{"id":35074,"date":"2025-11-06T00:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T00:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/35074\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T00:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T00:00:10","slug":"tampa-general-usf-health-bring-academic-medicine-to-capitol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/35074\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa General, USF Health bring academic medicine to Capitol"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than 100 patients, family advocates, medical students, and team members from across Florida gathered Tuesday at the State Capitol to highlight the academic distinction that defines Tampa General Hospital<\/a> and USF Health<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs our region\u2019s only true university-affiliated academic health system, we are incredibly proud to provide compassionate, innovative, high-quality, and complex care to millions of people each year across an ever-growing network of seven hospitals and more than 150 care locations statewide,\u201d said John Couris, president and CEO of Tampa General Hospital. \u201cThis event is an opportunity for Floridians who benefit from the power of academic medicine at Tampa General and USF Health to share their stories with our state\u2019s leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n

Patients, families, and medical students from the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine met directly with lawmakers during \u201cWe Are TGH Day\u201d at the Capitol, sharing personal stories that underscored the life-changing impact of academic medicine and the importance of access to exceptional care.<\/p>\n

A number of elected officials took part in the day\u2019s events. Sen. Kathleen Passidomo led a mock Session in the Senate Chamber, introduced by former Senate President Ken Pruitt, while current Senate President Ben Albritton also made a guest appearance. Assistant Commissioner of Agriculture Kathy Mears provided an overview of the Cabinet process for attendees.<\/p>\n

Lawmakers, including Sen. Gayle Harrell and Reps. Shane Abbott, Danny Alvarez, Adam Anderson, Jessica Baker, Lindsay Cross, Kimberly Daniels, Fentrice Driskell, Karen Gonzales-Pittman, J.J. Grow, Dianne Hart, Yvonne Hayes Hinson, Jeff Holcomb, Vicki Lopez, Angie Nixon and Michael Owen attended the welcome reception on Monday to thank the advocates for traveling to Tallahassee and sharing their experiences.<\/p>\n

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Throughout Adams Street, legislators, aides, and visitors explored exhibits showcasing Tampa General\u2019s academic excellence \u2014 where research, innovation, and education intersect to deliver world-class care. \u201cWe are proud to partner with Tampa General to deliver world-class patient care, expand our state\u2019s health care workforce, and advance research \u2014 three goals that play a vital role in the future of our university and our communities,\u201d said University of South Florida President Rhea Law.<\/p>\n

Attendees also visited the TGH Aeromed helicopter<\/a> stationed at the corner of South Adams and East Jefferson Street \u2014 one of six helicopters in Tampa General\u2019s fleet, each equipped with advanced life-support systems to transport critically ill or injured patients from 23 surrounding counties.<\/p>\n

The event concluded with the signing of an agreement by Tampa General Hospital and Secretary Shevaun Harris of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration in support of the TGH Behavioral Health Teaching Hospital.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis investment will expand capacity and advance behavioral health research and training. Exciting progress ahead!\u201d the agency posted on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 100 patients, family advocates, medical students, and team members from across Florida gathered Tuesday at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35075,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[24421,24422,28,24423,30,24424,3867,29,9104,24425,17497,24426,24427,3871,24428,3650,24429,24430],"class_list":["post-35074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-academic-medicine","tag-aeromed-helicopter","tag-florida","tag-florida-agency-for-health-care-administration","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-health-care-innovation","tag-florida-medical-research","tag-florida-news","tag-florida-state-capitol","tag-john-couris","tag-morsani-college-of-medicine","tag-rhea-law","tag-shevaun-harris","tag-tampa-general-hospital","tag-tgh-behavioral-health-teaching-hospital","tag-university-of-south-florida","tag-usf-health","tag-we-are-tgh-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}