Grand Rounds

The Florida Healthy Liver Program Grand Rounds will outline the scope of a growing liver cancer problem driven by increasing incidence of metabolic-associated liver dysfunction (fatty liver). Mayo Clinic and FSU PrimaryHealth ™  faculty will review strategies for early screening and prevention of hepatocellular carcinoma, starting in primary care settings. They will also review an exciting pilot experience with the Florida Healthy Liver Program, which utilizes liver fibrosis screening of high-risk patients using vibration-controlled transient elastography incorporated into a primary care clinic. This Grand Rounds will conclude with a panel discussion of research opportunities for liver cancer prevention across multiple FSU departments and colleges to reduce the incidence of metabolic-associated liver dysfunction and hepatocellular carcinoma.

Speakers:

Mayo Clinic faculty: Kristen Ryland, APRN 

FSU PrimaryHealth ™ faculty: Cyneetha Strong, M.D.; Scottie Whiddon, M.D. 

With additional faculty discussants from Mayo Clinic: Denise Harnois, DO; Tushar Patel, MB, ChB; Beau Toskich, M.D.; Cynthia de la Garza Ramos, M.D.

And a panel discussion with FSU research faculty: Alicia Craig Rodriguez, DNP, MBA, APRN, FNP-BC, DipACLM; Michael Killian, Ph.D.; Lynn Panton, Ph.D.; Bonnie Spring, Ph.D., ABPP; Patrick Stover, Ph.D.

Please join us on  Wednesday, October 23 ^rd , for the Medical Student Summer Research Grand Rounds and poster session. This is a fantastic opportunity to engage with students from the Class of 2027 and learn about the research projects they have been involved in. Let’s come together to celebrate their successes!

We also extend our gratitude to the faculty mentors for their ongoing excellence!

Dr. Patrick Stover, Founding Director of the Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture and Distinguished Professor at Texas A&M University, will present a lecture titled "Enhancing the Purpose of Food."