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Michael Sweeney, M.D., M.B.A. (B.S. ’75), surgeon and FSU College of Medicine assistant professor, was elected to the FSU Alumni Association National Board of Directors.

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Minority faculty face difficulties remaining in academic medicine for most of the same reasons that minority students have trouble remaining in college. Kendall M Campbell M.D. and José E. Rodríguez, MD, associate professors of family medicine and rural health at FSU’s College of Medicine explain in this letter to the editor.

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Mohamed Kabbaj, a professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the FSU College of Medicine, is learning more about why the drug ketamine, used as an antidepressant for the last decade, requires a higher dosage to improve depression in males.

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A study published in the August 2013 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry demonstrates support for the changes in autism symptom structure for toddlers with autism spectrum disorder. The study was led by Whitney Guthrie, Health & Human Services Specialist, of the Autism Institute at FSU.

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Tallahassee Memorial Hospital has started a transition center that would not only help people stay healthy after leaving the hospital but also help those in danger of being hospitalized in the first place. It opened in partnership with the Capital Health Plan and the Florida State University College of Medicine and gives patients who don’t have ready access to a doctor a chance to sit down with a health professional, be evaluated and receive treatment if necessary.

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Mohamed Kabbaj, a professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the College of Medicine, received a $1.8 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to support his research.

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Mohamed Kabbaj, a professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the College of Medicine, received a $1.8 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to support his research on the general anesthetic drug ketamine.

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Dr. Aref Rifai, a clerkship faculty member at FSU’s College of Medicine, is the first American-based eye doctor to perform surgeries in hospitals located in two northern Syria towns in territory currently held by the Free Syrian Army, the rebel group trying to overthrow the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

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120 FSU College of Medicine students received their white coat during the white coat ceremony at Ruby Diamond Auditorium on Friday night.

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A new study by researchers from the Florida State University College of Medicine found that discriminating against someone for being fat isn’t real helpful; it tends to make people gain weight.