Former UF Psychiatry Faculty member, Dr. Sam Greenberg celebrates 102nd...
As an army doctor in World War II, he served 18 months in France and England and was in London on V-E Day. In 1980, he moved to Gainesville from Miami to work at the VA Medical Center and teach at the...
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Continued Accreditation by the ACGME of our training programs
Drs. Bussing and Hobbs are proud to announce that our General Psychiatry Residency, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, and Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship programs have all recently received...
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Congratulations Avis on your 30 Year Milestone Award!
Avis Litchfield has earned her 30 year Milestone Award! Staff gathered to celebrate this milestone achievement! She has been a valuable team member and we are honored to help her celebrate the years...
View ArticleResearchers call mental illness one of ‘the most substantial causes of death...
Dr. Rajiv Tandon, a psychiatry professor at the University of Florida and president of the NAMI Florida, a division of the National Alliance on Mental Illness discusses the tragedies of mental illness...
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Congratulations Mary Keramidas! 2015 Superior Accomplishment Award
The Health Science Center Superior Accomplishment Awards Committee is pleased to announce that Mary Keramidas has been selected to receive a Superior Accomplishment Award for 2015!
View ArticleMore resources, awareness needed to fight eating disorders
“Eating disorders have the highest mortality rates of any psychiatric illness,” said University of Florida Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Mathew Nguyen in an email. “Approximately 10 to 20 percent...
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Congratulations Louis W. Solomon, M.D.!
Louis Solomon, MDAssistant Professor Louis W. Solomon, M.D. of the Department of Psychiatry has won the Superior Accomplishment Award for Community Service. The University of Florida 2014-2015 Superior...
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Laressa Gribbons Memorial Lecture, Friday March 20th
“School Bullying: It’s Relationship to Psychopathology and Suicidality”
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Save the Date: Within our Reach: We Can Talk About Mental Health
Saturday, May 16th 3:00-6:00PM Trinity Methodist Church
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Congratulations to our Mind Games Team!
We are very proud to announce that our program’s Mind Games team consisting of Mahdi Razafsha, MD (team captain), San Chang, MD and Krista Pinard, MD placed 18th out of 99 programs nationally in the...
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Dr. Rajiv Tandon, Guest Chef for Peaceful Paths Event
Guest Chef Cocktail Party at The Gainesville Woman’s Club The 2015 Guest Chef Cocktail Party benefiting the Peaceful Paths Domestic Abuse Network is the community’s largest potluck event with 35...
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Florida Psychiatric Society (FPS) Alliance Grant Recipient
San Chang, M.D. We are pleased to announce that Dr. San Chang, PGY-4 is the recipient of a Florida Psychiatric Society (FPS) Alliance Grant. This grant is to assist with attendance at the FPS Spring...
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Dr. Rajiv Tandon authors Schizophrenia Research: 2014’s most downloaded articles
Rajiv Tandon, MDProfessor Dr. Rajiv Tandon is one of the most cited authors for Schizophrenia Research publications in 2014, authoring the top four and co-authoring the fifth of the top 5 full-text...
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Michael Nias, JD, LCSW in News & Notes
In our Patients’ and Staff’s Words – praising our physicians and staff Michael Nias, JD, LCSW was praised by a patient for his excellent Customer Service in this edition of News & Notes To:...
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Psychiatry Residency Program Welcomes New Residents
We are very pleased to announce the Psychiatry Residency Program’s successful outcome in this year’s Match. The match of 10 PGY1s requires a lot of recruiting and support from Faculty, Residents, and...
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National Doctors’ Day
March 30, 2015 We Thank our UF College of Medicine physicians and housestaff and the community physicians who practice at UF Health Shands Hospital for your commitment and caring. We are proud to work...
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2015 NAMI | Florida Advocacy Rally
Mental Illness Advocacy supporters took to the Old Capital Steps in Tallahassee on March 24th for the National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI) Florida Advocacy Rally. Their message, Stigma =...
View ArticleJimmy Carter stands in for wife at Phillips Center event
Former President Jimmy Carter spoke on behalf of his wife Rosalynn Carter about her book “Within Our Reach: Ending the Mental Health Crisis,” followed by a discussion moderated by Dr. Nancy Hardt, a UF...
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Dr. Nixon Selected as 2015 UFRF Award Recipient
Sara Jo Nixon, PhDProfessor Sara Jo Nixon, PhD has been selected as a 2015 University of Florida Research Foundation (UFRF) Professorship award winner. The purpose of these awards is to recognize...
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UF Department of Psychiatry members present at AAGP Annual Meeting
UF Department of Psychiatry members present at the AAGP Annual Meeting The American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry’s (AAGP) 2015 Annual Meeting was held March 27-30 at the Marriott in New...
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