Get to Know MCOM
As part of the University of South Florida, a nationally leading preeminent research university, the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine (MCOM) is harnessing the power of academic medicine with breakthroughs in research, education and clinical practice to transform the Tampa Bay region, and indeed the future of health care.
With the completion of the new MCOM and Heart Institute in Water Street Tampa, we are signaling the transformation of health by attracting greater NIH-funded research prominence, top-tier students and top-notch physicians to our community, creating a powerful economic engine for the bustling Tampa Bay region.
Top 1% NIH funded researcher worldwide
Dr. Jeffrey Krischer, a world-renowned diabetes expert in the top 1 percent of all National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded principal investigators worldwide, leads the USF Health Informatics Institute ranked the No. 1 university research institute for total research expenditures in Florida.
Top 1% NIH funded researcher worldwide
Brain power behind Alzheimer's prevention
The protein’s role in tau pathology is not well studied, but Dr. Alexa Woo seizes the opportunity to be first in discovering something new. In particular, Dr. Woo’s laboratory is trying to determine at what stage in the process of tau aggregation β-arrestins come into play.
Brain power behind Alzheimer's prevention
World-renowned expertise turns science into health
The former head of the world-renowned Pasteur Institute in Paris has joined USF Health to help university leaders strengthen biomedical and health-related areas of research excellence – and to elevate interdisciplinary signature programs to the international level.
World-renowned expertise turns science into health
As Microsoft's first Medical School Innovation Center of Excellence, the technology inside MCOM transforms medical education as real-time analytics leads to student success.
First of its kind in U.S. Advanced Practice Provider Neurological Fellowship
Jennifer Krawczyk became the first graduate of USF Health’s Advanced Practice Provider Neurological Fellowship, a first of its kind program aimed at giving advanced practice nurses and physician assistants further expertise in neurosurgery.
First of its kind in U.S. Advanced Practice Provider Neurological Fellowship
USF Health earns 100% MIPS score for value-based care
MCOM attained a 100% score on its most recent Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) assessment, a measurement required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to track how well hospitals and medical groups perform on key areas that benefit patients.
USF Health earns 100% MIPS score for value-based care
Radiology team helps advance clinical medicine with anatomically precise 3D prints
An MCOM team develops region's first 3D models in clinical applications. Using data specific to each patient, 3D models of bone and organs can be created to guide surgeons and educate patients, an effort that is altering both medical care and standard approaches to surgical planning.
Radiology team helps advance clinical medicine with anatomically precise 3D prints
The new MCOM and Heart Institute will be part of the world's first WELL-certified district in downtown Tampa. The WELL Building Standard is a premier standard for buildings, interior spaces and communities seeking to implement, validate and ensure features that support and advance human health and wellness.
