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Alexzander Wood, 9, stands next to University of Florida College of Medicine cardiac surgeon Dr. Mark Bleiweis in January. Alexzander received a new heart on Feb. 19, just months after becoming the first child in Florida to receive the Berlin Heart, a mechanical device that kept him alive and improved his condition while he waited for a transplant.
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News Release: State's first child to be implanted with Berlin Heart device receives new heart
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Dr. Mark Bleiweis, a University of Florida College of Medicine cardiac surgeon, checks the Berlin Heart he and other surgeons placed in Alexzander Wood, 9. Last fall, Wood became the first child in Florida to receive the mechanical device, which kept him alive and improved his condition while he waited for a transplant. Wood finally received his new heart Feb. 19 when a donated organ became available.
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News Release: State's first child to be implanted with Berlin Heart device receives new heart
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Sherrilene Classen, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the UF College of Public Health and Health Professions’ department of occupational therapy
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News Release: Better designed roadway intersections can boost older drivers' performance
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Graduate student Patricia Belchior and John McAvoy take a drive through the road course that was used in the UF study of roadway intersection design.
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News Release: Better designed roadway intersections can boost older drivers' performance
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David Seaberg, M.D., a professor and chairman of emergency medicine at UF’s College of Medicine
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News Release: Super Bowl could be hazardous to some fans' health
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Tampa periodontist Gerald Kluft, D.D.S., was honored as a distinguished alumnus
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News Release: Tampa periodontist honored as UF distinguished alumnus
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Lisa Merlo, Ph.D., an assistant professor of psychiatry in the UF College of Medicine
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News Release: Addicted to phones? Cell phone use becoming a major problem for some, expert says
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Pictured (left to right) are University of Florida nephrologist Dr. Mark Segal, UF molecular physiologist Mohan Raizada and Dr. Carl Pepine, chief of cardiovascular medicine at UF’s College of Medicine, during a meeting to discuss UF’s role in a new national network designed to study stem cell treatments in patients with cardiovascular disease. As part of a five-member federally funded consortium known as the Cardiovascular Cell Therapy Research Network, UF scientists will seek to identify and test new cell therapies to improve the structure and function of the heart and its blood vessels.
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News Release: UF to research stem cell treatments for heart disease
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Leonid Moroz, a professor of neuroscience and zoology at the University of Florida Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, has found that gene sequences in a simple marine snail called “Aplysia” have a lot to say about the human brain and neurological disease.
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News Release: How many genes does it take to learn? Lessons from sea slugs
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Michael Marsiske, Ph.D., an associate professor of clinical and health psychology at the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions.
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News Release: Mental exercise has long-term benefits for seniors
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James Thompson, D.V.M., Ph.D., executive associate dean of the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine.
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Ramon Bautista, M.D., an assistant professor of neurology at the UF College of Medicine-Jacksonville.
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News Release: UF study reveals many people with epilepsy risk driving to get to work
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Eric Storch, Ph.D, a UF assistant professor of psychiatry and pediatrics
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News Release: Rockin' around the Wii: Video games fun but pose social, health risks
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Hope Jankunas, a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine junior, sits with PAWS program client Richard Martin and his dog, Rip, Nov. 17 outside UF’s Veterinary Medical Center. Martin brought Rip to the VMC to receive a rabies shot.
Photo by: Sarah Carey, College of Veterinary Medicine
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Richard A. Sams, Ph.D., has been named director of the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine Racing Laboratory
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News Release: New director appointed to head UF racing laboratory
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With the assistance of Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (third from right) University of Florida Vice President for Research Win Phillips prepares to cut the ribbon commemorating the new, 280,000-square-foot Cancer & Genetics Research Complex on the Health Science Center campus on Wednesday, Nov. 15. Featured speakers at the event were (from left) UF Genetics Institute Director Ken Berns, UF Shands Cancer Center Director W. Stratford May, Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research Director Robert Ferl, Bush, Phillips and Senior Vice President for Health Affairs Douglas Barrett.
