PRESS RELEASE Fourteen members of the first class of students to graduate from The Florida State University College of Medicine recently completed the journey to becoming full-time practicing physicians.

PRESS RELEASE A Florida State University College of Medicine research team led by Yanchang Wang has discovered an important new layer of regulation in the cell division cycle, which could lead to a greater understanding of the way cancer begins.

PRESS RELEASE The Florida State University College of Medicine is ranked fourth in the nation for the percentage of its graduating doctors who choose to specialize in family medicine, according to the American Academy of Family Physicians.

PRESS RELEASE The discovery of a protein involved in the life-threatening mechanism of liver fibrosis has helped a researcher at the Florida State University College of Medicine attract a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

PRESS RELEASE Dance Marathon at Florida State University and Children’s Miracle Network at Shands Children’s Hospital at the University of Florida will present a check for $197,000 to the FSU College of Medicine for the benefit of Gadsden County school children.

PRESS RELEASE Hispanic Business magazine has ranked Florida State University’s College of Law the fifth best law school in the nation for Hispanics, while also giving a nod to the FSU College of Medicine. The rankings appear in the magazine’s September issue.

PRESS RELEASE A Florida State University researcher has received a $743,000 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health and the Johnny Byrd Sr. Alzheimer’s Center & Research Institute to study the most effective methods to provide skills training and support to African?American caregivers of dementia patients.

PRESS RELEASE The Florida State University College of Medicine will mark an important milestone in the development of its research program Saturday with the graduation of its first Ph.D. student. Dillon Fritz, who will receive a doctorate in biomedical sciences, will participate in commencement ceremonies at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center.

PRESS RELEASE This August 1st and 2nd, representatives from the College of Medicine will be participating in the Florida Medical Association's Annual Meeting and Expo at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando. 

PRESS RELEASE Researchers know that early intervention is the key to better outcomes for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), but the effectiveness of intervention with very young toddlers is not yet known. With a $7 million grant from the National Institutes of Mental Health, Florida State University and University of Michigan researchers aim to find out how effective early intervention is for children diagnosed with ASD by the time they are 18 months old.

PRESS RELEASE  "As you complete your medical student careers and officially enter the profession, I want to share a few words about who you told us you were when you started and who we expect you to become, remembering that “to whom much is given, much is expected”. "

PRESS RELEASE The Florida State University College of Medicine will graduate its fourth class of students at a commencement ceremony on Saturday. Dr. Alma Littles, senior associate dean of the College of Medicine, will deliver the commencement address.

PRESS RELEASE Award-winning teacher, scholar and administrator Dr. Lynn Romrell has been named course director for clinical anatomy and associate dean for curriculum development and evaluation at the FSU College of Medicine

PRESS RELEASE Two leaders in medicine, Florida State University and Mayo Clinic, today signed an agreement to work as research partners in the quest to improve health care outcomes for Floridians and all Americans.

PRESS RELEASES Florida State University Provost and Executive Vice President Lawrence G. Abele has announced the appointment of Dr. John P. Fogarty as the next dean of the College of Medicine, effective Aug. 8. Senior associate dean for operations and associate dean for primary care at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, Fogarty will succeed Dr. J. Ocie Harris, who is retiring after more than five years as dean.

PRESS RELEASE Heart damage due to blocked arteries remains the leading cause of disease and death in the Western world, but a Florida State University College of Medicine researcher is helping to open new pathways toward treating the problem.

PRESS RELEASE All 57 students in the FSU College of Medicine Class of 2008 received notification today of where they will enter residency training this summer after graduation. Thirty-eight of the 57 graduating students, or 67 percent, are entering residency in primary care specialties, including family medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine and obstetrics/gynecology.

PRESS RELEASE The newest campus of the Florida State University College of Medicine got its start through the generosity of the late Isabel Collier Read, who was memorialized recently at the grand opening ceremony at the Immokalee, Fla., campus named for her.

PRESS RELEASE With a four-year, $707,000 grant from the American Cancer Society, Yanchang Wang, assistant professor of biomedical sciences in the Florida State University College of Medicine, hopes to learn how a particular enzyme could possibly help put the brakes on the runaway cell division process that occurs in many forms of cancer.

PRESS RELEASE Two local retired physicians have joined forces with Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare to provide $2.5 million worth of enhancements to the Florida State University College of Medicine, including a new center where medical students will learn using high-tech patient simulators.

PRESS RELEASE The Florida State University College of Medicine is working to help reduce health disparities among Gadsden County children through a project funded by FSU Dance Marathon, which is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at the Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center.

PRESS RELEASE Patients are more likely to have better health outcomes if they are treated at hospitals using information technology (IT) systems, according to a comprehensive new Florida State University study.

PRESS RELEASE Health care for the elderly in northern Florida, southern Alabama and southern Georgia is about to get better with a $1.2 million Geriatric Education Center grant involving departments at Florida State University, Florida A&M University and the University of South Alabama.

PRESS RELEASE The largest set of information ever collected about Florida's physician workforce suggests there are far fewer doctors practicing in the state than previously believed, according to Florida State University College of Medicine researchers.

