Welcome to the Department of Surgery
University of Florida surgeons provide comprehensive surgical care, offering advanced surgical techniques and a wide-range of minimally invasive and endovascular procedures. Caring for patients at Shands at UF, the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center, and Shands' outpatient surgery centers, UF surgeons are part of a multidisciplinary health-care team who collaborate to offer individualized patient care and the latest therapies. UF surgeons and scientists conduct research to improve surgical outcomes, advance treatments and expand knowledge about disease processes. They also train the surgical leaders of tomorrow.
Surgeons in the UF Department of Surgery specialize in:
- General Surgery (GI, Cancer, Trauma and Burn)
- Pediatric Surgery
- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
- Transplant Surgery
- Vascular Surgery
Other UF surgical care: Neurosurgery, Urology, Gynecology, Orthopaedics
News & Events
U.S. News ranks UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital as one of nation’s best
Jun 12th, 2013
The University of Florida Health Shands Children’s Hospital has been recognized as one of the nation’s best hospitals for children in six medical specialties, including, for the first time ever, [...]
New UF inflammation center includes two department of surgery faculty members
Jun 4th, 2013
Emina Huang, M.D., a UF colorectal surgeon and an assistant professor of surgery, and Lyle Moldawer, Ph.D., a professor of surgery and the department’s vice chair of research, are members [...]
In the Loupes: Surgery in Africa
May 15th, 2013
By Tomas Martin, M.D. Professor of surgery When you think of Africa, you probably think of jungles, lions, monkeys, gazelles, elephants and wide-open savannahs. What you [...]