Jax physicians elected to medical society board Nine UF College of Medicine-Jacksonville physicians have been elected to the Duval County Medical Society 2007 board of directors. B. Hudson Berrey, M.D., a professor of orthopaedics and rehabilitation, and Deborah Lyon, M.D., an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology and division chief of gynecology, will both serve [...]

Even though they are at high risk for car accidents, many people with epilepsy whose seizures are poorly controlled continue to drive, according to a new University of Florida study. The main reason they continue to get behind the wheel? It’s often the only way they can make it to work, say UF researchers, who [...]

Jay M. Whitworth, M.D., a professor of pediatrics at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville and a champion for children who are hurt and helpless, passed away suddenly this past weekend while in London on business. Born May 11, 1938, in Pendleton, Ind., Dr. Whitworth resided in Jacksonville since 1969. He served [...]

A Cocoa Beach man with prostate cancer became the first patient to undergo treatment at the new University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute, the first time the most advanced form of radiation therapy available has been offered in the Southeast. “The first day a patient begins cancer treatment carries a great deal of significance for [...]

David A. Harmon, M.D., an assistant professor of pediatrics in the UF College of Medicine-Jacksonville, has been named the medical foster care statewide physician consultant for Children’s Medical Services. A program of the Florida Department of Health, CMS serves children whose serious or chronic physical, developmental, behavioral or emotional conditions require extensive preventive and maintenance [...]

Eric Conde, M.S.A., has joined the UF staff as assistant dean for administrative affairs – a new position in the Office of the Senior Associate Dean/Associate Vice President for Health Affairs at the College of Medicine-Jacksonville. With his more than 14 years of experience in health-care administration, he will be responsible for a wide range [...]

James Chingos, M.D., is the new president of the Association of Community Cancer Centers, the premier education and advocacy organization for the multidisciplinary cancer care team. He is an associate professor and division chief of the division of hematology/oncology at the College of Medicine-Jacksonville and an associate director of the UF Shands Cancer Center. He [...]

The University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute today (April 12) launched its official Internet site, http://www.floridaproton.org, providing an authoritative online resource for people seeking information about the promise of proton therapy for cancer treatment. The site offers a detailed description of what proton therapy is and how it works, facts and updates about the Florida [...]

Shahla Masood, M.D., a professor and associate chair of pathology at UF-Jacksonville, was recently inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society. The society is an initiative of the Arnold P. Gold Foundation a public foundation fostering humanism in medicine. It honors senior medical students, residents, physician teachers and other exemplars for demonstrated excellence in clinical [...]

Elizabeth Harkey, R.N., was named the 2005 Nurse of the Year by The World AIDS Day Committee of Jacksonville at its annual World AIDS Days luncheon. A UF–Jacksonville employee for five years, Harkey is a special projects coordinator responsible for quality assurance and quality control at the Rainbow Center, UF’s family-centered comprehensive health-care provider for [...]