Today, the Senate passed our proclamation request recognizing March as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. We want to thank Sen. Lori Berman for her continued support of our colorectal awareness efforts in Florida. Dr. Gerardo Lanes, FGS Past President, with DigestiveCARE also played a vital role in helping Florida Legislature recognize the importance of Colorectal Cancer…
Thanks to Joni Brown of DigestiveCARE, we have received the official proclamation from the Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s office, recognizing March as Colon Cancer Awareness Month in Florida. We are excited to see the newly-installed Governor waste no time recognizing the threat of this disease and the importance of colon cancer screening. As one of…
Especially in the House of Representatives, Scope of Practice Expansion and Telemedicine are two of the key issues of the 2019 Legislative Session, and both were placed in the limelight before a packed Health Quality Committee Room this past week. Committee members heard presentations on both issues, with Telemedicine taking the lead. While panel members touted…
???????? 2019 Legislative Season Heats Up ???????? With the third of six legislative committee weeks in the books, battle lines have already formed for the 2019 Legislative Session. It has become painfully obvious that the House of Representatives will propose several Scope of Practice Expansion bills, such as Independent Practice for APRNs and PAs, Pharmacist Diagnosis…
Despite the holiday season, the FGS has been busy over the past few weeks at both the Legislature and the Board of Medicine. In the Legislature, FGS received a commitments from Rep. Cary Pigman, M.D. and Sen. Lori Berman to sponsor our Cancer Awareness bill, and our lobbyist has an opportunity to meet with session…
The Florida Gastroenterologic Society was originally conceived in 1965 by James L. Borland, M.D., a well respected Gastroenterologist who practiced in Jacksonville, Florida.