UF Surgery

It's Match Day! We're thrilled to welcome a new group of talented physicians to the Department of Surgery. We know that they'll be amazing assets to our institution, our practice and our patients. Welcome home! 🧡💙🐊🐊🧡💙 See more information👇 surgery.med.ufl.edu/2026/03/20/mat…

Dr. Upchurch is one of the editors of Aortic Aneurysms: Pathogenesis and Treatment! Congrats to him as well to our faculty and residents who contributed chapters to this important reference. See more about the book 👇 link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

Congratulations to all affiliated members of the Department of Surgery who were published in January! 🐊📙📘🐊 See the link for the full list of publications 👇 surgery.med.ufl.edu/2026/02/27/jan…

Congrats to Dr. Austin Coale on being awarded the 2026 @ACHQC Resident Research Grant for his project “Onlay versus retrorectus mesh position in ventral hernia repair with concomitant panniculectomy." 🐊 He will present his findings at the 2027 ACHQC Quality Improvement Summit.

We’re proud to announce that the Department of Surgery has had five residents inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society! Congratulations to Doctors: Jeremy Balch, Michael Kabbash, Jordan McKean, Michael Spinosa, and Whitman Wiggins More👇 surgery.med.ufl.edu/2026/02/19/fiv…

Congratulations to Jeffrey Valisno on his upcoming Ph.D. defense!

Congratulations to Philip Efron, M.D., on receiving the 2026 UF College of Medicine Outstanding Research Scientist in Clinical Science award! See more about the awards and Dr. Efron's work in sepsis research 👇 news.drgator.ufl.edu/2026/02/09/cel…

Congratulations to our amazing Department of Surgery T32 trainees - Doctors Miguel Hernandez-Rios, Christine Rodhouse, and Whitman Wiggins - on their well-received oral presentations at the 21st Annual Academic Surgical Conference!

Why is mentorship a cornerstone of medical education? See how opportunities to learn and shadow are helping Korbe Otis move from the softball field to the operating room. 🐊🐊🐊 news.drgator.ufl.edu/2026/02/04/gat…

When Serra Weller was 4 months pregnant, her baby was diagnosed with a rare congenital heart defect. The Wellers found more than life-saving care at the UF Health Congenital Heart Center; they found a family. #HeartMonth #AmericanHeartMonth ufhealth.org/stories/2026/a…

Congratulations to all members of the department who were published in December! 🐊🐊 See the full list of publications on our website 👇 surgery.med.ufl.edu/2026/01/30/dec…

Did you know our transplant programs continue to rank among the nation’s elite, according to the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients? Learn more 👇 ufhealth.org/news/2026/uf-h…

Congratulations to Mazen Al-Mansour, M.B.B.S., associate professor surgery, on his invitation to sit on the @ACHQC of directors! More 👇 surgery.med.ufl.edu/2026/01/13/al-…

By analyzing a decade of data on how artificial intelligence is used in cancer clinical trials, UF Health Cancer Institute researchers have provided a snapshot of how AI may improve and personalize cancer care. cancer.ufl.edu/2026/01/09/ai-…

Today we congratulated Jeff Jones on his upcoming retirement. Our department is successful because of the people that work here and - since 2011 - Jeff has been critical in helping us build our team. His contributions will resonate for years to come. 🧡💙🐊🐊💙🧡

Congratulations to all Department of Surgery members who were published in November! 🐊📙📘🐊 See the list of publications 👇 surgery.med.ufl.edu/2025/12/23/nov…

We had an amazing time at the combined @UFSurgery and @UF_Anesthesia holiday party! See this Instagram post by @ufsurgeryresidents instagram.com/p/DSitCnLDpqN/…

The temperature is dropping in Gainesville! We are so proud of every member of the department who stepped up to donate much-needed items to our Grace Marketplace clothing drive.

On a sunny December afternoon in a room high atop the UF Health Heart and Vascular Hospital, overlooking the University of Florida campus, six people whose lives are now intertwined forever met for the first time. ufhealth.org/news/2025/givi…

Thank you again to Dr. Garcia for her enlightening talk on leadership in surgery!

Join us for our next grand rounds! Who: Nicole Garcia, MD, FACS; Brody School of Medicine of East Carolina University What: "The Assumed Leader. Rethinking Leadership Development in Surgical Education" Where: MSB 6120 or mediasite.video.ufl.edu/Mediasite/Chan… When: 12-5-25 @ 7:00am