We would like to congratulate Desmond Schatz, M.D., on his appointment as Interim Chair, UF Department of Pediatrics and Interim Physician-in-Chief, UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Schatz completed his internship, residency and fellowship at the University of Florida and has been a longtime physician and researcher focusing on pediatric endocrinology. He is the medical director of the Diabetes Center at the University of Florida and the principal investigator on multiple peer-reviewed grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. We look forward to working with him as we raise money for local kids!