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Marshall Kapp, director of the Florida State University Center for Innovative Collaboration in Medicine and Law, comments on the story of Armond and Dorothy Rudolph of Alameda, FL. The Rudolphs, married for 69 years, decided to refuse food and water to end their lives.

 This article also appeared in the International Business Times [pdf] http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/200219/20110818/elderly-couple-evicted-after-refusing-food-drink.htm

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Three Immokalee High School students had the unique opportunity to experience what it’s like to attend medical school, thanks to The Immokalee Foundation and the Florida State University College of Medicine Summer Institute, a highly competitive program managed by FSU College of Medicine Outreach and Advising Office.

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Southwest Florida will soon be training doctors in its local hospitals. Lee Memorial Health System and Florida State University College of Medicine unveiled plans for a medical residency program in Fort Myers. It will be the first of its kind in Southwest Florida and the only one between Tampa and Miami.

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Parents, take note: A simple sack lunch may increase the risk of foodborne illness for the young children who bring them into daycare and school, according to a new study. Dr. Michael Muszynski, professor of pediatric infectious diseases at the Florida State University College of Medicine in Tallahassee, called the results of the study "concerning, since even lunches packed with multiple ice packs reached unsafe temperatures that would encourage the growth of bacteria that cause food-related illnesses."  

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PRESS RELEASE e Florida State University College of Medicine and the Lee Memorial Health System Board of Directors today announced plans to create a family medicine residency program in Fort Myers.
 
The program, expected to produce six new family practice physicians a year when at full capacity, will be the first allopathic residency program south of Tampa/St. Petersburg along Florida’s southwest coast. Among the fastest growing regions in the state, the area is in need of more physicians to take care of a population that grew by more than 40 percent in Lee County between 2000 and 2010.

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Lee Memorial Health System announced a partnership with Florida State University Monday afternoon for a medical residency training program for family practice physicians.

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Despite looming budget cuts and everdeclining insurance reimbursements, Lee Memorial Health System is moving forward on a new family medicine residency program. It's a leap of faith for a hospital system that believes the program will be a medical necessity for this region's rapidly aging population. "We need primary care physicians. Florida is actually exporting physicians today," said Richard Akin, chairman of the system's elected board of directors. "We need them to stay in our community." The system, in cooperation with the Florida State University College of Medicine, expects to take its first residency applicants next year.  

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The Lee Memorial Health System is launching a residency program for family physicians with Florida State University to better address a persistent shortage of primary-care doctors in the region. The residency program will be based at Lee Memorial Hospital and could admit its first class in July 2013.

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Lee Memorial Health System is joining forces with a major university to keep future doctors here in Southwest Florida. The argument is simple: more students graduating medical school are looking for work elsewhere. There aren't enough residency programs in the state to offer the needed training. In fact, not one hospital in Lee, Collier or Charlotte County has a residency program. But, all that is about to change. The Florida State University College of Medicine is joining Lee Memorial Health System to create the residency program. The medical partnership will welcome its first class of residency in July of 2013. The program, which will focus on primary care, is the first in the area. Watch video [wmv]

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PRESS RELEASE On Monday, August 8, 2011, the Florida State University College of Medicine and Lee Memorial Health System will unveil plans for a doctor training program intended to create more primary care physicians for Southwest Florida.