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Andre Shih, an assistant professor of anesthesiology in the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine
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News Release: UF veterinarian honored for best abstract at anesthesiology conference
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Pictured with Lulu, a 4-month-old miniature Jersey cow, just before her release Oct. 11 from UF’s Veterinary Medical Center are her owners Tracy Petres and Peter Petres, visiting veterinary student Bil Crumley from Colorado State University and UF veterinary ophthalmology resident Sarah Blackwood, D.V.M. Lulu had successful surgery at UF’s VMC to remove cataracts in both eyes Oct. 10 and continues to recuperate well at home in Sarasota.
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Maureen Long, D.V.M., an associate professor of equine medicine and infectious disease specialist at the University of Florida’s Veterinary Medical Center, monitors a horseand foal for the possible presence of disease in 2005.
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News Release: Horse owners can still vaccinate animals against West Nile virus
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Tamara D. Warner, Ph.D., a postdoctoral associate in the UF College of Medicine
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News Release: Drug exposure before birth could affect kids' decision-making skills
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Jan Shearer, D.V.M., a University of Florida professor, holds appointments in the College of Veterinary Medicine’s department of large animal clinical sciences and the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences’ department of dairy science
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News Release: UF veterinarian honored by bovine group, alma mater for contributions to bovine industry
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Melissa Bourgeois, a senior at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine
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News Release: UF veterinary student honored for essay
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Left to right are Warren Wiltshire Jr. of Wiltshire, Whitley, Richardson, et al. of Fort Myers, representing Robin Weeks’ Estate; Dr. Jim Thompson, Dr. Mike McNulty and University of Florida President Bernie Machen.
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University of Florida College of Nursing leader Ann Horgas, Ph.D., R.N.
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News Release: UF faculty member honored for excellence in nursing education
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Christoph Seubert, UF assistant professor of anesthesiology
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News Release: Researchers explore medicine in the final frontier
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Bruce Goldberger, Ph.D., a professor and director of UF's William R. Maples Center for Forensic Medicine.
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David Ostrov, Ph.D., an assistant professor of pathology, immunology and laboratory medicine at UF's College of Medicine who is affiliated with the UF Shands Cancer Center
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News Release: Tiny Tampa Bay fish key to evolution of immune system
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Raymund Woo, M.D., associate professor of orthopaedic surgery and chief of pediatric orthopaedics at UF’s College of Medicine
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News Release: Boy undergoes rare surgery to correct life-threatening disease
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Veptr 1:This illustration shows what vertical expanding prosthetic titanium ribs look like after they have been placed on a child's rib cage.

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News Release: Boy undergoes rare surgery to correct life-threatening disease
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Veptr rib cage: Most children with congenital scoliosis receive two vertical titanium ribs. The metal ribs, shown here on a skeleton model, are adjusted every six months so the rib cage can continue to expand.
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News Release: Boy undergoes rare surgery to correct life-threatening disease
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Mavis Agbandje-McKenna, a structural biologist at the University of Florida’s McKnight Brain Institute, studies how viruses infect cells. She has found that b y changing which carbohydrates they attach to, viruses are able to infect cells more efficiently — a finding that may prove valuable to scientists seeking ways to fight cancer or brain diseases.
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News Release: The sweet science: Viruses switch grip to gain upper hand
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Lindsay A. Thompson, M.D., M.S., UF assistant professor of pediatrics
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News Release: Vaccine combination leads to fevers, more ER visits for babies
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Daniel J. Driscoll, M.D., Ph.D., a UF professor of molecular genetics and microbiology in the College of Medicine
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News Release: Study shows link between morbid obesity, low IQ in toddlers
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Curtis G. Tribble, M.D., named vice chairman of the department of surgery and chief of its division of cardiothoracic surgery.
