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Palm Beach County Resident practice clinical care by building meaningful, applicable
research programs. It has made significant strides in
Experiences The Academic increasing the quality and diversity of research, helping
Medicine Advantage Of drive USF’s record growth in federally sponsored research
and recruiting preeminent scientists who secure funding
Tampa General Hospital from the National Institutes of Health.
“Our sustained rise in national rankings reflects the

Tampa General Hospital Is Bringing World- rapidly increasing strength of our educational, research and
clinical mission,” said Dr. Charles Lockwood, executive vice
Class Academic Medicine And Research To president of USF Health and dean of the Morsani College of
Florida’s East Coast Medicine. “We are now competing with the nation’s most
Cilette Morris, a West Palm Beach resident, had been on a storied and respected programs. These outstanding metrics
kidney transplant list with a local hospital and the process was also position us to attract the highest caliber students and
dragging. “A family member in Tampa suggested I try Tampa Palm Beach County physicians, like Dr. David Amrose of faculty, further advancing our program into the national
General Hospital (TGH). It was a fast and straightforward TGH Advanced Kidney Care, connect patients in need of spotlight for its outstanding education, exceptional research
process compared to the other hospital,” Morris said. “TGH transplants, with experts like Dr. Kiran Dhanireddy, vice and world-class clinical care.”
was very caring and very efficient; there’s a whole institute president and chief of the TGH Transplant Institute. TGH has created a framework of state-of-the-art services
dedicated to transplants. The team keeps in touch and keeps for patients on Florida’s East Coast, with the expertise and
you up to date, making sure you’re doing what you’re TGH has been the primary teaching hospital of the innovation of a preeminent academic medical center. The
supposed to do when you’re supposed to. They almost put USF Health Morsani College of Medicine since the school initiative began with an alliance with the Cancer Center of
more interest into everything than the patients do!” was created in the early 1970s. TGH patients have access South Florida, which is now the TGH Cancer Institute. Since
Since the transplant procedure, Morris has been to cutting-edge academic medicine and resources, which then, TGH has also established TGH Concierge Health, TGH
participating in an observational research study, thanks to the include a wider variety of clinical trials, research studies Digestive Health Center (formerly TGH Gastro Group of the
academic medical institution. The study uses a mailed blood and breakthroughs, options for advanced immunotherapy Palm Beaches), TGH General Surgeons of the Palm Beaches,
test to analyze how well patients are receiving their donor procedures, enhanced personal treatment plans and a TGH Advanced Kidney Care and TGH Imaging.
organs and to detect early signs of possible organ rejection. convenient path to complex surgeries. “We are the state of Florida’s hospital. We want to
“I decided to take part in the research not only because “As a research and academic hospital, we’re not just support, complement and augment current care in the
I stood to benefit, but also because I was grateful and saw practicing medicine. We’re defining how it is practiced,” said community, so patients can get what they need without
an opportunity to help other people,” explained Morris. John Couris, president and CEO of TGH. leaving the state,” Couris added. “TGH is building a patient-
“The testing tracked my bloodwork and let the team correct More than 700 medical school residents and fellows receive centered system to deliver world-class care.”
anything wrong very early. Fortunately, everything went specialty training at TGH in areas ranging from general internal To learn more, please visit TGH.org/ThePalmBeaches.
well for me, so most of my follow-up care has been through medicine to neurosurgery. In addition, University of South
telehealth appointments.” Florida medical, nursing, pharmacy and physical therapy
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conditions, they look for the latest treatments and technologies the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine admit and care
and highly experienced doctors. Those are often found at for patients at TGH, as do private practice physicians, many Call
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