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A College Preparatory Magnet Program for Academically Talented and Gifted Students 1701 North Davis Street Jacksonville, Florida 32209 (904) 630-6800 FAX: (904) 630-6811
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For Immediate Release: April 17, 2009
For More Information, Contact: Kelly Brockmeier, Media Relations Manager, Shands Jacksonville (904) 244-3268 or (904) 613-5823
Future Doctor to Present Research Alongside Real MD’s
The University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville will host Medical Education Week April 20-24, but this year will be different. For the first time, a 9th grader will present his research alongside experienced MD’s and PhD’s decades older than the student. Tony Hansberry is attending Darnell Cookman’s School of the Medical Arts located across the street from Shands Jacksonville. University of Florida physicians have partnered with the school to add special events to the medical education curriculum and serve as guest speakers. It is believed the program at Darnell Cookman will be the first medical magnet in the country to develop an integrated medical curriculum for grades 6-12. Because of the relationship between UF and Darnell Cookman, Hansberry spent his summer break last year inside UF’s Center for Simulation Education and Safety Research (CSESaR) at Shands Jacksonville. The Director of CSESaR, Bruce Nappi, took Hansberry under his wing allowing him to tinker with the same equipment and high fidelity mannequins that physicians and nurses use in training. Hansberry became quite interested in minimally invasive surgery during his time at CSESaR. Over the summer he developed a technique that reduces surgical time for minimally invasive hysterectomies. Hansberry presented the project at the regional science fair and came in second place in the senior grade 9-12 division, allowing him to compete in the state finals. Hansberry’s project got the attention of UF faculty who deemed it worthy of being presented alongside physicians at their medical education week. Media is invited to attend the presentation of research and meet this future doctor April 23 from 2-4 p.m. at Shands Jacksonville. Hansberry, as well as the head of CSESaR and Brent Seibel, MD, Assistant Professor Division of Urogynecology, University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville will be available for interviews. Hansberry will offer reporters a visual demonstration of the technique he developed to shorten surgical time. #### Shands Jacksonville is one of eight hospitals in the Shands HealthCare system, serving northeast Florida as well as several counties in southern Georgia. With 696 licensed beds, Shands Jacksonville is the largest acute-care hospital in the city. Shands Jacksonville is affiliated with the University of Florida College of Medicine—one of the leading research-oriented medical schools in the nation. Staffed by University of Florida faculty physicians, patients directly benefit from the scientific advancements available only at an academic medical center.
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