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News Release: UF names chief cardiothoracic surgeon
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College of Nursing Dean Kathleen Ann Long
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Attending the University of Florida College of Pharmacy August commencement are (left to right) WPPD clinical faculty members Nancy Kazarian, Pharm.D., and Linda Rolston, Pharm.D., who also were among the first graduates of the program in 1997; 1000th graduate Teresa Watkins, Pharm.D., (class of 2006); and Sven Normann, Pharm.D., associate dean of distance education.
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Judy Campbell, M.S.N., A.R.N.P., a doctoral student from the University of Florida College of Nursing
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News Release: UF nursing student chosen as national geriatric scholar
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Amara Estrada, D.V.M., an assistant professor of veterinary cardiology at UF's VMC
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News Release: New study will explore advanced pacemaker techniques in canine heart patients
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From left to right are Karen Padgett, Hill’s Pet Nutrition Inc. chief of veterinary business channels, veterinary student Sarah Judd and Hein Meyer, Hill’s director of academic affairs.
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Johannes W. Vieweg, M.D., has been named the founding chair of the College of Medicine's new department of urology
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News Release: Founding chair of UF's department of urology is appointed
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Glen F. Hoffsis, D.V.M., named dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Florida
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News Release: Former Ohio State dean to lead College of Veterinary Medicine
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Anne-Marie Slinger, M.D., a UF assistant professor of pediatrics in the College of Medicine
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News Release: Back to school means getting back to sleep
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Carrie Haskell-Luevano, Ph.D., a UF associate professor of medicinal chemistry
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News Release: Study pinpoints how genetic glitch could keep some people from feeling full
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Barry J. Byrne, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Powell Gene Therapy Center
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News Release: UF scientists test improved gene therapy method for hereditary heart conditions
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Rodney Edwards, M.D., a UF assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the College of Medicine
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News Release: New test could keep babies from contracting deadly infections
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Sharks are often portrayed with their dorsal fins knifing through the water. University of Florida researchers writing in the journal Nature have found the genetic programming used to build these fins is still at work in the human body.
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News Release: UF scientists discover evolutionary origin of fins, limbs
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This electron micrograph shows a shark embryonic fin bud. University of Florida researchers found the genetic instructions to develop fins, as well as human limbs, were perfected more than half a billion years ago in the dorsal and anal fins of early fishes.
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News Release: UF scientists discover evolutionary origin of fins, limbs
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Dr. Cinzia Maraldi, lecturer in the College of Medicine’s department of aging and geriatric research
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News Release: Health benefits of moderate drinking extend to elderly
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UF pharmacists Leslie Hendeles, Pharm.D
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News Release: UF researchers question effectiveness of decongestant
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James Gillooly, Ph.D., an assistant professor in UF's department of zoology
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News Release: Large dinosaurs were extremely hot in their day, UF study finds
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Michael Ray greets his dog Eagle at the University of Florida's
Veterinary Medical Center. Eagle was released on June 21 after
receiving surgery the previous day to correct medial shoulder
instability.
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News Release: Service dog speeds toward recovery after surgery at UF's Veterinary Medical Center
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Jennifer Fick, DVM, changes the bandage on Eagle Ray's left shoulder
with the assistance of veterinary technician Stephanie Holloway, in
preparation for his release. Surgery to correct Eagle's medial shoulder
instability was performed on June 20 at UF's Veterinary
Medical Center.
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News Release: Service dog speeds toward recovery after surgery at UF's Veterinary Medical Center
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Jay Schauben, Pharm. D., director of the Florida Poison Information Center-Jacksonville and a UF clinic professor of emergency medicine and pharmacy.
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News Release: Hurricanes' latent hazards tracked by poison centers
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Neuroscientist Sue Semple-Rowland of the University of Florida’s McKnight Brain Institute poses with a type of Rhode Island Red chicken born blind. Rowland has developed a gene therapy that enables these animals to hatch with their sight intact, which proves in principle that a similar treatment can be developed for an incurable form of blindness in children.
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News Release: UF scientists restore sight to chickens with blinding disease
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Dr. Victor Lechtenberg from Purdue University (left), vice chair of the ADEC board of directors, presents the 2006 ADEC Award of Excellence to Drs. Ian Tebbett and William Riffee (right) from the UF Distance Education program.
