UF Surgery

On this #MemorialDay, the UF Department of Surgery honors the sacrifice of all who served. The courage and commitment of our nation's veterans inspires us daily and we will never forget their bravery and service.

Congratulations to each and every member of the UF M.D. Class of 2026! This past Friday we honored the 147 talented and tireless individuals who have completed the first steps of their medical training and who we are proud to finally call "doctor." More👇 news.drgator.ufl.edu/2026/05/18/md-…

Congratulations to all faculty members who were honored at last week's Spring Faculty Assembly, including Thomas Huber, M.D., Ph.D., on receiving the college's prestigious lifetime achievement award! 🐊🐊 Read more about Department of Surgery honorees 👇 surgery.med.ufl.edu/2026/05/12/tho…

Congratulations to Janice Taylor, M.D., M.Ed., on receiving the Philip J. Wolfson Outstanding Teacher Award from the Association for Surgical Education! 📣🐊 Read more about this well-deserved recognition 👇 surgery.med.ufl.edu/2026/05/06/jan…

Thank you to our nurses for their commitment to excellence and resilience in every interaction. It is an honor to celebrate you this week. youtube.com/watch?v=Z0mKea…

We're thrilled to congratulate Guoshuai Cai, Ph.D., director of the UF Surgery Genomics Core, on being awarded the 2026 Excellence Award for Assistant Professors from the University of Florida! 🐊📙📘🐊 Read more about this prestigious award👇 surgery.med.ufl.edu/2026/05/04/guo…

Congratulations to Dr. Ali Zarrinpar on being named the recipient of the 2026 Basic Science Established Investigator Award (Senior Career) from the International Liver Transplantation Society! Read more about this prestigious and well-deserved award 👇 surgery.med.ufl.edu/2026/05/01/ali…

We are thrilled to congratulate Dr. Jeff Arni Cruz Valisno, who was today conferred with his Ph.D. from the University of Florida! Dr. Valisno has for several years worked in the Aortic Aneurysm Research Lab of department chair Dr. Gilbert Upchurch, Jr.

Congratulations to all Department of Surgery members who were published in March! 🐊📙📘🐊 See the link for the full list of publications 👇 surgery.med.ufl.edu/2026/04/30/mar…

Congratulations to Dr. Philip Efron on being bestowed with the title of Master of Critical Care Medicine from the Society of Critical Care Medicine! 📙📘 Read about this honor 👇 surgery.med.ufl.edu/2026/04/27/phi…

Congratulations to third-year resident Elizabeth Hansen, M.D., who was recently honored at the 2026 Annual Celebration of Excellence in Medical Education sponsored by the UF College of Medicine Society of Teaching Scholars! 🐊🐊 #MedEd #ResidentEducator

Congratulations to all Department of Surgery members who were published in February! 🐊📙📘🐊 See the full list of publications on our website 👇 surgery.med.ufl.edu/2026/03/31/feb…

The 12th Wiggers-Bernard Conference Initiative in Vienna, Austria, is a gathering of leading experts in translational sepsis research from around the world. Congratulations to Dr. Philip Efron on his presentation - "Sky is the limit – How far can we improve the modeling?"

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…