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Office
2000 SW Archer Rd
Fl 3
Gainesville, FL 32608Phone+1 352-265-0139Fax+1 352-627-4179
Summary
- Dr. Fred Southwick received his BA from Yale College, and M.D. from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. He received his clinical training at Boston City Hospital and the Massachusetts General Hospitals in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, and served on the faculty at Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania before serving as Chief of Infectious Diseases at the University of Florida for 19 years. He has been an active NIH funded biomedical investigator for over 30 years. He is the author of "Infectious Diseases: A Clinical Short Course", Lange Series McGraw-Hill, 3rd edition 2014. From 2010-2011 he was an Advanced Leadership Fellow at the Harvard Business School, and authored the book “Critically Ill: A 5-point plan to cure healthcare delivery.” Southwick Press 2014 He is teaching 2 massive open online course (MOOC) through the University of Florida and Coursera entitled: Fixing Healthcare Delivery (> 25,000 students from 150 countries) and Fixing Healthcare Delivery 2.0: Advanced Lean He recently became a Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS)
Education & Training
- Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Infectious Disease, 1977 - 1980
- Boston University Medical CenterChief Residency, Internal Medicine, 1976 - 1977
- Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1975 - 1976
- Boston University Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1973 - 1975
- Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsClass of 1973
- Yale CollegeBA, Psychology, Honors, 1964 - 1968
Certifications & Licensure
- FL State Medical License 1993 - 2026
- PA State Medical License 1985 - 1992
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Advanced Leadership Fellow The Harvard Business School, 2010
- Who’s Who in America 2008
- Exemplary Teacher Award University of Florida, 2007, 2009
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1612 citationsMultifactorial Index of Cardiac Risk in Noncardiac Surgical ProceduresLee Goldman, Debra L. Caldera, Samuel R. Nussbaum, Frederick S. Southwick, Donald J. Krogstad
The New England Journal of Medicine. 1977-10-20 - 238 citationsListeria monocytogenes moves rapidly through the host-cell cytoplasm by inducing directional actin assembly.Guissou A. Dabiri, Jean M. Sanger, Daniel A. Portnoy, Frederick S. Southwick
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 1990-08-01 - 43 citationsArrest of Listeria movement in host cells by a bacterial ActA analogue: implications for actin-based motility.Frederick S. Southwick, Daniel L. Purich
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 1994-05-24
Journal Articles
- Applying Athletic Principles to Medical Rounds to Improve Teaching and Patient CareSouthwick, F, Lewis, M, Treloar, D, Cherabuddi, K, Radhakrishnan, N, Leverence,, R, Han, X. and Cottler, L, Acad. Med, 1/1/2014
- Myosin-X facilitates Shigella-induced membrane protrusions and cell-to-cell spreadBishai, EA, Sidhu, GS, Li, W, Dhillon, J, Bohil, AB, Cheney, RE, Hartwig, JH and Southwick, FS, Cellular Micro, 1/1/2013
- A Business School Perspective on Medical Interprofessional Rounds: Transforming Rounding Groups into Rounding TeamsBharwani, AM., Harris, GC, and Southwick, FS, Acad Med, 1/1/2012
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Bacillus anthracis Edema Toxin Impairs Neutrophil Chemotaxis and Enhances Filopodia Formation by Phosphorylating VASPSzarowicz, S.E., Chauncey, K. Sidhu, G. Gibson, B., Gertler, F., and Southwick, F., American Society of Cell Biology, 1/1/2009
- Myosin-X Facilitates Shigella Filopodia Formation and Cell-to-Cell SpreadBishai, E.A, Sidhu, G.S., Li, W., Bohil, A.P., Cheney, R.E. and Southwick, F.S, American Society of Cell Biology, 1/1/2008
- Bacillus anthracis Edema Toxin Impairs Neutrophil Actin-based MotilitySzarowicz, S.E., During, R.L., Li, W., Quinn, C.P., Tang, W-J., and Southwick, F.S, American Society of Cell Biology, 1/1/2008
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Lectures
- Applying Athletic Principles to Multidisciplinary Rounds Improves the Efficiency and Quality of Patient Care10/1/2013
- What Our Founding Father Samuel Adams can teach us about improving health care3/1/2013
- Teamwork in Medicine6/1/2012
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Other
- Pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, and diagnosis of brain abscessSouthwick FS
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/pathogenesis-clinical-manifestations-and-diagnosis-of-brain-abscess
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-01-16 - Treatment and prognosis of brain abscessSouthwick FS
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/treatment-and-prognosis-of-brain-abscess
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-02-21 - Septic dural sinus thrombosisSouthwick FS
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/septic-dural-sinus-thrombosis
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-09-14
Press Mentions
- Joseph Ladapo Says Anti-Vaccine Crusade Was God’s Plan. It Cost Him His Peers’ TrustMay 17th, 2023
- Experts Express Confusion, Concern as Surgeon General Ladapo Begins New COVID-19 StudyDecember 16th, 2022
- State Announces UF to Aid in Research of Adverse Effects from mRNA COVID-19 VaccineDecember 13th, 2022
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Grant Support
- Listeria And Shigella Use Actin To Spread Cell To CellNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2010–2011
- Anthrax Toxins Impair Phagocyte Actin-Based MotilityNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2006–2010
- Regulation Of Actin Filament Formation In PhagocytesNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases1991–2010
- Listeria And Shigella Use Host Cell ActinNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2002–2006
- Intracellular Parasites Use Host Cell Actin To Spread CENational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2000
- Isolation Of The Chediak Higashi Immune Deficiency GeneNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases1998–1999
- Listeria Uses Host Cell Actin To Spread Cell To CellNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases1993–1999
- Regulation Of Actin Filament Formation In PhagocytesNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases1985–1990
- Regulation Of Actin Filament Formation In PhagocytesNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases1986
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Fellow
External Links
- Fixing Healthcare Deliveryhttps://www.coursera.org/course/fixinghealthcare
- Gatoroundshttp://gatorounds.med.ufl.edu
- Recovering from a Medical Errorhttp://recoveringfromamedicalerror.org/
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