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News Release: University of Florida earns national recognition in distance education
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Marco Pahor, M.D., director of University of Florida’s Institute on Aging
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News Release: Elders' ability to walk predicts future health outcomes
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Eric Storch, a UF assistant professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at UF's
College of Medicine
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News Release: Kids with OCD bullied more than others, study shows
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Jamie B. Conti, M.D., a cardiac electrophysiologist and an associate professor of medicine
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News Release: Conti elected to the Association of University Cardiologists
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University of Florida nurse researcher Joyce Stechmiller, Ph.D., A.R.N.P.
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News Release: Nurse researcher receives funding to assess diabetic wound healing
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Dr. Zhongjie Sun, a UF assistant professor of medicine, physiology and functional genomics
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News Release: Researchers use new technique to treat high blood pressure, kidney
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Dr. Charles Rosser, assistant professor of urology at the University of Florida ­– Jacksonville
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News Release: Inner-city black men face higher risk of prostate cancer
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Dr. Veena Antony, a UF professor of pulmonary medicine and division chief of pulmonary and critical care medicine for the College of Medicine
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News Release: Researchers seek answers to combat TB epidemic
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University of Florida researchers Li Liu, Bradley Fletcher and Cathryn Mah have devised a novel technique to perform gene therapy for hemophilia. The researchers have successfully treated neonatal mice using the technique, according to findings published in the journal Molecular Therapy.
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Lampreys, a slender fish with a mouth full of horny, tooth-like structures that flares open at the end of its body, has long been thought to have taken a different evolutionary road than almost all other backboned animals. University of Florida Genetics Institute scientists have found these animals may not be so different after all, especially in terms of the genetics that govern their skeletal development.
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News Release: UF scientists reveal ancient origin of vertebrate skeleton
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Adam Whitehead shows off a completed hoof belonging to Mercury, a 5-year-old gelding with club feet. This photo was taken after the third shoeing by Whitehead following surgery performed by UF large animal surgeons to help treat Mercury's condition.
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News Release: Farrier service at UF's College of Veterinary Medicine is up and running
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Dr. Brent Leytem with Sebastian and the family cat after Sebastian’s surgery at the University of Florida Veterinary Medical Center to repair a spontaneously leaking lung.
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News Release: Surgery saves life of former champion Great Dane
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Jeffrey Goldhagen, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor of community pediatrics at the UF College of Medicine - Jacksonville
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News Release: Health Disparities: Untangling a complex web of causalities
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Barry Byrne M.D., Ph.D., professor and associate chairman of pediatrics, says goodbye to his patient, Yankee.
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News Release: Human, animal doctors report success in dog's open heart surgery
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Dr. Nikki Hackendahl (right), a small animal medicine resident, and Dr. Amara Estrada (left), a veterinary cardiologist, are shown with Yankee, outside the University of Florida Veterinary Medical Center. Yankee, a yellow Labrador retriever, was released home with her owners Feb. 3, 2006 after surgeon Dr. Mark Bleiweis, who as director of UF’s Congenital Heart Center typically treats human patients, performed open heart surgery Jan. 27 to remove a bamboo barbecue skewer that had pierced her heart.
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News Release: Human, animal doctors report success in dog's open heart surgery
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A Thoroughbred filly named Squirt born “knock-kneed” — with deformed joints Squirt before surgery.
Photo by: Giovanna Holbrook, Squirt's owner
News Release: Thoroughbred filly has new lease on life thanks to rescuers and UF large animal surgeons
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Squirt enjoys being turned out to pasture after her many surgeries at
the University of Florida Veterinary Medical Center to correct limb
deformities.
Photo by: Giovanna Holbrook, Squirt's owner
News Release: Thoroughbred filly has new lease on life thanks to rescuers and UF large animal surgeons
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Nancy Mendenhall, M.D., associate chairwoman of the radiation oncology department in Jacksonville
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News Release: Leading oncologist takes on new role at proton facility
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