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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

Dr. Krischer’s Group Receives Additional NIH Funding

-- November 16, 2009
The National Institutes of Health recently announced an award of $117 million for the second phase of the Rare Disease Clinical Research Network (RDCRN). The Data Management Coordinating Center for the RDCRN is led by Jeffrey Krischer, PhD. Dr. Krischer, Professor and Chief of Epidemiology and Biostatistics for USF Pediatrics, has led the RDCRN data coordinating center from its start. USF has received nearly $15.3 million for NIH’s rare diseases research initiatives over the last 5 years, and Dr. Krischer expects to receive an additional $15 million over the coming 5 years. The RDCRN is exploring the natural history, epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of more than 95 rare diseases. View Full Story

TEAMS Center Featured on USF Health Homepage

-- July 28, 2009
The 2,300-square-foot facility opened on July 1, 2009, and houses more than $250,000 worth of high-fidelity patient simulators – adults, children, newborns, and a mother that gives birth – each with a computer-driven age-appropriate physiology that can mimic routine and crisis medical scenarios. The center trains multi-disciplinary medical teams using crisis resource management principles borrowed from other high-stakes industries such as aviation. In its first month of operation, the TEAMS Center has had over 120 learners participate in a variety of simulation courses including Conflict Management in the Trauma Room, Team Training in the Delivery Room, and Management of the Difficult Airway. The TEAMS Center Director and founder is Laura Haubner, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Neonatology. She is assisted by coordinator Jason Fields. View Full Story