A cooperative program between Florida State and IRCC has brought medical students to the Treasure Coast with the hope that they will stay and practice here.

PRESS RELEASE The Florida State University College of Medicine is ranked second in the nation for the percentage of its graduating doctors who choose to specialize in family medicine, according to the American Academy of Family Physicians.

PRESS RELEASE Florida State University’s colleges of law and medicine are among the best in the nation for Hispanics, according to Hispanic Business magazine.

PRESS RELEASE Starting July 2, Volusia County residents visiting the same physicians they’ve gone to for years might be greeted in the waiting room for the first time by a sign indicating that their doctor is now a teacher.

PRESS RELEASE Starting July 2, Fort Pierce residents visiting the same physicians they’ve gone to for years might be greeted in the waiting room for the first time by a sign indicating that their doctor is now a teacher.

PRESS RELEASE Elderly people consume almost 40 percent of all health care services in this country, but in most cases, the elderly do not see a geriatrician when they visit the doctor. That’s one reason the Florida State University College of Medicine strives to instill the principles of geriatric medicine in all of its students, regardless of their likelihood of specializing in geriatric health care.

PRESS RELEASE The Florida State University College of Medicine is ready to expand its rural medical education program to Immokalee, Fla., now that a transfer of property for a new training center has been completed. NCH Healthcare System recently transferred the deed on the Isabel Collier Read Building and accompanying 9.4 acres of land to FSU.

PRESS RELEASE Forty-nine students in the graduating Class of 2007 at the FSU College of Medicine received notification today of where they will enter residency training this summer after graduation.

PRESS RELEASE Thirty-five of the 36 students in the graduating Class of 2006 of the Florida State University College of Medicine received notification today of where they will enter residency training this summer after graduation.

PRESS RELEASE A comprehensive Florida State University study of information technology use in acute care hospitals is the first to reveal an overall financial benefit associated with hospital investments in IT. The study appears in the January-February issue of the Journal of Healthcare Management.

PRESS RELEASE NCH Healthcare System will help Florida State University's College of Medicine establish a training program focusing on rural health in Immokalee, Fla., an area that is home to many poor farm and migrant workers.

In 2000, the Florida State University (FSU) College of Medicine was founded, becoming the first new allopathic medical school in the United States in over 20 years. The new medical school was to use community-based clinical training for the education of its students,create a technology-rich environment, and address primary care health needs of Florida’s citizens, especially the elderly, rural, minorities, and underserved. The challenges faced during the creation of the new school, including accreditation and a leadership change, as well as accomplishments are described here.

PRESS RELEASE The FSU College of Medicine has joined forces with the university’s Honors Program to establish a B.S./M.D. program that will be open to five students annually beginning in fall 2006.
Applications and program details will be available Nov. 1 from the FSU Honors Office, (850)644-1841,  honors@fsu.edu , or on the Web at  http://honors.fsu.edu .

PRESS RELEASE The Florida State University College of Medicine is joining forces with Archbold Medical Center in an agreement through which a number of medical students will receive their clinical training in Thomasville, Ga.

PRESS RELEASE Health care for the elderly in northern Florida, southern Alabama and southern Georgia is about to get better through a new $2 million Geriatric Education Center involving departments at Florida State University, Florida A&M University and the University of South Alabama.

PRESS RELEASE The first group of Florida State University medical students to be assigned to the school’s new Sarasota campus arrive this week for their orientation.

PRESS RELEASE Outreach programs at the Florida State University College of Medicine have played a key role in the admission of a remarkably diverse first-year medical school class – one in which minorities and women are both in the majority.

The FSU Medical School held its first commencement ceremony Saturday May 21, 2005 in the College of Medicine Courtyard.

Avoid getting poisoned by perfectly good-looking food. Dr. Bob Brooks, associate director of heath affairs at FSU College of Medicine, talks about preventing food borne outbreaks.

Ajay Mhatre plans to return to Lake City and practice medicine.

Natosha Canty of Havana and Neil Rodgers of Quincy are among the 27 students in the inaugural class of the Florida State University College of Medicine who will graduate this Saturday.

Pensacola served as regional campus. Area hospitals provided on the job training

PRESS RELEASE Just under five years after the legislation creating the Florida State University College of Medicine was signed into law, the medical school will hold a commencement ceremony for its first class.

PRESS RELEASE Research shows that the rate of clinical depression among dementia caregivers ranges from 27 to 50 percent, making them the most distressed among the caregiver population. That’s why Robert Glueckauf, professor of medical humanities and social sciences at the Florida State University College of Medicine, has created the Alzheimer’s Rural Care Healthline

PRESS RELEASE National Public Radio's popular weekly science program, Talk of the Nation - Science Friday, will be broadcast live from the Florida State University campus on April 8. Flatow's guests for the show will include Jeffrey Spike, an associate professor of clinical ethics at the FSU College of Medicine; Dr. Charles G. Maitland, a neurologist and clinical professor at the College of Medicine; and Dr. Ken Brummel-Smith, chair of the geriatrics department, College of Medicine.