of things that can kill you."

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Jun 21, 2023
FAFP Newsletter
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FAFP Past President ('96), Daniel (Dan) James Van Durme, M.D., age 61, passes away on May 30, 2023, in Tallahassee, FL. He was born on September 25, 1961, in Dansville, NY. Dan is survived by his wife of 42 years, Patricia, his children Felicia, Stephanie (Shawn), and Luke, his grandchildren Bella and Killian, and his siblings Norah, Jean, Michael, Claire, Tommy, Mar, Matthew, Rachel, and Patrick. He was a gifted teacher who won numerous awards and mentored hundreds of doctors worldwide. At USF, he was one of the family doctors for the Tampa Bay Lightning, Tampa Bay Mutiny, and USF Athletics. While at FSU, he was instrumental in forming the Family Medicine Scholars and the Chapman Chapter of the Gold Humanism Society. Under his direction, FSU Primary Health was conceived and implemented, maintaining the mission of the school to provide doctors to underserved, rural, minority, and elderly populations.

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Jun 20, 2023
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PA-led HOME Street Medicine outreach meets needs of unsheltered
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Partnering with the Kearney Center, the FSU College of Medicine School of Physician Assistant Practice's HOME Street Medicine outreach program, is providing medical support and essential items to the unsheltered in Tallahassee.

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Sarasota Memorial Research, College of Medicine hold Interprofessional Research Conference

The Sarasota Memorial Research Institute and Florida State University College of Medicine held their first joint Interprofessional Research Conference at Sarasota Memorial Hospital’s Sarasota campus in May. The event, along with the groundbreaking of SMH’s new Research& Education Institute later this month, reflects the local health system’s national reputation as a teaching hospital and expanding commitment to clinical research. More than 150 healthcare professionals gathered to learn about innovative research projects and clinical studies led by multi-disciplinary specialists from across the region. The event featured dozens of individual and group poster, panel and podium presentations by physicians, pharmacists, nurses and other clinicians and a keynote address by National Institutes of Health award-winning researcher Irshad Chaudry, PhD. SMH and FSU leaders also presented nine research and innovation awards at the event, which was supported by the Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation.

The 2023 award recipients are:

  • SMH Distinguished Physician Research & Innovation Award – Beverly Long, MD
  • SMH Distinguished Nurse Research & Innovation Award – Bridget Drafahl, PhD, C-ONQS, CNS, RN
  • SMH Research & Innovation Excellence Award – Colleen Lindner, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
  • SMH Distinguished PharmacyResearch & Innovation Award – Pamela Lewis, RPh
  • SMH Pharmacy New Investigator Research Award – Jonathan Summerlin, PharmD
  • FSU Emergency Medicine Resident Research Award – Emily Wheeler, MD
  • FSU Emergency Medicine Distinguished Faculty Research Scholar Award – Sagar Galwankar, MBBS, MBA, MPH
  • FSU Internal Medicine Resident Research Award – Stephanie Williams, MD
  • FSU Internal Medicine Distinguished Faculty Research Scholar Award – Robert Smith, PhD                                                                                                   

Thanks to support from donors and the Sarasota County Public Hospital Board, Sarasota Memorial is slated to break ground on a new, $75 million Research & Education Institute on the SMH-Sarasota campus later this month. Designed to promote collaboration, discovery and innovation in medical education and research,the 5-story facility will house Sarasota Memorial’s clinical research division, nursing and clinical education, and graduate medical educationprograms, medical library and a new, state-of-the-art simulation center designed for hands-on training.

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College of Medicine establishes scholarship fund to honor Van Durme

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The Florida State University College of Medicine has established a scholarship fund in honor of Dr. Daniel Van Durme, the schools Chief Medical Officer who passed away following a motorcycle accident.

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Jun 01, 2023
Tallahassee Democrat
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The Florida State University medical community is mourning the loss of its Chief Medical Officer Dr. Daniel Van Durme.

Known for his leadership, friendship and larger-than-life personality, his presence and influence on FSU and the community will live on for many years, Dr. Alma Littles, the FSU College of Medicine's interim dean, said in a statement

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