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Elizabeth Hansen, MD, wins education award

Congratulations to third-year resident Elizabeth Hansen, M.D., who was recently honored at the 2026 Annual Celebration of Excellence in Medical Education, held April 2 at the Hilton University of Florida Conference Center, sponsored by the UF College of Medicine Society of Teaching Scholars!Dr. Hansen received the Outstanding Resident…

Five residents elected to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

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: Jeremy Balch, M.D., Ph.D.Michael Kabbash, M.D.Jordan McKean, M.D., M.P.H.Michael Spinosa, M.D.Whitman Wiggins, M.D. Tyler Loftus, M.D., Ph.D., an associate…

Seven Department of Surgery faculty recognized as exemplary teachers

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2025 Exemplary Teacher award! Eligible faculty are nominated by their department chairs and are selected based on their record of education excellence with medical students, residents and fellows, graduate students, postdocs and mentorship of other faculty. This year’s recipients were: Jeffrey Jacobs, M.D. –…

Match Day 2022

Join us in welcoming our new trainees! We’re excited to work with these new additions to our UF Department of Surgery.  …

Jennifer Hunt, MD, MEd, Presents at the Inaugural Copeland-Horowitz Chair’s Visiting Professor Lecture

On Friday, May 14, Jennifer Hunt, MD, MEd, the Stetson Professor and Chair for the UF Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine, spoke at the UF department of surgery's Inaugural Copeland-Horowitz Chair's Visiting Professor Lecture on "Imposter Syndrome: Enhancing Self-Confidence and Overcoming Self-Doubt from the Inside Out."