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Lauren Ortiz

Upcoming Brain Tumor Symposium

Join us at the newly renovated Ponte Vedra Inn & Club in Ponte Vedra, FL on October 23-24, 2026! The symposium will highlight new and emerging treatment strategies for brain tumor patients and cover a broad range of topics, including gliomas, brain metastases, skull base tumors, pediatric tumors,…

UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital ranked among best in state, nation

UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital is rated among the nation’s best pediatric hospitals and has risen to No. 3 in Florida in U.S. News & World Report’s 2026-27 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings released today. The recognition further strengthens UF Health’s standing as one of the state’s premier academic…

MBI community mourns renowned neuroscientist Dr. Brent Reynolds

Brent Reynolds, Ph.D., whose discovery of neural stem cells in adult mammalian brains opened a whole new field of neuroscience research aimed at better treating stroke, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury and more, died unexpectedly April 11 after a stroke. He was 63. Reynolds’ textbook-changing discovery as…

Neurosurgery Resident Awarded Fulbright Fellowship to Improve Care in West Africa

After spending the last year virtually connecting with government and community leaders, one University of Florida College of Medicine resident will soon travel 5,000 miles to West Africa to help bring much-needed neurosurgery resources to a public hospital. Megan Still, M.D., a fourth-year neurosurgery resident in the Lillian S. Wells Department of Neurosurgery, has been awarded a Fulbright Program fellowship to conduct a needs assessment at a hospital in Sierra Leone.