Faculty sound bites — Spring 2023
UF College of Medicine faculty in the news
Dr. Duane Mitchell on health care being a team sport
“Very much like in sports, you can accomplish a lot more through a collaborative effort as a team than you can individually.”
— Duane Mitchell, MD, PhD, co-director of the Preston A. Wells Jr. Center for Brain Tumor Therapy, discussing UF Health’s brain cancer research efforts with ESPN, Nov. 30.
Dr. Azra Bihorac on leveraging AI in the ICU
“Every place in this room senses something about you. Is this enough light, is this enough noise, are you OK, are you moving enough, are you in the bed, are you out of the bed? I think that’s the future of how we will design hospitals.”
— Azra Bihorac, MD, MS, senior associate dean for research affairs, describing using artificial intelligence to help patients in the intensive care unit with NBC Nightly News, Feb. 4.
Dr. John Smulian on using self-tanners during pregnancy
“As a matter of general principle, any products that contain chemicals and cover large surface areas of the skin should only be used if considered necessary during pregnancy.”
— John C. Smulian, MD, the B.L. Stalknaker Professor and chair of the department of obstetrics and gynecology, discussing the safety of using self-tanners with Everyday Health, Jan. 12.
Dr. Michael Okun on the importance of arts in medicine
“I think it’s going to be a staple. It’s going to be something that’s expected, that you’re going to the hospital and you’re going to have access to these things. And we need to think about it not only just in terms of the medicine, but in terms of the healing.”
— Michael S. Okun, MD ’96, director of the Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at UF Health and a professor in the department of neurology, discussing arts in medicine with PBS NewsHour, June 27.
This story originally ran in the Spring 2023 issue of the Doctor Gator newsletter.