USFishin Posted June 10, 2010 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 2,277 Reputation: 13 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/10/2003 Share Posted June 10, 2010 USF buying downtown Tampa site for medical training centerBy SHERRI ACKERMAN | The Tampa TribuneThe Tampa City Council agreed to sell a piece of downtown property to the University of South Florida this morning for a high-tech medical training center.USF will pay about $3.5 million for what is known as the Hart lot, near 102 S. Franklin St., just south of the Fort Brooke Garage. The school plans to start construction by January."This is a project of both love and passion and work," said USF medical school dean Stephen Klasko.The center will make Tampa an international hub for high-tech and robotic surgical training, he said."You are a valuable, valuable partner to this community," said council chairman Tom Scott.Councilwoman Mary Mulhern suggested that USF could also move its pharmacy school downtown, now that Gov. Charlie Crist has vetoed the money to move it to USF Polytechnic in Lakeland. But Klasko didn't address that.USF has been working for four years to develop the $20 million, 60,000-square-foot Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation, known as CAMLS.University officials had planned to build it in Tampa Heights, but the property deal fell apart. They also considered Orlando's Medical City."We certainly want to thank you for keeping the project here," Scott said.Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio must approve the sale before it can go forward. She has long supported locating the CAMLS project in Tampa.CAMLS will include an advanced surgical laboratory, where surgeons can learn new techniques and train on new equipment, and a virtual hospital where doctors can practice laparoscopic and other procedures on human simulators. It will also have a 150-seat auditorium with satellite videoconferencing, high-speed Internet access and Wi-Fi capabilities.Surgeons from around the world will come to CAMLS for training, Klasko said.The project will create as many as 40 jobs, said Tampa economic development administrator Mark Huey."It's also going to create opportunity potentially for businesses to move here who want to be associated with a cutting edge training center," he said. The Tampa Convention Center, two blocks down the street from the CAMLS site, could also use it to attract more health care-related events.By the time of the 2012 Republican convention in Tampa, CAMLS will be one of Tampa's biggest highlights, Klasko said. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullshutter Posted June 10, 2010 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 684 Reputation: 10 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/06/2008 Share Posted June 10, 2010 im glad to see this... im always happy when a parking lot gets converted to a useful building in a downtown area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Posted June 11, 2010 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 3,692 Reputation: 247 Days Won: 2 Joined: 09/08/2004 Share Posted June 11, 2010 Great for USF and great for downtown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locus000 Posted June 20, 2010 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 95 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/16/2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 this gets me excited to try my hardest to get into that USF College of medicine residency program and try out these toys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizman Posted June 23, 2010 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 21,365 Reputation: 922 Days Won: 10 Joined: 01/02/2007 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Now that is what I am talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajusf16 Posted July 5, 2010 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 2,558 Reputation: 86 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/30/2009 Share Posted July 5, 2010 why was the pharmacy vetoed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DELdaBull Posted July 22, 2010 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 17,061 Reputation: 1,429 Days Won: 19 Joined: 09/15/2005 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Great. Keep stuff like this in Tampa. A brother needs a job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paisa el Toro Posted July 22, 2010 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 10,380 Reputation: 1,058 Days Won: 18 Joined: 08/11/2003 Share Posted July 22, 2010 why was the pharmacy vetoed?It was a victim of Charlie's rant against too much pork for Polk. Actually, I think it's a blessing in disguise. Hopefully, USF will be able to procure the same funding and get it built on the main campus, where it belongs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajusf16 Posted July 23, 2010 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 2,558 Reputation: 86 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/30/2009 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Wish they had a dental school Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USFan Posted July 24, 2010 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 3,574 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/26/2005 Share Posted July 24, 2010 Wish they had a dental schoolI believe that's next. The plan, as I remember, is to get the Pharmacy School and then plan for a Dental School. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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