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KAUFMAN, Dr. Ronald P., of Lutz died
on Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at his residence. He was a loving husband,
caring father, and brilliant physician and educator. He is survived by
his wife Beth; three daughte rs Karyn Pingel (Ryan), Leesa Kaufman
Roncallo (Gino) and Jennifer Kaufman; a sister, Judy Brown (Robert);
three grandchildren Corbyn, Aaron and Bailey, and many friends and
colleagues. He will be missed by all. Memorial services will be held
at the the Blount & Curry Funeral Home, Carrollwood Chapel, 3207 W.
Bearss Ave. at 4 p.m. on Thursday. In lieu of flowers contributions
may be made to The Ronald P. Kaufma n, M.D. Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Please make checks payable to the USF Foundation; memo to read
"Kaufman Memorial Fund." HSC Development Office 12901 Bruce B. Downs
Blvd. MDC Box 70 Tampa, FL 33612.
Published in the TBO.com on 6/11/2003. |
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Doctor
Who Shaped College At USF Dies
By VALERIE KALFRIN
vkalfrin@tampatrib.com
Published:
Jun 11, 2003
Tampa Tribune
TAMPA - A top physician executive who helped shape the
University of South Florida's Health Sciences Center into the only state
facility with a college of public health died Monday from pancreatic cancer.
Ronald P. Kaufman, 73, of Lutz was receiving in-home health care for the
disease, colleagues said.
Under Kaufman's leadership between 1987 and 1994, the Health Sciences
Center brought the schools of nursing, medicine and public health together,
said Robert Daugherty, USF's dean of the College of Medicine and vice
president for health sciences.
Kaufman thought that teaching and training physicians and nurses together
would allow them to be more efficient, Daugherty said. ``He was a very strong
person who had a vision. It's a nice legacy that he has left.''
Kaufman graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a specialty in
internal medicine and was a flight surgeon at George Air Force Base in
California before becoming an administrator, said longtime friend John Curran,
a USF professor of pediatrics and executive associate dean.
Before USF recruited him, Kaufman was the vice president for medical
affairs and executive dean at George Washington University Medical Center in
Washington, D.C.
Kaufman created an affiliation with Tampa General Hospital to start a
second campus on Davis Islands. He laid the groundwork for the USF Physicians
Group, a multispecialty group of about 350 doctors who provide care to
patients at Tampa General, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research
Institute, and two local Veterans Affairs hospitals, Curran said.
His tenure was also rocky. He weathered a dispute in 1989 in which 13
orthopedic surgeons resigned, closing the department and its residency
training program, after he decided not to allow them to open an on-campus
clinic, news reports state. The university spent at least $3 million to settle
a related civil suit, reports state.
Kaufman also took criticism for his $230,000 salary and the collapse of
USF's Eye Institute, news reports state.
The battles never troubled him, said Michael Hoad, a USF spokesman.
``He was clear and articulate, but also tough. He didn't attempt to
sugarcoat anything,'' Hoad said.
At the time of his death, Kaufman held the titles of division director of
medical practice management in the department of internal medicine, senior
medical adviser in the College of Medicine and a professor in the College of
Public Health.
Kaufman is survived by his wife, Beth, and three daughters. A funeral will
be at 4 p.m. Thursday at Blount & Curry Funeral Home, 3207 W. Bearss Ave
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Remembering Ronald Kaufman
Published:
Jun 12, 2003 Tampa
Tribune
A t a Christmas party with friends and colleagues last December, Dr.
Ronald P. Kaufman walked about the room, making it a point to converse one-
on-one with many of the guests. His words didn't consist of small talk or
holiday humor. Instead, he told each how much he respected his or her work and
what a special difference that person had made in his life.
People were touched by his kind words. Only now, days after his death from
pancreatic cancer at the age of 73, do many recall the occasion and realize that
the former vice president for health sciences at the University of South Florida
was teaching others a lesson about preparing for death right up until his own
demise.
``He was saying goodbye. We just didn't know it at the time,'' says a
longtime friend and colleague.
Kaufman, a bold intellectual who came to Tampa from Washington in the
mid-1980s, made a mark here for combining USF's colleges of medicine, nursing
and public health into the Health Sciences Center. His vision was to train
doctors, nurses and public health clinicians together so they could better
coordinate care in the community and better serve patients in the process.
He was also instrumental in improving relations between USF physicians and
Tampa General, area Veterans Affairs hospitals and the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer
Center & Research Institute.
A nationally noted expert on health care who beamed like a proud father at
USF's annual white coat ceremony for new doctors, Kaufman cared deeply about
young people going into medicine and considered teaching them the highest
calling.
There will be a memorial service today at 4 p.m. at the Blount & Curry
Funeral Home on West Bearss Avenue. The family has requested that in lieu of
flowers, gifts be made payable to the Ronald P. Kaufman, M.D., Memorial
Scholarship Fund in the College of Medicine.
Kaufman's achievements and kindly nature will long be remembered.
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Obituary
USF Health Sciences founder, Ronald Kaufman
By Times Staff Writer
© St. Petersburg Times
published June 12, 2003
Dr. Ronald P. Kaufman, who molded the Colleges of Medicine, Nursing and
Public Health into the University of South Florida Health Sciences Center, died
this week after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 73.
Dr. Kaufman served the university in several roles spanning more than 13
years. He encouraged teamwork and helped lay the foundation for the health
sciences center. He was USF's first vice president for health sciences from 1987
to 1994.
"Dr. Kaufman was the first vice president and he renamed the medical center
as the health sciences center to acknowledge the then-new College of Public
Health," said Dr. Robert M. Daugherty, dean of the College of Medicine and vice
president for Health Sciences.
Under Dr. Kaufman's guidance, the college opened a second campus on Davis
Islands, designed the USF Physicians Group and developed the College of Public
Health, Daugherty said.
Dr. Kaufman was the physician executive director for USF Physicians Group
from 1996 to 2000. His most recent work included stints as division director of
Medical Practice Management, senior medical adviser in the College of Medicine
and professor in the College of Public Health.
Dr. Kaufman's tenure also drew controversy to the college. Soon after he
arrived, the Department of Orthopaedics disbanded, and some worried the medical
school would be placed on probation. In the end, though, Dr. Kaufman challenged
the probation threat and won.
"He wasn't afraid to ask the tough question or afraid to ask why," said Brian
Smith, executive director of the USF Physicians Group. "He provided a lot of
wisdom and insight."
Dr. Kaufman also had an affinity for golf.
"He played every weekend that I knew him," said Smith, who knew Dr. Kaufman
for more than 10 years. "I was always jealous."
Before coming to USF, Dr. Kaufman served as vice president for medical
affairs and executive dean at George Washington University Medical Center since
1976. He was a member of the management team that treated President Reagan after
he was wounded in an attempted assassination.
Dr. Kaufman received his bachelor's degree from Trinity College in Hartford,
Conn., in 1951, and his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in
1955, specializing in internal medicine.
Survivors include his wife, Beth, and three daughters.
In lieu of flowers, his family requests gifts to the Ronald P. Kaufman, MD,
Memorial Scholarship Fund in the College of Medicine. Checks should be made
payable to the USF Foundation and sent to the HSC Development Office, 12901
Bruce B. Downs Blvd., MDC 70, Tampa, FL 33612. For more information, call (813)
974-3676.
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