Frank A Orlando, MD, FAAFP
Associate Professor & Medical Director
About Frank A Orlando
Frank Orlando, MD, completed two years of general surgery residency and then a two-year surgical oncology fellowship, after which he changed specialties to family medicine because of his desire for life-long patient relationships. He is a clinical associate professor in the Department of Community Health and Family Medicine were he has been a primary care physician since 2013 and the Medical Director of UF Health Family Medicine – Springhill since 2021. He teaches both clinical and didactic course at the College of Medicine and is Faculty Advisor to three undergraduate student organizations. He is Co-Investigator on several research grants and studies, and his current research interests are COVID-19, wellness, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, pharmacogenetics, chronic pain management, and social determinants of health.
Dr. Orlando has received numerous honors and distinctions, and in 2023 became a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians and an Associate Editor of Family Medicine and Primary Care, a specialty section of Frontiers in Medicine. He is active in local community health projects, including Southcare Community Wellness Program, an Alachua non-profit organization, where he is a medical advisor . He does triathlons for health and enjoys spending quality time with his wife and daughter.
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Accomplishments
Degree of Fellow
2023
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American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
Outstanding Poster Award (Clinical, Data Sciences, and Artificial Intelligence Early-Stage Investigator category)
2023
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2023 College of Medicine Celebration of Research
1st Place Poster Presentation
2019
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Florida Academy of Family Physicians (FAFP)
Team Up to Quit Smoking Cessation Award
2016
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UF Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Program
Physician Recognition Award
2015
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UF Health
Susan U. Wagner Resident Teacher Award
2011
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Tallahassee Memorial Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program
Teaching Profile
Courses Taught
2018
MDC7124 Family Med/Geriatrics
Board Certifications
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Family MedicineAmerican Board of Family Medicine
Clinical Profile
Specialties
- Family Medicine
Areas of Interest
- Basal cell skin cancer
- Cardiovascular
- Diabetes
- Healthy living
- Preventive health care
- Squamous cell skin cancer
- Vegetarian diet
Research Profile
Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)
0000-0003-4924-1035
Publications
2023
Deprescribing Strategies for Opioids and Benzodiazepines with Emphasis on Concurrent Use: A Scoping Review
Journal of Clinical Medicine.
12(5)
[DOI] 10.3390/jcm12051788.
[PMID] 36902574.
2022
Adipose Tissue Insulin Resistance Predicts the Severity of Liver Fibrosis in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and NAFLD
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
[DOI] 10.1210/clinem/dgac660.
2022
Alcohol Intoxication and Poisoning
Essential Evidence Plus.
[DOI] https://www.essentialevidenceplus.com/content/eee/618.
2022
Appraising Important Medical Literature Biases: Uncorrected Statistical Mistakes and Conflicts of Interest
Frontiers in Medicine.
9
[DOI] 10.3389/fmed.2022.925643.
[PMID] 35935772.
2022
The Impact of Initial COVID-19 Episode Inflammation Among Adults on Mortality Within 12 Months Post-hospital Discharge.
Frontiers in medicine.
9
[DOI] 10.3389/fmed.2022.891375.
[PMID] 35646997.
2021
COVID-19 Post-acute Sequelae Among Adults: 12 Month Mortality Risk.
Frontiers in medicine.
8
[DOI] 10.3389/fmed.2021.778434.
[PMID] 34926521.
2021
Daily self-regulation with biofeedback to improve stress and job satisfaction in a primary care clinic.
Journal of family medicine and primary care.
10(2):968-973
[DOI] 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1820_20.
[PMID] 34041106.
2021
Functional medicine: Focusing on imbalances in core metabolic processes.
The Journal of family practice.
70(10):482-498
[DOI] 10.12788/jfp.0307.
[PMID] 35119987.
2021
Hallucinogen Poisoning
Essential Evidence Plus.
[DOI] https://www.essentialevidenceplus.com/content/eee/591.
2021
Is There Limited Utility for Lifestyle Recommendations for Diabetes Prevention Among Overweight or Obese Depressed Patients?
Frontiers in medicine.
8
[DOI] 10.3389/fmed.2021.757250.
[PMID] 34869458.
2021
Peritonitis (secondary)
Essential Evidence Plus.
[DOI] https://www.essentialevidenceplus.com/content/eee/217.
2021
Risk of New Hospitalization Post-COVID-19 Infection for Non-COVID-19 Conditions.
Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM.
34(5):907-913
[DOI] 10.3122/jabfm.2021.05.210170.
[PMID] 34535516.
2020
Horner syndrome with transient visual impairment.
Journal of family medicine and primary care.
9(12):6273-6275
[DOI] 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1444_20.
[PMID] 33681076.
2020
How to Manage a Patient with Weight Regain.
American family physician.
102(9):567-570
[PMID] 33118796.
2019
Challenges and lessons learned from clinical pharmacogenetic implementation of multiple gene-drug pairs across ambulatory care settings.
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics.
21(10):2264-2274
[DOI] 10.1038/s41436-019-0500-7.
[PMID] 30926959.
2009
Genetic and molecular abnormalities in cholangiocarcinogenesis.
Anticancer research.
29(4):1151-6
[PMID] 19414358.
2009
Unraveling breast cancer heterogeneity through transcriptomic and epigenomic analysis.
Annals of surgical oncology.
16(8):2270-9
[DOI] 10.1245/s10434-009-0500-y.
[PMID] 19452229.
2008
Aberrant crypt foci as precursors in colorectal cancer progression.
Journal of surgical oncology.
98(3):207-13
[DOI] 10.1002/jso.21106.
[PMID] 18623110.
2008
Post-laparoscopic cholecystectomy pain: effects of intraperitoneal local anesthetics on pain control–a randomized prospective double-blinded placebo-controlled trial.
The American surgeon.
74(3):201-9
[PMID] 18376682.
2005
Neurohormonal pathways regulating food intake and changes after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery.
1(5):486-95
[PMID] 16925275.
Grants
Sep 2021
ACTIVE
Computable social factor phenotyping using EHR and HIE data
Role: Project Manager
Funding: INDIANA UNIV
via AGCY HEALTHCARE RES AND QUALITY
Jul 2018
ACTIVE
Southeast Enrollment Center (SEEC)
Role: Project Manager
Funding: UNIV OF MIAMI
via NATL INST OF HLTH OD
Education
Residency – Family Medicine
2011
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Tallahassee Memorial Hospital
Fellowship – Surgical Oncology Research
2009
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University of Florida
Residency – Surgery
2007
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University of Florida
Medical Degree
2005
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SUNY Upstate Medical Center
Bachelor of Arts
2000
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SUNY Binghamton University
Contact Details
Phones:
- Business:
- (352) 265-9475
Emails:
- Business:
- forlando@ufl.edu
Addresses:
- Business Mailing:
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PO Box 100383
GAINESVILLE FL 32610 - Business Street:
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UF Health Family Medicine – Springhill
4197 NW 86th Terrace
GAINESVILLE FL 32606