UF Health Jacksonville earns coveted national accreditation for Breast Center

The National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a program administered by the American College of Surgeons (ACS), has granted accredited status…

Navigating a breast cancer diagnosis

Surgeons remove 40 pound tumor from woman's leg

Patient credits UF Health with giving her life back. Kimberly Phillips experiences a freedom she hasn’t enjoyed in about four years. The 46-year-old can now…

Patient survival rates increase

It can start out as just an elevated heart rate or slight fever and can progress into what appears to be the flu or a urinary tract infection. When not treated…

Sibling surgeons provide specialized care

Kourosh Tavanaiepour, DO, has always seen Daryoush Tavanaiepour, MD, as more than a big brother. From their days as young children in eastern Pennsylvania,…

New strategy lowers surgical site infections

Your skin is one of the largest and heaviest organs on your body and serves as the first line of defense against germs, harmful substances and environmental…