Ten UF surgeons named “top doctors”

Physician rankings on U.S. News & World Reports’ website show 10 UF surgeons are among the nation’s “top doctors,” as determined by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., a well-known organization that rates health-care providers.

Thomas S. Huber, M.D., Ph.D., a professor and chief of UF’s division of vascular surgery; David W. Kays, M.D., an associate professor and chief of UF’s division of pediatric surgery; Scott A. Berceli, M.D., Ph.D., a professor in the division of vascular surgery and a surgeon at the Malcom Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center; and David Mozingo, M.D., a professor of acute care surgery and anesthesiology and director of Shands Burn Center; are ranked in the top 10 percent of physicians in their specialties.

Kevin E. Behrns, M.D., chairman of the department of surgery and the Edward R. Woodward professor of surgery; Timothy C. Flynn, M.D., a professor in the division of vascular surgery and an associate dean for the College of Medicine; Tomas D. Martin, M.D., a professor in the division of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery; Bruce A. Mast, M.D., chief of the division of plastic and reconstructive surgery; Kenneth Andreoni, M.D., an associate professor in the division of transplantation surgery; and Edward D. Staples, M.D., an associate professor in the division of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery; are ranked in the top one percent of physicians in their specialties nationwide.