We’re extremely proud to announce that ten faculty in the UF Department of Surgery have received promotions, effective July 1, 2026!
Loretta Coady-Fariborzian, M.D., Chasen Croft, M.D., and Georgios Vrakas, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D., have been promoted to professor.
Kalyan Dadireddy, M.D., M.S., M.ch., Ben Jacobs, M.D., Jessica Taylor, M.D., M.B.A., Crystal Johnson-Mann, M.D., M.P.H., Zain Shahid, M.D., and Krista Terracina, M.D., have been promoted to associate professor.
Jaimar Rincon, Ph.D., has been promoted to associate scientist.
These well-deserved promotions reflect the breadth of talent and expertise at home in our department, and speak to the high levels of motivation and dedication embodied by each of these physicians.
Coady-Fariborzian is in the Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and practices at the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center. Her clinical interests are in breast reconstruction and hand surgery.
Croft is in the Division of Acute Care Surgery and also holds an appointment in the UF Department of Anesthesiology. His clinical interests are in trauma surgery, surgical critical care and acute care surgery.
Dadireddy is in the Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and has been at the forefront of improving patient outcomes for patients across the perioperative spectrum. He has an impressive educational background, including three plastic surgery fellowships in burn surgery, microsurgery and pediatric craniofacial surgery.
Jacobs is in the Division of Vascular Surgery. He treats the full spectrum of vascular disease and specializes in complex minimally invasive therapies for arterial and venous peripheral disease. He was recently named chief quality officer for UF Health Shands.
Taylor is in the Division of Acute Care Surgery and is the Surgical Critical Care Program Director. Her expertise as an educator was recently recognized with an Exemplary Teacher Award for the third time and in May of this year she was recognized with a college-level clinical Rising Star Award. She is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
Johnson-Mann is in the Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery and was recently recognized with her second Exemplary Teacher Award. She is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
Rincon is int he Division of Pediatric Surgery. Some of her recent work has been focused on sepsis and chronic critical illness, and she is co-investigator on an active NIH grant, “Prevention of Neonatal Sepsis by Therapeutic Targeting of MDSCs.”
Shahid is in the Division of Vascular Surgery. His clinical interests include treatment of complex aortic aneurysms and dissections using fenestrated endografts.
Terracina is in the Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, with subspecialties in colon and rectal surgery. Her areas of interest include colorectal cancer, Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis.
Vrakas is in the Division of Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery and is the director of the UF Health Adult and Pediatric Kidney and Pancreas Programs. He is a fellow of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons. In 2023, he was awarded the Golden Cross of the Order of the Phoenix from the President of Greece.