Congratulations on our soon-to-be-former administrative intern, Emily Kintz, on graduating last week with her MHA! Emily will be moving on to an administrative fellowship at UF Health Shands. 🐊🐊👏🐊🐊 Congratulations, Emily! We can't wait to see what you do next.

Congratulations to everybody who represented the department at the ACS Florida Chapter's annual research symposium, including Angel Charles, M.D., whose presentation won first place in the basic science category! 🧡🐊💙 Read more 👇 surgery.med.ufl.edu/2025/05/12/acs…

April was another fantastic month for Department of Surgery research! Congratulations to all faculty who were published. 📙🐊📘 See the link for the full list of publications 👇 surgery.med.ufl.edu/2025/05/14/apr…

A great afternoon with the NUH Singapore ECMO Team Graeme MacLaren #ecmo UF Surgery UF Congenital Heart Center

Today we're wearing blue in recognition of National #CritCareMonth! 🐊🧡💙🐊 Thanks to every one of our surgical critical care clinicians and advanced practitioners; your steadfast commitment and expertise saves the lives of critically ill patients each and every day. SCCM

Can AI predict your medical wishes better than family? Ray Moseley, PhD, the Grace H. Osborn Professor of Bioethics and joint associate professor in the Department of Surgery, discusses this and more on the latest episode of Bioethics for the People. 👇 bioethicsforthepeople.com/episodes/can-a…

Join us for grand rounds, 5/30 at 7 am! Brian Fazzone, MD: Missing the Elephant: How Corporatization Imperils Surgical Training Kelly Herremans, MD: The History of the University of Florida Department of Surgery. Where: Communicore C1-15 Zoom info @ [email protected]

The department and the university lost an amazing physician, educator and researcher in March. We miss him every day. Read about Ian Driscoll, M.D., associate professor of surgery and anesthesiology and the director of the UF Health Shands Burn Center. news.drgator.ufl.edu/2025/06/04/a-l…

Congratulations to Bruce Mast, MD, chief of Plastic Surgery and the Maurice J. Jurkiewicz Professor! Dr. Mast is the 2025 president of the Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons. 🐊🐊🧡💙🐊🐊 Thank you for your leadership and representation, Dr. Mast!

How has our Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery has been hard at work improving quality outcomes for our patients? 🐊💙🧡🐊 Read all about it 👇 surgery.med.ufl.edu/2025/06/23/pat…

Why is UF Health Shands Hospital one of the top destinations for patients seeking high-quality care and outcomes, according to the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients? Read about this and more in the most recent issue of Florida Physician. 🐊👇🐊 floridaphysician.med.ufl.edu/2025/03/06/inn…

Congratulations to everybody in the Department of Surgery who was published in May! 🐊🧡💙🐊 See the list of publications 👇 surgery.med.ufl.edu/2025/06/25/may…

Congratulations to our faculty who have received promotions, effective July 1! Our newly promoted faculty are Ellen Satteson, M.D., Samir Shah, M.D. MPH, Lisa Spiguel, M.D., Janice Taylor, M.D., MEd and Erin Vanzant, M.D. 🐊📙📘🐊 Read more 👇 surgery.med.ufl.edu/2025/07/03/fiv…

Congratulations to our 2025 class of graduating general surgery residents! Saying goodbye to physicians who have spent years shaping and being shaped by our institution is always bittersweet, but we're excited to see where they go next. 🐊💙🧡🐊 More 👇 surgery.med.ufl.edu/2025/07/08/con…

The best liver and lung transplant option in the U.S. just got better. SRTR data shows FLORIDA Health leads the nation for overall outcomes, with faster transplants and higher survival rates. Learn more: ufhealth.org/news/2025/uf-h…

Congratulations to general surgery residents Michael Fassler, M.D., and Maksymilian Pilecki, M.D., on receiving prestigious research fellowship awards from the Frederick A. Coller Surgical Society! 🐊🐊 Read more about their important research 👇 surgery.med.ufl.edu/2025/07/16/col…

Congratulations to Alex Yoon, M.D., on receiving an SEC Faculty Travel grant! 🐊🧡💙🐊 Dr. Yoon will be visiting the leading-edge cancer research program at the Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center. Read more about this well-deserved grant 👇 surgery.med.ufl.edu/2025/07/17/yoo…

Our paper in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery represents decades of work helping infants and children using the Berlin Heart ventricular assist device; and a record for the most placements at a single institution. authors.elsevier.com/a/1lUgvovKl4S3

FLORIDA Health Shands Hospital is ranked in 7 specialties in the 2025–26 U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals list: • Cancer • Geriatrics • ENT • OB-GYN • Neurology & neurosurgery • Urology • Pulmonology & lung surgery ufhealth.org/news/2025/seve…

June was another productive month in Department of Surgery Research; congratulations to all members of the department who were published! 🐊📙📘🐊 See the full list of publications at the link 👇 surgery.med.ufl.edu/2025/07/29/jun…