Exploring American Medicine From Colonial Times to Present Day, Tampa Doctor Authors Compelling Informal History Curtis E. Margo, MD, wrote Glass Half Full: An Informal History of American Medicine, with a mission in mind: “to unravel, and to some extent celebrate, the convoluted history of the medical profession in the United States.” In it, he recounts the scientific and technological achievements of medicine in context with the values, beliefs and behavior of the medical profession itself. LYNNE JETER

HCMA Hosts Visionary Event UCF-COM Students Debate Medicine’s Future On Feb. 2 at the InterContinental Tampa Hotel, the Hillsborough County Medical Association (HCMA) will host an historic debate involving students from the University of South Florida College of Medicine (USF COM), in conjunction with HCMA’s general membership dinner meeting. LYNNE JETER

Humana Cares Celebrates 1-Year Milestone Division to Add 50 Jobs in 1Q10 ST. PETERSBURG—Humana Cares, the St. Petersburg-based division of Humana, Inc. (NYSE: HUM), marks an important milestone at the end of January with the celebration of the end of its first year of operation at a 35,000-square-foot service center in Carillon Business Park. LYNNE JETER

Marketing a Specialty Practice to Other Docs A Practice's "Lifeblood," One Expert Says "Your most important asset." That's what one healthcare marketing expert called a specialty physician's referral base, and he said way too many specialists are failing to nurture the relationship between their practice and the doctors who send them business. SHARON H. FITZGERALD

Weighing In on Obesity Researchers, Clinicians Advocate Multi-Discipline Approach to Epidemic For almost three decades, The Obesity Society, a leading scientific organization dedicated to the study of obesity, has worked to increase the evidence-based understanding of the causes, prevention, consequences and treatment options for what has truly become an epidemic in this country. CINDY SANDERS

Curtis E. Margo, MD, MPH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY—Curtis Edward Margo, MD, was born in the heart of Hollywood. Yet despite such an auspicious start in life—living just a few blocks from the infamous intersection of Hollywood and Vine—he never found the glitz of Hollywood particularly alluring. LYNNE JETER