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Palm Beach County Resident Experiences The Academic

Medicine Advantage Of Tampa General Hospital

Tampa General Hospital Is Palm Beaches), TGH General Surgeons of the Palm Beaches,

Bringing World-Class Academic TGH Advanced Kidney Care and TGH Imaging.
“We are the state of Florida’s hospital. We want to support,
Medicine And Research To complement and augment current care in the community, so
patients can get what they need without leaving the state,”
Florida’s East Coast Couris added. “TGH is building a patient-centered system
to deliver world-class care.”
Cilette Morris, a West Palm Beach resident, had been on a To learn more, please visit TGH.org/ThePalmBeaches.
kidney transplant list with a local hospital and the process was
dragging. “A family member in Tampa suggested I try Tampa
General Hospital (TGH). It was a fast and straightforward It’s The Law!
process compared to the other hospital,” Morris said. “TGH
was very caring and very efficient; there’s a whole institute
dedicated to transplants. The team keeps in touch and keeps Palm Beach County physicians, like Dr. David Amrose of Did You Know That, In
you up to date, making sure you’re doing what you’re TGH Advanced Kidney Care, connect patients in need of
supposed to do when you’re supposed to. They almost put transplants, with experts like Dr. Kiran Dhanireddy, vice Florida…
more interest into everything than the patients do!” president and chief of the TGH Transplant Institute.
Since the transplant procedure, Morris has been By Adam S. Gumson, Esq.
participating in an observational research study, thanks to the University of South Florida medical, nursing, pharmacy and Probate involves the
academic medical institution. The study uses a mailed blood physical therapy students all receive part of their training process of appointing a
test to analyze how well patients are receiving their donor at TGH. Faculty of the USF Health Morsani College of personal representative
organs and to detect early signs of possible organ rejection. Medicine admit and care for patients at TGH, as do private (often called executor
“I decided to take part in the research not only because practice physicians, many of whom also serve as adjunct in other states) whose
I stood to benefit, but also because I was grateful and saw clinical faculty at USF Health. duty it is to discover and
an opportunity to help other people,” explained Morris. TGH is one of the highest-ranked hospitals in Florida by pay valid creditors of the
“The testing tracked my bloodwork and let the team correct U.S. News & World Report for 2022/23 and the USF Health estate. Having a will does
anything wrong very early. Fortunately, everything went Morsani College of Medicine is ranked among the best not negate the need for
well for me, so most of my follow-up care has been through graduate schools in medical research for 2023. The college probate. It only identifies
telehealth appointments.” is committed to converting discoveries into best-practice the preferred personal
When patients need care for rare or complex medical clinical care by building meaningful, applicable research representative and beneficiaries. However, if there are still
conditions, they look for the latest treatments and technologies programs. It has made significant strides in increasing bank accounts or other assets in the decedent’s name at the
and highly experienced doctors. Those are often found at the quality and diversity of research, helping drive USF’s time of death, and those accounts do not have designated
academic medical institutions and TGH is bringing that record growth in federally sponsored research and recruiting beneficiaries, it is likely that a probate shall be required.
level of care and service to Florida’s East Coast. Palm Beach preeminent scientists who secure funding from the National Alimony is not one-size-fits-all. Florida provides
County and Treasure Coast patients who need a higher level Institutes of Health. a number of distinct alimony options: temporary,
of care now have a direct connection to TGH’s academic “Our sustained rise in national rankings reflects the rehabilitative, durational, bridge-the-gap or permanent
and research resources; they don’t have to leave the state to rapidly increasing strength of our educational, research and and the scope of each type of alimony can vary widely
receive world-class medical care. clinical mission,” said Dr. Charles Lockwood, executive vice depending on the financial disparity of the parties, the
TGH has been the primary teaching hospital of the president of USF Health and dean of the Morsani College of length of the marriage and a number of other factors that
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine since the school Medicine. “We are now competing with the nation’s most are considered by the court.
was created in the early 1970s. TGH patients have access storied and respected programs. These outstanding metrics If a trust owns a unit in a condominium association,
to cutting-edge academic medicine and resources, which also position us to attract the highest caliber students and the grantor of the trust, or a qualified beneficiary of the
include a wider variety of clinical trials, research studies faculty, further advancing our program into the national trust is considered a member of the association and can
and breakthroughs, options for advanced immunotherapy spotlight for its outstanding education, exceptional research serve as a director of the association provided he/she
procedures, enhanced personal treatment plans and a and world-class clinical care.” occupies the condominium unit.
convenient path to complex surgeries. TGH has created a framework of state-of-the-art services A power of attorney becomes operative immediately
“As a research and academic hospital, we’re not just for patients on Florida’s East Coast, with the expertise and upon execution. Florida does not permit a signatory to state
practicing medicine. We’re defining how it is practiced,” innovation of a preeminent academic medical center. The a future date for effectiveness. This powerful document
said John Couris, president and CEO of TGH. initiative began with an alliance with the Cancer Center of gives the named attorney-in-fact the ability to perform any
More than 700 medical school residents and fellows South Florida, which is now the TGH Cancer Institute. Since of the powers detailed in the document instantly.
receive specialty training at TGH in areas ranging from then, TGH has also established TGH Concierge Health, TGH Jupiter Law Center is a private neighborhood law
general internal medicine to neurosurgery. In addition, Digestive Health Center (formerly TGH Gastro Group of the firm located in the RiverPlace Professional Center, 1003
W. Indiantown Road, Suite 210, Jupiter, FL, (561) 744 -
4600, jupiterlawcenter.com. The firm provides peace of
mind by solving problems with integrity and compassion
March 31 - April 2 in the areas of estate planning (wills and trusts, powers
of attorney, health care surrogates, living wills, probate
estates, succession planning, contracts and purchase/
sale agreements), family law (divorce, paternity, child
support and time sharing, alimony, property distribution,
modifications, collaborative law, pre/post nuptial
agreements) and real estate (community association law,
residential and commercial transactions, deeds, closings).

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