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April 2025 publications

Congratulations to everybody who was published in April! Published faculty were Doctors Braithwaite, Beaver, Bleiweis, Cai, Cooper, Efron, Freeman, Huber, Jeffrey Jacobs, Larson, Loftus, Martin, Moldawer, Peek, Rackauskas, Raymond, Rincon, Rosenthal, Sarosi, Scali, Samir Shah, Sharma, Stukov, and Upchurch. Annals of Thoracic Surgery Ramdeen SL, Little SGH, Forrester S, Patterson…

Department well-represented at ACS annual meeting

Congratulations to everybody who presented at the American College of Surgeons Florida Chapter’s 2025 Annual Meeting & Edward M. Copeland, III, MD, FACS Research Symposium, held May 3-4 in Tampa, Florida. Presenters from the department, all of whom were finalists in the basic science session, were general surgery residents…

Resident wins first place at FCOT competition

Congratulations to research resident Christine Rodhouse, M.D., on being awarded first place in last week’s Florida Committee on Trauma (FCOT) paper research competition, held May 2 in Gainesville, Fl. Rodhouse joined residents and fellows in the fields of trauma, critical care, and injury prevention from across the state at the…

Critical insights into type A aortic dissections

Congratulations to Zhihua Jiang, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of surgery, and his team on their recent featured publication in the journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology! Jiang is senior author on the article, titled “GSDMD Deficiency Attenuates the Development of Ascending Aortic Dissections in a Novel Mouse Model.”…

March 2025 publications

Congratulations to everybody who was published in March! Published faculty were Doctors Back, Beaver, Beduschi, Berceli, Bleiweis, Cooper, De Faria, Demos, Do, Duarte, Efron, Goldstein, Hess, Huber, Benjamin Jacobs, Jeffrey Jacobs, Jeng, Jiang, Larson, Loftus, Moldawer, Nordenstam, Terracina, Tomas Martin, O’Malley, Peek, Rackauskas, Raymond, Read, Scali, Shah, Shahid, Soma, Spratt,…

Dr. Nordenstam recognized as North Tower Operating Room Provider of the Month

Congratulations to Johan Nordenstam, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of surgery, on being recognized by the North Tower operating room team as the April Provider of the Month! Nordenstam was chosen due to his unwavering dedication to patient care, education and teamwork in the North Tower OR. His nominations also…

Match Day 2025

As Match Day 2025 draws to a close, we’re thrilled to welcome the newest members of the University of Florida Department of Surgery! Recruitment season is a challenging time for everyone, and we’re thankful to the many members of the department who helped with interviewing all of the amazing candidates…