Melinda Fawcett

Dr. Scott Teitelbaum, UF Fellowship Training Director…

UF Health Shands Hospital (Gainesville, Fla.). UF Health Shands Hospital is named for William Augustine Shands, a Florida senator who attended the University of Florida in the early 1900s. UF Health Shands Hospital opened originally as UF Teaching Hospital in 1958 and was renamed as W.A. Shands Teaching…

University of Florida, Department of Psychiatry Exhibitor Booth The 168th Annual American Psychiatric Association (APA) Meeting is currently taking place at the Toronto Convention Centre and the Sheraton Centre in Toronto, Canada. The APA Annual Meeting was established in…

New Research: Analysis of Risk Communication on Ebola Crisis Finds Public Could Benefit from Less Assurance, More Empowerment Researchers Daniel Witter, M.D., Ph.D., Kyle Dalton and Joseph Thornton, M.D., evaluated CDC’s communication strategy based on guidelines on infectious disease risk communication developed as recommendations to the World Health Organization (WHO).

13 teams have now successfully completed the UF Health Hospitality and Service Standards of Behavior training! 1. Adult Inpatient 2. McKnight Brain Institute, Psychiatry Administration 3. CARD – Center for Autism and Related Disorders 4. Student Mental Health 5. Center for Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine – Vero Beach 6. Administration…

Wednesday, May 27, 2015 2:00pm – 5:00pm Health Science Center, Room C1-3 The UF Department of Psychiatry Residency Training Program Presents: Advocacy Day Symposium   “The Recovery Movement” within psychiatry, has been nationally promoted by the American Psychiatric Association, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and…

Rajiv Tandon, MD has been selected to receive the 2015 NAMI Exemplary Psychiatrist Award. This award is given to psychiatrists noteworthy for going the extra mile and who have made substantial contributions to NAMI Affiliate or NAMI State Organization activities. Award winners are recognized for their advocacy for access…

Quality improvement has become a key part of residency training. As a medical student, San Chang, M.D., attended lectures on medical errors, quality improvement and patient safety. But it wasn’t until he started his residency in psychiatry at UF Health and was assigned to tackle a quality improvement…

We had a wonderful 5th Annual QI Day on Friday, April 24, 2015. I was once again very impressed with the presentations, the topics, and the amount of work and effort. I really feel these topics touch on important hospital patient safety and quality goals. In addition, the depth of…

Richard C. Christensen, MD, MA Richard  Christensen, MD, MA has been selected as the Lifetime Achievement Award recipient for the Ripple Effect: Northeast Florida Mental Health Awards, presented by Mental Health America of Northeast Florida.  Dr. Christensen was nominated by Carlton Higginbotham…