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|| Mission || Affiliations || Locations || Tampa Bay || News Some History....Established in 1972, the Department of Pediatrics flourished under the leadership of founding chairman Lewis A. Barness, M.D., a renowned scientist and educator. During his 16 years at the Department's helm, he recruited many outstanding clinicians and investigators and was instrumental in developing comprehensive child health services in the Tampa area. Robert A. Good, Ph.D.,M.D.,D.Sc., joined the Department in 1985 as chairman for the St. Petersburg campus, at All Children's Hospital. Formerly the director of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Dr. Good was recognized as one of the fathers of modern immunology and a pioneer in the field of transplantation. Dr. Good passed away in June, 2003. When Dr. Barness left the chairmanship in 1988, leadership was passed first to John S. Curran, M.D. and then to Herbert H. Pomerance, M.D. Dr. Curran had been Chief of Neonatal Services for many years, and served as Acting Chairman from 1988 to 1990. Dr. Pomerance had come to USF after serving as Chairman of Pediatrics at the West Virginia University School of Medicine/Charleston, and served as Interim Chairman in 1990 and 1991. The departments were united in 1991 under the leadership of a new chairman, Jaime L. Frias, M.D., a respected academician and pediatric geneticist. Dr. Frias enhanced many programs and launched exciting changes, including construction of a new outpatient facility in Tampa and the merging of the pediatric residency programs. Thanks to major donations from the All Children's Hospital Foundation and matching state funds, the Department established four new endowed chairs and constructed a premier research facility on the All Children's Hospital campus. Dr. Robert Christenson, an internationally known neonatologist/hematologist science and educator, served as Chair of the Department of Pediatrics from 2001 to the summer of 2004. Dr. Robert Nelson served as Interim Chair from July 2004 until June 2005 and was named Chair on July 1, 2005. The Department has Endowed Chairholders in the Hines Chair of Immunology, Dr. Gary Litman, Ph.D., the Robert A. Good Chair in Allergy/Immunology, Dr. John Sleasman, the Mason Chair of Heart Development, Dr. Kersti Linask, the Andrews/Diacoff Chair of Pediatric Cardiology, Dr. Jim Huhta, and the Guild Chair of Pediatric Health Services Outcome (under recruitment). These faculty are located in the Children's Research Institute of the USF/All Children's Research Institute on the St. Petersburg campus. Additional endowed chairs, the Rothman Chair of Child Development and the Wal-Mart/Sam's Club Chair in Pediatric Oncology are under active recruitment. |
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