Checkup

Making Rounds

Southpoint Primary Care Center Closed

The Mayo Primary Care Center at Southpoint closed on Friday, July 29. The doctors are now seeing patients at their new locations: Drs. Izabela Riffe and Paul Roberts are at the Mayo Primary Care Center in Jacksonville Beach, 742 Marsh Landing Parkway; Dr. Robert Shannon is in the Cannaday Building, 4500 San Pablo Road; and Dr. Timothy Davlantes is at the Mayo Primary Care Center in St. Augustine at 110 Southwood Lake Drive. For more information, call (904) 953-6722

Lifetime Achievement Honor for Transplant Physician

Dr. Thomas Gonwa

Dr. Thomas Gonwa, a Mayo Clinic kidney and pancreas transplant medicine specialist, has been selected as the recipient of the American Society of Transplantation's 2005 Senior Achievement Award in Clinical Transplantation. The award recognizes Gonwa's outstanding contribution to clinical science during his career. The society, founded in 1982, has a membership of more than 2,200 transplant professionals.

An Upbeat Pink

The University of North Florida Wind Ensemble and Mayo Clinic present "An Upbeat Pink: A Musical Tribute to Breast Cancer Survivorship." Special guests will include Dr. Edith Perez, internationally recognized Mayo Clinic cancer specialist and researcher, and Donna Hicken, First Coast News anchor and breast cancer survivor. The event begins at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, in the Lazzara Performance Hall at the UNF Fine Arts Center. Info: (904) 620-2878; www.unf.edu/coas/music.

Mayo physician wins tennis association's award

Dr. Walter Taylor

The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) named Mayo sports medicine physician Dr. Walter Taylor the 2004 recipient of its annual Dr. Irving Click Award in April. Named after one of the U.S. Open's most admired chief medical officers, the award is given at the end of each tennis season to a tournament physician to honor outstanding service and sports medicine excellence. Taylor has served as a tournament physician to the Bausch & Lomb Tournament for seven years.

Simple Success Diabetes Program

This comprehensive outpatient program teaches diabetics self-management skills. Health-care professionals teach a series of four classes totaling 10 hours in a supportive, small-group environment. Insurance companies may provide coverage. Classes are held at the St. Luke's Hospital campus. For class dates, times and other information, call (904) 296-3733.

Nutrition Cancer Class

This nutrition class is designed for patients currently undergoing cancer treatment or those who have completed their treatment. Classes are held the first and third Tuesday of each month from 11 a.m. to noon in Room 148N of the Davis Building on the Mayo Clinic campus. For more information, call (904) 296-3733.