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Donald Priest

Sixteen faculty members receive promotions for 2021-2022

Sixteen faculty members of the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville have been promoted, effective Thursday, July 1, 2021. The promotion process is a rigorous review of the faculty members’ clinical accomplishments; scholarship of teaching and learning; research; and service to the university, society and the profession. The promotions…

Avoid “Maskne” From Face-Coverings

This “new normal” of wearing face-coverings could cause some skin irritation, and many people are noticing blemishes pop up around their mouth, nose…

Graduates, researchers and educators recognized during special event

Celebration of Resident and Fellow Education and Research Day was June 10. Innovation, discovery and scholarship took center stage during Celebration of Resident and Fellow Education and Research Day, held June 10 at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville. The quasi-virtual event merged what has in the…

The 411 on Skin Care

Tirbod Fattahi, MD, professor and chair of UF Health Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery – Jacksonville, answers some common questions.

Lessons from childhood influence a career in academic medicine

OMFS physician Salam O. Salman, MD, DDS, takes part in annual mission trips to Palestine. Salam O. Salman, MD, DDS, an oral and maxillofacial surgeon at UF Health Jacksonville, is fortunate. The son of a Palestinian chemical engineer who was three times displaced by war in the Middle East, Salman knows…

Fernandes inducted as ad hominem fellow of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

He addressed new fellows during ceremony speech in Scotland Rui Fernandes, MD, DMD, an associate professor and associate chair of oral and maxillofacial surgery at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, has been inducted as an ad hominem fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. The…