Dhruv Singhal, M.D., has joined UF’s department of surgery as an assistant professor in the division of plastic and reconstructive surgery. Singhal received his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and then moved to Boston for his surgical training. He is certified by the American Board…
Matthew Delano, M.D., Ph.D., served as chief surgical resident for academic year 2011 – 2012 Matthew Delano, M.D., Ph.D., served as chief surgical resident for academic year 2011 – 2012.Matthew Delano, M.D., Ph.D., spent nine years in training with the UF department of surgery, learning both the clinical and research…
Elizabeth “Elli” Warner, M.D., served as chief surgical resident for academic year 2011 –2012. Elizabeth Warner, M.D., better known to her colleagues at UF as “Elli,” left Gainesville this past summer…
The pancreas transplant program at UF&Shands, the University of Florida Academic Health Center, is again open and accepting patients. The United Network for Organ Sharing, the nation’s official organ donation and transplant oversight organization, approved the program’s reactivation on Oct. 22. UF&Shands voluntarily suspended its adult and pediatric liver transplant…
The department of surgery’s division of plastic and reconstructive surgery will begin its own integrated residency training program in July 2013. The program will allow medical students to match directly into a training program focused on plastic and reconstructive surgery, instead of completing a general surgery residency before further specializing…
For many transplant patients, the call for a lifesaving organ usually comes in the middle of the night. For ReAnne Walcott, it came while she was on vacation outside the continental United States. Florida resident Walcott was in Kona, Hawaii, when she received the call that a donor kidney matching…
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.
UF&Shands providers will share the latest in breast cancer prevention, treatment and recovery at this October 9 event. Reserve your spot today.
Join UF&Shands for the Pink Pumpkin Fest to raise breast cancer awareness and support breast cancer research right here at the University of Florida! We’ve got a full line up of exciting, all-ages activities we hope will elevate awareness of the need for breast cancer research and the importance of…
A pioneering University of Florida heart surgeon whose team performed Florida’s first open-heart surgery in 1959 has passed away. Myron W. “Bill” Wheat Jr., M.D., died on Wednesday, Sept. 12, at the age of 88. “We have lost a great leader who paved the way for many generations of physicians…
