Congrats to Dr. Tania Velez!

Our very own Dr. Velez (third year resident) is speaking at the medPACT First Global Health Conference. She is sharing about her overseas medical missions experiences. She is featured on the medPACT website:

Dr. Tania Velez is a third year Family Medicine Resident at Florida Hospital in Orlando, FL. She was born in Puerto Rico and raised in Florida. After completing her undergraduate degree at University of Central Florida, she completed her medical education at University of South Florida College of Medicine. During medical school, she was the President of the International Health Service Collaborative, an organization that promotes sustainable health mission trips. Although Dr. Velez is in the early part of her medical career, her commitment to service has already been evidenced by medical mission work to improve the health of underserved people in the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Thailand and Panama.  In addition, she has done elective rotations at Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand and Quito, Mondaña, and Esmeraldas, Ecuador.  International and service missions throughout her education have shaped Dr. Velez into a leader in global health as evidenced by her most recent work as a Health Service Project Physician in Guayabito, Panama in May, 2010. She hopes to share her experience with the attendants of the Inaugural Global Health Conference by giving medical students a resident’s perspective on the importance of global health in the practice of medicine.

Congrats Tania! We are very proud of you!

CONGRATS to Drs. Sasse, Atwell, and Keehbauch

This year at the 2011 Family Medicine Winter Summit in Amelia Island, Dr. Liz Sasse will receive the Resident Scholar Award. Congrats Liz! We are so proud of how you have represented our residency and the field of family medicine.

Also a special congratulations goes to Dr. Lataura Atwell who will be sworn in as the resident Vice President of FAFP,  and Dr. Jennifer Keehbauch who will be sworn in as Secretary-Treasurer FAFP. Congratulations all! Great job!

Geriatric Center Dedicated to Dr. John Flemming

Congratulations Dr. Flemming on all your years of clinical dedication and excellence in teaching!

From the Florida State University Regional Campus Review, we read:

Dr. John Fleming is a pioneer among physicians in central Florida in the field of geriatrics, where he became one of the first Board-certified geriatricians in the area. Born in Memphis Tennessee, he graduated with honors from The University of Tennessee College of Medicine and was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha. Dr. Fleming trained in internal medicine and practiced in Winter Park, Florida from 1968-1993. He then joined the residency program teaching facul- ty of Florida Hospital in 1993 teaching internal medicine and geriatrics. 

Dr. Fleming was instrumental in establishing the Geriatrics Fellowship Program at Florida Hospital in 1997, serving as the program director. The Program was and remains the only Family Medicine Geriatrics Program in Florida. He also served as Medical Staff President at Winter Park Memorial Hospital, Medical Director at Mayflower Retirement Center, Florida Living Nursing Center, and Health and Home Con- nections. In 2003, Dr. Fleming was named Clerkship Director of Geriatrics at the Florida State University College of Medicine Orlando Regional Campus to implement the year-4 required Geriatrics Clerkship for which he recruited the faculty and he integrated the novel Geriatrics curriculum into the fellowship Program. Geriatric care and the discipline of geriatric medical education advanced greatly through his lead- ership.

On August 4, the Mayflower Retirement Center honored Dr. Fleming at a dedication ceremony for the Dr. John S. Fleming Geriatric Clinic at the Mayflower as a fitting recognition for his dedication, leadership, and innovation in geriatric care. The Florida State University congratulates Dr. Fleming on this most deserved recognition, and we also thank him for his pioneering efforts at our school in elder care.

Dr. Keehbauch Receives Humanitarian Award

Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Keehbauch for receiving the 2011 Central Florida Humanitarian Award. This award identifies and features "the many members of our community who give back so much and are dedicated to reaching out and helping others here and throughout the world in a multitude of ways." 

Jenni worked at the Health Care Center for the Homeless. And since 2002, she founded and operated the After Hours Clinic for the uninsured which has helped more than 20,000 working-poor and jobless since it opened. She has also gone on 5 mission trips to Mexico as part of the Cervical Cancer Project International Foundation. Mexico has one of the highest rates of deaths from cervical cancer because of poor access to simple screening.

THANK YOU JENNI FOR ALL YOU DO!  WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!

Dr. Pinkal Patel Wins AGAIN!

Another award for alumni Dr. Pinkal Patel! He won The Golden Apple Practice of Medicine Preceptor Award which is given to the preceptor who, based on student evaluations, demonstrated the highest standards of excellence in clinical teaching skills and is a role model in providing compassionate, patient-centered care. Dr. Patel won an award for FSU and UCF medical schools this year! CONGRATS AGAIN!

Faculty in the FAFP Magazine

Dr. Eddie Needham and Dr. George Guthrie recently published articles in the latest issue of the Florida Family Physician (the official publication of the Florida Academy of Family Physicians). Dr. Needham wrote on "The Family Doctor as Preceptor." And Dr. Guthrie wrote on "Effective Lifestye Change in Patients with Chronic Disease—What does it Take?"