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May 01, 2004
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PRESS RELEASE Alma Littles, M.D., associate dean for Academic Affairs for the FSU College of Medicine, joined local and statewide health officials on May 10 in a town hall meeting that kicked off events in Tallahassee for Cover the Uninsured Week. Cover the Uninsured Week is a national campaign to annually promote the goal of affordable health coverage for all Americans.

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Apr 20, 2004
STATE Volume 38 Number 17
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The American Medical Women’s Association has recognized an FSU alumna and an associate dean as local legends from Florida. Alma Littles, M.D., an associate dean for academic affairs in the college, and Charlotte Maguire, M.D., a pioneering woman physician and benefactor of the FSU College of Medicine, were nominated for the distinction by Congressman Allen Boyd Jr.

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Apr 12, 2004
The Times Union
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Two programs take to farming out physicians in the country side. A void exists in rural areas when it comes to medical care, but some programs are trying to address it.

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Mar 23, 2004
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PRESS RELEASE The Florida Academy of Family Physicians has selected Florida State University College of Medicine faculty member Dr. C. David Smith as Florida’s 2004 Family Physician of the Year. Although he practices in a Panhandle town of fewer than 600 residents, Smith’s impact is immeasurable to the people of Jay, Fla., and the surrounding area, where he has been the backbone of the health care system for 23 years.

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Mar 02, 2004
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PRESS RELEASE Impending changes in the nature and financing of state and federal rural health initiatives were the focus of a day-long summit sponsored by the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Center for Rural Health Research and Policy at the Florida State University College of Medicine. National and statewide rural health leaders came together in Tallahassee for the Feb. 27 Rural Health Summit, which drew about 70 rural providers, hospital administrators, rural health network representatives and FSU medical students.

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Dec 03, 2003
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PRESS RELEASE Florida State University's third-year medical students will be spending the next three weeks working with local community service agencies in Orlando, Pensacola and Tallahassee as part of a community medicine rotation designed to broaden their understanding of the role the agencies play in health promotion and disease prevention.

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Nov 01, 2003
Tallahassee Democrat
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Dr. Joseph Scherger has been chosen as the Dean of the Florida State University College of Medicine. Scherger's appointment by Provost Larry Abele is the result of a national search that took several months. He begins work July 1.

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Oct 29, 2003
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PRESS RELEASE The Florida State University College of Medicine has taken yet another major step forward with the addition of a doctoral program in biomedical sciences. Associate Dean Myra Hurt, who led the development of the new doctoral program, said the medical school as a whole will benefit from the expansion of the research program to include doctoral students.

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Oct 27, 2003
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PRESS RELEASE From rural high school students throughout Florida to families living in poverty in outlying areas of Haiti and Panama, many people will benefit from a $223,000 gift from the Pfizer Foundation to the Florida State University College of Medicine.

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Sep 01, 2003
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PRESS RELEASE FSUCares, a medical student organization devoted to local and international medical outreach, issues a challenge to all area runners and walkers to participate in the 2nd Annual FSUCares 5K Run/Walk and 1 Mile Fun Run on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003.