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A Night For Heroes

UF Health Jacksonville, TraumaOne bringing in MARS machine 

The MARS machine performs liver dialysis, which helps detox the organ during failure. MARS therapy treats drug poisonings and other forms of potentially reversible acute liver injury, including heat stroke, ischemia and trauma. The Jacksonville community always rallies around one another.  During the 16th annual A Night for Heroes gala,…

A Night for Heroes celebrates 15 years

The TraumaOne Heroes Council and the late Leon L. Haley Jr. (center), M.D., MHSA, CPE, FACEP, CEO of UF Health Jacksonville and dean of the UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville. Kate Strickland calls April 24, 2016, the “worst day” of her life. It’s also the “most wonderful,” considering the…