Ellen Zimmerman, M.D., Professor Department of Medicine and Vice Chair of Academic Affairs has been selected as a Fellow in the 2017-2018 Class of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women.
Dr. Christopher E. Forsmark, chief of the division of gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition at the University of Florida, was awarded the prestigious Vay Liang & Frisca Go Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Pancreatic Association, which was held in Boston…
Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency isn’t your ordinary GI condition, but it’s often mistaken for one.
Congratulations to Dr. Forsmark and his pancreas diseases team – the National Pancreas Foundation (NPF), a nonprofit organization that provides hope for those suffering from pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer, announced the designation of twenty-eight additional National Pancreas Foundation Centers for the treatment and care of patients with pancreatic cancer.
This year the department of medicine honored a number of outstanding teachers for the 2016 DoM Excellence in Teaching Awards. Our division had seven physicians who were honored and recognized for their dedication to teaching our students – future physicians and scientists. Congratulations! …
University of Florida Health has enrolled its first patient in a landmark clinical trial to study the effectiveness of three hepatitis C medications. The initial patient has begun a 12-week drug regimen and is one of 3,750 people who will be randomly assigned one of the medications…
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Day – March 4, 2016 March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Dress in blue all month with UF Health to help raise awareness for colon cancer and…
The Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition would like to congratulate Dr. Chris E. Forsmark for being the recipient of the 2015 Master Clinician Award. Master Clinician award recipients are selected by their peers for outstanding medical decision making, knowledge, and clinical skills. The Master Clinician award is presented by…
We are proud to care for patients at UF Health Shands Hospital, recently ranked one of the region’s top hospitals for gastroenterology & GI surgery by U.S. News & World Report. For more information, please visit https://ufhealth.org/news/2015/uf-health-shands-hospital-recognized-one-nation-s-best-hospitals…
Diseases that afflict the pancreas — pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer and diabetes — are often risk factors for one another. Now University of Florida Health researchers are seeking the links between them. The researchers have received a five-year, $2 million grant to study the link between these three diseases. They will be…
