Congratulations to all members of the Department of Surgery who were published in April and May! Published faculty were Doctors Mohammad Aladaileh, Letitia Bible, Mark Bleiweis, Guoshuai Cai, Amalia Cochrane, Sergio Duarte, Philip Efron, Kirsten Freeman, Song Han, Thomas Huber, Steven Hughes, Jeffrey Jacobs, Eric Jeng, Shama Karanth, Tyler Loftus,…
Several Department of Surgery faculty were recognized by the College of Medicine for their outstanding contributions and service. Thomas Huber, M.D., Ph.D., was honored last week at the University of Florida College of Medicine’s annual Spring Faculty Assembly. Huber, who is the Edward R. Woodward Professor of Surgery, received…
Congratulations to Janice Taylor, M.D., M.Ed., on receiving the Philip J. Wolfson Outstanding Teacher Award from the Association for Surgical Education! Taylor, a professor of surgery, received the award at last week’s annual meeting of the association in Atlanta, GA. The award recognizes faculty who play an active…
Congratulations to Guoshuai Cai, Ph.D., an assistant professor and director of the University of Florida Surgery Genomics Core, on being awarded the 2026 Excellence Award for Assistant Professors from the University of Florida! Cai recently received a prestigious $2.1 million Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award from the National Institutes of…
Congratulations to Ali Zarrinpar, M.D., Ph.D., a professor in the Division of Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, on being named the recipient of the 2026 Basic Science Established Investigator Award (Senior Career) from the International Liver Transplantation Society! The prestigious award, designed to honor society members who have made…
Congratulations to all Department of Surgery members who were published in March! Published faculty were Doctors Mazen Al-Mansour, Martin Back, Scott Berceli, Letita Bible, Guoshuai Cai, Michol Cooper, Amalia Cochrane, Philip Efron, Pamela Hess, Thomas Huber, Steven Hughes, Benjamin Jacobs, Jeffrey Jacobs, Eric Jeng, Shawn Larson, Robert Maile, Lyle Moldawer,…
Congratulations to Philip Efron, M.D., FACS, FCCM, the Cracchiolo Family Professor of Surgery and director of the Sepsis and Critical Illness Research Center, on his selection as a Master of Critical Care Medicine from the Society of Critical Care Medicine! According to the society, this honor is based on Efron’s…
From childhood to adulthood, family shapes individuals in obvious and subtle ways. From habits and interests to eye color and height, genes play a key role in influencing who people become. But genetics do more than shape appearance and personality. Some heritable qualities are innocuous, but others can lead to…
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…
Congratulations to all Department of Surgery members who were published in February! Published faculty were Doctors Thomas Beaver, Scott Berceli, Amalia Cochrane, Dejana Braithwaite, Chasen Croft, Daniel Demos, Kirsten Freeman, Philip Hess, Steven Hughes, Jeffrey Jacobs, Eric Jeng, Shama Karanth, Sailesh Konda, Eddie Manning, Tomas Martin, Johan Nordenstam, Tyler Loftus,…
