Dr. Rafael de la Puente earns the SMH #Physician Excel Award

Dec 20, 2019
Dr. de la Puente

Congratulations to FSU COM alum,  Dr. Rafael de la Puente, on earning the SMH #PhysicianEXCEL award! 

A well-respected Emergency Medicine physician, Dr. de la Puente is known for his compassion, contagious positive energy and calm-in-the-chaos demeanor. He is a role model & mentor, always going above & beyond for patients & always ready to teach other team members. Thank you, Dr. de la Puente, for all you do for your team, our patients & SMH! 

FSU Alum, Marc Bernstein, MD recognized as an exceptional volunteer

Jan 03, 2020
Marc Bernstein

Dr. Bernstein is a dedicated volunteer physician  at the Sarasota Memorial Community Specialty Clinic.

FSU and SMH offer new Palliative Care Fellowship

Nov 25, 2019

The Florida State University (FSU) College of Medicine and Sarasota Memorial Health Care System are partnering to offer the area’s first Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship. 

It is one of 13 approved sites in Florida where board-certified physicians can acquire advanced training to address the many medical and pyscho-social issues that accompany serious illness or end-of-life care. 

FSU & SMH Palliative Care

Press Release

FSU College of Medicine to Hold White Coat Ceremony for PA Students

MEDIA ADVISORY
 
CONTACT: Doug Carlson
(850) 645-1255; doug.carlson@med.fsu.edu
 
Jan. 29, 2020
 
 Members of the Florida State University College of Medicine’s third physician assistant class will receive white coats this week in a traditional ceremony symbolizing professional competence and compassion.
 
In 2018, the college’s School of Physician Assistant Practice welcomed its first class of 40 PA students. This year’s class comprises 59 students.
 
Physician assistants provide another layer of primary-care providers capable of strengthening the College of Medicine’s commitment to improving access to care in Florida and beyond. They work as part of a health-care team under a physician’s supervision. Students in the FSU PA program spend 27 months learning within the same network of faculty physicians who teach FSU medical students.
 
The ceremony will take place:

FRIDAY, JAN. 31
 
6 P.M.
 
OPPERMAN MUSIC HALL (KUERSTEINER MUSIC BUILDING)
 
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
 
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA
 
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Jan 27, 2020
Tallahassee Democrat
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Tallahassee Community College President Jim Murdaugh has agreed to designate three acres of land on the southwest edge of the TCC campus as the home site for a new Dale Mabry Air Field Museum. TCC's Appleyard Drive campus is situated on the former army airfield. As chair, Chuck Wells and Tallahassee's Dale Mabry Army Air Field Museum Inc.'s board oversaw efforts to establish the museum and plans to establish a complex on the property by 2024. Wells is also the program director for science and research development in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine.

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Jan 27, 2020
Tallahassee Democrat
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Gary Ostrander, vice president for research at FSU since May 2012, announced in an internal email to faculty and staff that he will be stepping down at the end of the year and return to the faculty in the College of Medicine.

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Jan 21, 2020
Tallahassee Democrat
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The Alzheimer’s Project and the Florida State University College of Medicine are conducting the 35th Annual Alzheimer’s Disease Education and Training Conference on Saturday, Feb. 8. The event will be held at the FSU College of Medicine from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Jan 20, 2020
WTXL
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A new discovery by Florida State University College of Medicine researchers is expected to help in the fight against the HIV virus and hepatitis B. The research has established for the first time the mechanism responsible for how two widely-used antiviral drugs inhibit viruses.

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Jan 23, 2020
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