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Leilani joins us as Financial Analyst.  Be sure and say hello if you see her around.

Congratulations to Drs. Heilman and Williamson on the publication of “Age-Related Changes in the Allocation of Vertical Attention” in the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society August edition. Abstract Objectives: Healthy individuals often have a leftward and upward attentional spatial bias; however, there is a reduction of this leftward bias with…

Congratulations to Drs. Okun and Bowers on the publication of “Everyday functioning in Parkinson’s disease: Evidence from the Revised-Observed Tasks of Daily Living (OTDL-R)” in the September edition of Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. Abstract Introduction Performance tasks are presumed to have greater validity than rating scales in assessing day-to-day…

Congratulations to Drs. Joshua K. Wong, Kwo Wei David Ho, Matthew Broderick, Adolfo Ramirez-Zamora, Leonardo Almeida, Aparna Wagle Shukla, Christina A. Wilson,and Michael S. Okun on the publication of “STN vs. GPi deep brain stimulation for tremor suppression in Parkinson disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis” in the August 2018 edition…

All UFHealth and Shands Employees are required to get a flu shot. Occupational Health Service (OHS) Flu vaccine campaign in the North Tower Atrium is from September 5 to 7 and from September 10 to 14 from 6:45 am to 5:00 pm Vaccines will be also available starting September…

Mitesh was born and raised here in sunny Florida. Before he had aspirations of becoming a physician, Mitesh spent his time playing tennis for his local high school’s Varsity Tennis team and playing video games with his twin brother. He later attended the University of Florida and obtained his degree…

Congratulations to Dr. Janis Daly on the publication of “Mobility Function and Recovery After Stroke: Preliminary Insights From Sympathetic Nervous System Activity.”  This article was published in the August edition of the Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy. Abstract Poststroke hemiparesis increases the perceived challenge of walking. Perceived challenge is commonly…

Congratuations to Dr. Kenneth Heilman on the publcation of “Regional leukoaraiosis and cognition in non-demented older adults,” in the recent edition of Brain Imaging and Behavior.   Abstract Frontal lobe-executive functions are heavily dependent on distal white matter connectivity. Even with healthy aging there is an increase…

Prior to becoming a patient at the Fixel Center for Neurological Diseases at UF Health, Wayne Phillips’ care lacked continuity. Traveling across town from physician to physician was a common occurrence for Phillips, who was recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.

Congratulations to Dr. Janis Daly on the publciation of “Association of spasticity and motor dysfunction in chronic stroke,” in the current edition of the  Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, which was vailable online 10 August 2018. Abstract Background The prevalence of increased muscle tone after stroke is frequently…