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his humble, kind, and honest approach in medicine to his years of working with the homeless population in Miami. After almost four years of practicing at the homeless clinic, he yearned to practice pulmonary medicine full-time. And so his search began to find a practice in need of a pulmonologist.
Program at TMH, an Assistant Professor at FSU COM General Surgery Residency Program at TMH, and on Clerkship Faculty at the FSU COM Tallahassee Regional Campus. Furthermore, he has published several abstracts and articles in journals and given numerous lectures in Florida.
In 2001, Dr. Campo arrived at the Tallahassee International Airport and was greeted by Dr. John Thabes with Tallahassee Pulmonary Clinic. He was thoroughly impressed by the practice and Tallahassee, and ultimately joined Tallahassee Pulmonary Clinic in 2002. In recent years, the practice changed its name and affiliated with Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH): TMH Physician Partners – Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep. At the start of his career with the pulmonary clinic, Dr. Campo volunteered on weeknights at Neighborhood Health Services, an indigent care clinic in Tallahassee. His early aspirations to help people has never wavered. He personifies the words of Winston Churchill, “We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.”
Dr. Campo has been involved in many facets of the medical community. He currently serves on the TMH Board of Directors, as Medical Director for TMH Critical Care and Respiratory Services, and as Chair of the TMH ICU Care Review Committee. He previously served as Chair of the TMH Medical Staff, as Chair of TMH Infection Control, as Medical Director for TMH Case Management, as Medical Director for Select Specialty Hospital, as a member of the TMH Medical Executive Committee, and as Chair of the Membership Committee for the Southeast Thoracic Association. Additionally, he has been a generous volunteer physician in the Capital Medical Society Foundation's We Care Network.
When the COVID-19 pandemic infiltrated the United States in 2020, our medical community searched for answers. Due to the unknowns with the virus, healthcare personnel joined efforts to develop protocols to treat patients. Dr. Campo analyzed protocols and techniques that were successful in other countries and states and worked closely with the TMH administration and medical staff to implement them in our community. Dr. Campo, modest and noble, is quick to credit the teams of physicians, nurses, pharmacists, technicians, respiratory therapists, and environmental services workers with rising to the challenge together. As director of the ICU at TMH, Dr. Campo spearheaded strategic steps to ensure the medical team had the protective supplies they needed to treat COVID-19 patients, did a tremendous amount of research on the virus to keep the medical team informed, brainstormed techniques to utilize one ventilator for two patients when there was a ventilator shortage, while also trying to keep morale up with the healthcare team in the ICU. “He has been a shining light and a steady light in keeping the hospital staff up-to-date on the most recent safety protocols, treatment protocols, and guidelines in caring for COVID patients,” said Dr. David Huang, Dr. Campo’s friend and colleague. “Without his leadership in responding to the COVID pandemic, our community would definitely be in trouble.” In addition to his clinical responsibilities, Dr. Campo regularly supervises residents in their rotations through the ICU at TMH. He is also a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Florida State University College of Medicine (FSU COM) Internal Medicine Residency
He is a loving husband to his wife of almost 25 years, Kim, and a proud father to three children, Sebastian, Patrick, and Bella. Sebastian is a junior at the University of Florida, Patrick is a sophomore at the University of Georgia, and Bella is a freshman at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Campo has always made it a priority to be involved in his children’s lives. When they were younger, he was at their sporting and school events. Now that they are all in college, he travels to spend time with them and attend sporting and school events at each of their universities. In his own words, “I can be replaced at work, but I can’t be replaced as a father.” In his spare time, Dr. Campo enjoys spending time with his family, fishing, cooking, and walking their dog, Monti, a Rottweiler/Shepherd mix. On behalf of all those associated with the Capital Medical Society, congratulations to Dr. Carlos Campo. He certainly exemplifies what we consider to be the qualities of an outstanding leader and physician.
The Capital Medical Society is pleased to announce the Outstanding Physician Award has been renamed to the Thomas L. Hicks, M.D. Outstanding Physician Award. The late Dr. Hicks was the first recipient of the Outstanding Physician Award, in 2006, for his many years of leadership in organized medicine.
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