It is an honor for me to present to you on behalf of all of its members, the DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Our mission is to provide high-quality clinical care with compassion, world-class surgical education and leading-edge research towards new treatments and cures aimed at eradicating modern-day surgical diseases.
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ALL DEPARTMENT NEWSSylvester Pancreatic Cancer Researcher Dr. Nagaraj Nagathihalli Awarded Florida Department of Health Grant
The Florida Department of Health has awarded Nagaraj Nagathihalli, Ph.D., an associate professor at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, a $583,200 grant to study tobacco risk, tumor progression, and therapeutic options for pancreatic cancer. A leading cancer biologist, Dr. Nagathihalli has been working to identify driving cellular...
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