Page 16 - Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens - May '23

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Tampa General Hospital Educates South Florida

Community About Its Statewide Impact

Tampa General Hospital (TGH) gathered the South
Florida community for its second annual educational
event on Wednesday, March 29. Held at the Trump
National Golf Club in Jupiter, Tampa General hosted a
fireside chat to inform guests about how the academic
medical center is progressing academic medicine,
innovation, and research to provide world-class care to
the state of Florida.

Clifton Gooch, Dr. Sujal Shah, Ralph “Bud” Pomeroy, Dr. Abraham
John Couris Schwarzberg, Arthur “Steve” Barnes, Dr. Tapan Padhya

Guests enjoyed a cocktail reception, dinner-by-the- Patients who need a higher level of care have a direct
bite, and dessert, while hearing from Tampa General connection to Tampa General’s academic medical center
President and CEO John Couris, along with a panel resources through its affiliation with USF Health Morsani
of world-class physicians, about Tampa General’s College of Medicine, including research breakthroughs, a
role as a leading hospital in America. Topics included wider variety of clinical trials and options for advanced
Tampa General’s services for residents across the state, immunotherapy procedures, enhanced personal treatment
Dr. Jason Hechtman, Dr. Jill Barbara Kennedy, Michael including complex care, transplants, oncology, and a plans, and a convenient path to complex surgeries.
Hechtman Kennedy multidisciplinary approach. Patients from Florida’s East Tampa General Hospital has been affiliated with the
Coast also told inspiring stories about how the academic USF Health Morsani College of Medicine since the school
medical center saved their lives when they were unable was created in the early 1970s. More than 300 residents
to receive the treatment they needed locally. are assigned to Tampa General Hospital for specialty
The event aimed to educate the community about training in areas ranging from general internal medicine
TGH’s expanded presence across the state, and how the to neurosurgery. In addition, USF medical, nursing,
institution works to augment regional hospitals by taking pharmacy, and physical therapy students all receive part of
on rare, complex medical cases. their training at Tampa General. Faculty of the USF Health
Tampa General is the third highest-ranked hospital in Morsani College of Medicine admit and care for patients
Florida by U.S. News & World Report for 2022/23 and is at Tampa General, as do private practice physicians, many
the primary teaching affiliate of the University of South of whom also serve as adjunct clinical faculty at USF.
Florida (USF) Health Morsani College of Medicine. Photos by Tracey Benson Photography

Lauren Duffy, Terry Duffy Bri Burkett, Austin Burkett

Tamra FitzGerald, Beth
Andy Dehart, Pete Wells, Lynn Wells, Gui Proenca Maria Marino, Noel Martinez Neuhoff

Stacey Brandt, Roxanne Stein, Steve Moss

John Couris, Steven Heinemann, Pete Wells

Dr. Ivan Borrello, Tracy Stegman, Mauricio Perez, TiTi
Perez, Carlos Perez