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Palm Beach County Resident by U.S. News & World Report for 2022/23 and the USF
Health Morsani College of Medicine is ranked among the
Experiences The Academic best graduate schools in medical research for 2023. The
Medicine Advantage Of college is committed to converting discoveries into best-
practice clinical care by building meaningful, applicable
Tampa General Hospital research programs. It has made significant strides in
increasing the quality and diversity of research, helping
drive USF’s record growth in federally sponsored research
Tampa General Hospital Is Bringing and recruiting preeminent scientists who secure funding
World-Class Academic Medicine And from the National Institutes of Health.
Research To Florida’s East Coast “Our sustained rise in national rankings reflects the
Cilette Morris, a West Palm Beach resident, had been rapidly increasing strength of our educational, research
on a kidney transplant list with a local hospital and the and clinical mission,” said Dr. Charles Lockwood,
process was dragging. “A family member in Tampa Palm Beach County physicians, like Dr. David Amrose of executive vice president of USF Health and dean of the
suggested I try Tampa General Hospital (TGH). It was a TGH Advanced Kidney Care, connect patients in need of Morsani College of Medicine. “We are now competing
fast and straightforward process compared to the other transplants, with experts like Dr. Kiran Dhanireddy, vice with the nation’s most storied and respected programs.
hospital,” Morris said. “TGH was very caring and very president and chief of the TGH Transplant Institute. These outstanding metrics also position us to attract the
efficient; there’s a whole institute dedicated to transplants. highest caliber students and faculty, further advancing
The team keeps in touch and keeps you up to date, making connection to TGH’s academic and research resources; our program into the national spotlight for its outstanding
sure you’re doing what you’re supposed to do when you’re they don’t have to leave the state to receive world-class education, exceptional research and world-class clinical
supposed to. They almost put more interest into everything medical care. care.”
than the patients do!” TGH has been the primary teaching hospital of the TGH has created a framework of state-of-the-art
Since the transplant procedure, Morris has been USF Health Morsani College of Medicine since the school services for patients on Florida’s East Coast, with the
participating in an observational research study, thanks to was created in the early 1970s. TGH patients have access expertise and innovation of a preeminent academic
the academic medical institution. The study uses a mailed to cutting-edge academic medicine and resources, which medical center. The initiative began with an alliance with
blood test to analyze how well patients are receiving their include a wider variety of clinical trials, research studies the Cancer Center of South Florida, which is now the TGH
donor organs and to detect early signs of possible organ and breakthroughs, options for advanced immunotherapy Cancer Institute. Since then, TGH has also established
rejection. procedures, enhanced personal treatment plans and a TGH Concierge Health, TGH Digestive Health Center
“I decided to take part in the research not only because convenient path to complex surgeries. (formerly TGH Gastro Group of the Palm Beaches), TGH
I stood to benefit, but also because I was grateful and saw “As a research and academic hospital, we’re not just General Surgeons of the Palm Beaches, TGH Advanced
an opportunity to help other people,” explained Morris. practicing medicine. We’re defining how it is practiced,” Kidney Care and TGH Imaging.
“The testing tracked my bloodwork and let the team said John Couris, president and CEO of TGH. “We are the state of Florida’s hospital. We want to
correct anything wrong very early. Fortunately, everything More than 700 medical school residents and fellows support, complement and augment current care in the
went well for me, so most of my follow-up care has been receive specialty training at TGH in areas ranging from community, so patients can get what they need without
through telehealth appointments.” general internal medicine to neurosurgery. In addition, leaving the state,” Couris added. “TGH is building a
When patients need care for rare or complex medical University of South Florida medical, nursing, pharmacy patient-centered system to deliver world-class care.”
conditions, they look for the latest treatments and and physical therapy students all receive part of their To learn more, please visit TGH.org/ThePalmBeaches.
technologies and highly experienced doctors. Those are training at TGH. Faculty of the USF Health Morsani
often found at academic medical institutions and TGH is College of Medicine admit and care for patients at TGH,
bringing that level of care and service to Florida’s East as do private practice physicians, many of whom also
Coast. Palm Beach County and Treasure Coast patients serve as adjunct clinical faculty at USF Health.
who need a higher level of care now have a direct TGH is one of the highest-ranked hospitals in Florida

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