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New Leader Chosen For Diabetes And Endocrinology Program
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital named Jose Atilio Canas, M.D., FA.A.P., F.A.C.E., as the Director of Endocrinology and Diabetes. He will enhance care for children with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, as well as strengthen diabetes prevention services.
Dr. Canas will see patients at the hospital’s main campus in St. Petersburg and at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Outpa- tient Care, Sarasota.
Dr. Canas brings three decades of training and practice in endocrinology to his role at Johns Hopkins All Children’s. He was previously associate at-
tendant at Wolfson Children’s Hospital, and served as medical director of the Nemours Pedi- atric Cardio Metabolic and Bariatric Center in Jacksonville, Florida.
His research interests in- clude using of carotenoids — plant pigments found in yellow, orange, red and green vegetables that prevent the buildup of fat deposits in humans— for obesity prevention. He most recently led a study on the effects of carotenoids on obesity in chil- dren, which was published in March 2017 in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Me- tabolism.
County Commissioners Approve School District Referendum To Appear On November 6, 2018 Ballot
On Thursday, September 6, the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners ful- filled its statutory duty to trans- mit ballot language to the Supervisor of Elections office for a half-penny sales tax referen- dum supporting schools for in- clusion on the November 6, 2018 ballot.
The referendum would gen- erate approximately $131 million per year for ten years that would be spent on specific projects to improve public schools. Projects are limited to air conditioning replacement, building and reno-
vating schools, maintenance, se- curity and technology.
The referendum would also create a seven-member Citizen Oversight Committee, which re- ports on the spending and progress of all of the money raised by the referendum. Six members of the Citizen Over- sight Committee would be pri- vate citizens who cannot be affiliated with the district and cannot work on projects funded by the referendum.
Sales tax is not charged on necessities like groceries and medicine.
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