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Welcome to the Department of Internal Medicine
We are the largest department within the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine (MCOM), encompassing over 24 divisions, programs, and centers. As part of the University of South Florida, an esteemed member of the Association of American Universities (AAU) and a preeminent research-intensive state university, we are honored to call this institution home. In close partnership with our primary teaching hospital, Tampa General Hospital (TGH), the MCOM forms the region's only full-service, integrated academic medical center. We are a vital healthcare safety net, a hub of economic opportunity, and innovation that demonstrates the power of academic medicine to Tampa Bay and, increasingly, the entire State of Florida.
Representing over half the faculty and providers in the College of Medicine, our department plays a vital role in this thriving healthcare ecosystem. While our size and breadth of offerings are impressive, our greatest pride lies in our amazing people: our faculty, providers, staff, and trainees who "Make Life Better" for patients and families every day. We are one team united in our purpose to positively impact our community and contribute to excellence in our three primary mission areas:
Clinical
Our faculty and providers are recognized as master clinicians, consistently rising to meet the most challenging diagnostic and therapeutic demands in both our hospital and ambulatory clinics. We are increasingly organized around specialized disease centers of excellence, where patients and families turn to us for unmatched expertise in healing rare and complex diseases. Our dedicated team frequently earns awards for quality of care, clinical excellence, and exceptional patient experience. We believe greatness is in the agency of helping others, and it is a privilege to grow to serve the needs of our community.
Education
We are committed to nurturing excellence in education and empowering our trainees with the knowledge and skills they need to thrive in the future. In doing so, we affirm our institutional commitment to training the next generation of leaders in academic medicine, and giving our trainees a sense of meaning, purpose, and belonging. Our university-based faculty have a storied history of winning teaching awards, and we set the standard within MCOM, our primary teaching hospital, TGH, and our other affiliate hospitals, Moffitt Cancer Center and the James A. Haley VA.
Research and Scholarship
With an annual budget of $130 million, including over $78 million in NIH-funded research funding and $14 million in clinical research studies, our department is committed to advancing scientific discovery and innovation. Our collaboration with the TGH clinical institutes and service lines around clinical trials and innovation places us at the forefront of biomedical science. The discoveries we help to pioneer will transform medicine and the lives of our patients, and we will share these discoveries with the world through our commitment to scholarship and disseminating knowledge.
In closing, I want to emphasize that our department is a community of thoughtful and caring academic professionals who espouse an ethos rigorously rooted in our values. These values - integrity, compassion, accountability, excellence, courage, and the right to belong - are aligned with our academic health system and will guide our collective future. If you are excited about what you have read here, we invite you to explore more through these pages and consider joining us on our journey.
Mark G. Moseley, MD, MHA
President, USF Tampa General Physicians
Executive Vice President, Tampa General Hospital
Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
Our Divisions
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Allergy & Immunology
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Cardiovascular Sciences
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Diabetes & Endocrinology
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Digestive Disease & Nutrition
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Hospice & Palliative Medicine
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Epidemiology
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Hematology & Medical Oncology
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Hospital Medicine
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General Internal Medicine
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Infectious Diseases & International Medicine
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Nephrology & Hypertension
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Preventative & Occupational Medicine
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Translational Medicine
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Rheumatology
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Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Sleep Medicine
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Statistics
- AAMC ranks USF in the top 4% of internal medicine programs nationally in preparing students for residency.
- ABIM Pass Rate: 100%
- Resident Subspecialty Match Rate: 100%
- Internal Medicine Residents: 145
- Subspecialty Fellows: 124
- Post-Doctoral Scholars: 18
- Doximity ranking: 64
- Mean USMLE Score: 250
Educational Mission
Our educational mission is global. Dr. Lynette Menezes, Assistant Dean for International Medicine, manages training programs in 32 countries - from Panama to China to Bangladesh - teaching leadership, quality improvement, and global health via bilateral exchange of scholars.
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The Department's research activities are numerous and involve both basic and clinical research activities in all subspecialties of Internal Medicine.
- USF's Internal Medicine has 18 research faculty responsible for more than $78 million in NIH research dollars. We are ranked nationally at 35/173 in funded NIH research by BRIMR.org (2020).
- Dr. Krischer is the world-renowned meta data analyst on Type 1 diabetes. Dr. Christian Brechot, former director of the Pasteur Institute and past president of Biomerieux, examines the microbiome.
- The malaria team under Dr. Liwang Cui and Dr. Kami Kim conducts fundamental and translational research on malarial resistance and that team has bases in Malawi, Myanmar, Thailand, and other countries.
- In the Allergy Division, Dr. Narasaiah Kolliputi and Dr. Juan Carlos Cardet study small airway disease and fibrosis. All research in the malaria and allergy units is NIH funded.
- Patient care occurs in our affiliated hospitals (Tampa General Hospital (TGH), H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, James A Haley VA Hospital, AdventHealth aka Florida Hospital) as well as our state-of-the-art ambulatory health care centers. The Department also provides healthcare support and services via contractual arrangements with many diverse organizations.
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- U.S. News & World Report Rankings of 5,500 hospitals - USF at TGH is 26th in Gastroenterology, 28th in Diabetes and Endocrinology, and High Performing in Nephrology, Pulmonary & Critical Care, and Geriatrics.
- We also have affiliate faculty in all Internal Medicine Divisions who practice and teach at the James A. Haley VA Hospital, which is recognized as a 5-star VA, one of only 13 such hospitals in the nation. The VA sponsors a nationally coveted Quality Improvement Chief Residency Program. Dr. Jose Lezama is a Vice Chair of our department and the Chief of Medicine leading the James A. Haley VA Hospital.
- USF's Internal Medicine faculty size has increased from 90 to 347 in the past five years. Over 40 of these clinicians are ranked in "Best Doctors in America." One is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and another is a member of the Association of American Physicians. Over sixty (60) are members of AOA.
- Most recently we are developing a Center for Advanced Lung Disease under Dr. Kapil Patel.
- Our critical care programs are among the top in the nation. We teach courses that certify physicians in ECMO and LVAD use.
USF volunteers support Tampa Bay through hurricane disaster relief
As Tampa Bay endured the historic impacts of two major hurricanes in quick succession, volunteers from across USF and USF Health came together to provide essential services and support to the region through the USF Community Emergency Response Team (CERT).
USF volunteers support Tampa Bay through hurricane disaster relief
USF Health awarded $10 million to establish the Florida Center for Emergency Medical Services
Policy and workforce study institute, located in burgeoning Tampa Medical and Research District, will monitor and enhance EMS services statewide.
USF Health awarded $10 million to establish the Florida Center for Emergency Medical Services
USF Health receives $3.75 million NIH award to research whether Long COVID may contribute to Alzheimer’s disease and dementia
The National Institute of Health has awarded a $3.75 million research grant to a USF Health researchers team to study Long COVID and its potential link to serious neurological impacts that can ultimately lead to dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.