Frank A Orlando

Frank A Orlando, MD, FAAFP

Associate Professor & Medical Director

Department: MD-CHFM SPRINGHILL
Business Phone: (352) 265-9475
Business Email: forlando@ufl.edu

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 · American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
Outstanding Poster Award (Clinical, Data Sciences, and Artificial Intelligence Early-Stage Investigator category)
2023 · 2023 College of Medicine Celebration of Research
1st Place Poster Presentation
2019 · Florida Academy of Family Physicians (FAFP)
Team Up to Quit Smoking Cessation Award
2016 · UF Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Program
Physician Recognition Award
2015 · UF Health
Susan U. Wagner Resident Teacher Award
2011 · Tallahassee Memorial Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught
2018
MDC7124 Family Med/Geriatrics

Board Certifications

  • Family Medicine
    American 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 · Tallahassee Memorial Hospital
Fellowship – Surgical Oncology Research
2009 · University of Florida
Residency – Surgery
2007 · University of Florida
Medical Degree
2005 · SUNY Upstate Medical Center
Bachelor of Arts
2000 · SUNY Binghamton University

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 265-9475
Emails:
Business:
forlando@ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO Box 100383
GAINESVILLE FL 32610
Business Street:
UF Health Family Medicine – Springhill
4197 NW 86th Terrace
GAINESVILLE FL 32606