Welcome!

On behalf of the USF Health Pediatrics family I want to welcome you to our website. We hope you will find valuable information whether you are a prospective or current patient, healthcare professional or potential recruit. I am proud to serve as Chair because of the high quality faculty and staff that make up the Department. We are committed to transforming our community and our world for the better, through education, research and quality care.

Robert M. Nelson, Jr., M.D., M.S.
Professor & Chair
Department of Pediatrics

2009 Lewis A. Barness Lecture and Fellow's Forum
-- April 23, 2009
The 2009 Lewis A. Barness lecture and the accompanying Fellow’s Forum was held on April 23, 2009. The lecture and forum are held each year to honor Lewis Barness, MD, founding chairman of the Department of Pediatrics. John Malone, MD gave the honorary lecture entitled "Juvenile Diabetes Revisited", which was followed by oral and poster presentations by fellows and junior faculty. View abstracts of the research presentations.

Match Day 2009
-- March 19, 2009
We are excited about the match day results for our Pediatric and Internal Medicine/Pediatric residency programs! We will be welcoming 16 new residents from a wide range of geographic locations. Click here to see a list of our of PGY-1 residents for the 2009/2010 academic year.

Dr. Sleasman to review 2009 Recovery Act Applications
John Sleasman MD, Chief of the Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology has been asked by the NIH to review Challenge Grant applications that will be submitted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.