Communications
Overview
The News & Communications team tells the story of USF Health, sharing stories of impact and highlighting advances across the academic health center’s core missions of education, research and patient care. Through multimedia, news and media relations, we help connect audiences with the people and discoveries shaping the future of health.
Patients with severe obesity increasingly underrepresented in surgical care, USF Health study finds
New research led by Dr. Michael Kachmar shows that patients with the highest levels of obesity underwent the fewest surgical operations each year. The findings are significant as patients with higher BMI have increasing medical and surgical needs, and the U.S. population with extreme obesity has grown disproportionately over the past two decades.
Patients with severe obesity increasingly underrepresented in surgical care, USF Health study finds
USF Health opens one-of-a-kind clinic for patients with complex allergic, skin and GI disorders
The new Center for Allergic Diseases is designed for patients with overlapping allergic, skin and gastrointestinal disorders who would benefit from a coordinated care plan developed by multiple specialists at the same time.
USF Health opens one-of-a-kind clinic for patients with complex allergic, skin and GI disorders
Shyam Kottilil brings a career of discovery and translational science to USF Health
Dr. Shyam Kottilil joins USF Health as vice dean for Clinical Research, bringing a career focused on translational science, chronic viral diseases, liver disease and virus-associated cancers. He will help expand USF Health’s clinical research enterprise while continuing work to move discoveries into better care for patients.