Florida State University College of Medicine - Electronic Medical Review (EMR)

Thursday, Apr. 27, 2006

RESIDENCY SUSPENSE ENDS FOR CLASS OF 2006 ON MATCH DAY
	More than half of the 2006 Florida State University College of Medicine graduating class will begin residency training in Florida, and 56-percent of the class will be pursuing primary care specialties, including family medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine and obstetrics/gynecology. The 35 students participating in Match Day gathered in the College of Medicine auditorium March 16 to open their match envelopes, which generated expressions ranging from relief to elation as students discovered where they’d be spending the next three to five years in residency. The annual event, conducted by the National Residency Matching Program, connects applicants with available positions in residency programs at U.S. teaching hospitals. Graduating medical students across the country receive their match information at the same time on the same day. (MORE) Complete 2006 FSU Match Day results » Matt and Stephanie Lee get the news on Match Day.

HURT NAMED TO BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH ADVISORY COUNCIL
	With a lifetime of commitment to biomedical research already to her credit, associate dean for research and graduate programs Myra Hurt is embarking on an opportunity to reach well into the future of scientific discovery in Florida. Gov. Jeb Bush has appointed Hurt to a four-year term on the James and Esther King Biomedical Research Advisory Council, giving her a role in determining how $9 million in annual research grant money is allocated among university and independent scientists in the state. Sen. Jim King nominated Hurt for the seat on the nine-member council. (MORE)

FSU STUDENTS PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE DURING SPRING BREAK
	Twenty-nine College of Medicine students and 10 faculty members spent a week during spring break providing care for underserved populations in Immokalee, Fla., the Republic of Panama and along the U.S.-Mexico border. Along the way, students gained a first-hand look at cross-cultural medicine. In addition to providing health services to communities with limited access to health care, the medical outreach trip counts as part of a semester-long elective course through which the students learn about the health issues of uninsured and culturally diverse groups. (MORE)

COLLEGE OF MEDICINE FACULTY GARNER NATIONAL ATTENTION
	As the FSU College of Medicine continues to grow, so does the list of faculty achievements. Dr. Washington Hill, Sarasota campus obstetrics and gynecology clerkship director, was inducted April 22 into the Rutgers University Hall of Distinguished Alumni. Hill, who earned a degree in chemistry at Rutgers in 1961, is chairman of the department of obstetrics and gynecology and director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Sarasota Memorial Hospital. Department of geriatrics chair Dr. Ken Brummel-Smith, meanwhile, is being honored May 5 in Chicago with the 2006 American Geriatrics Society Dennis W. Jahnigen Memorial Award. The award is presented by the AGS “to an eminent individual with a nationally recognized, distinguished career in geriatrics education.’’ To see other noteworthy accomplishments by FSU College of Medicine faculty, check out our most recent Faculty Achievements listing. » Dr. Washington Hill

MEDICAL STUDENTS COMPLETING WORK ON PUBLIC HEALTH DEGREES
	Third-year students Stephen Patrick and Kimberly Spillman are anxious to finish medical school and set about making a difference in the world, but they willingly delayed that goal for an opportunity to better prepare themselves for the task. Patrick is finishing up what he calls “an eye-opening experience’’ at the Harvard University School of Public Health, where he has spent a year earning a master’s degree in public health. Spillman also will return to her medical studies soon following a year in which she will have earned her M.P.H. at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where she has studied international health with a focus on health and human rights, humanitarian emergencies, and HIV/AIDS, particularly as it pertains to Africa. (MORE) » Kimberly Spillman

FSU MEDICAL STUDENTS GET INVOLVED, WIN HONORS
	From a fellowship position at the National Institutes of Health to research fellowships within the College of Medicine, Florida State medical students have been involved with numerous recent honors, grants and achievements. Third-year student Kit Lu has been accepted to a student research fellowship position at the National Institutes of Health. Lu will start the fellowship position in August and plans to return to school in 2007 to complete her final year of studies before graduating in May 2008. At the NIH, Lu plans to focus on hematology/oncology as her declared area of interest. Lu also has been elected regional chair for the Organization of Student Representatives for the Southern Region, encompassing 44 medical schools. For the list of winners of the College of Medicine research fellowship grants, and to read about other student honors and activities, see Student Achievements. » Kit Lu