Fourth-year general surgery resident Jeremy Balch, M.D., Ph.D., was among three University of Florida innovators recently honored with an inaugural AI Research Award from the University of Florida Artificial Intelligence and Informatics Research Institute. The awards recognize AI research “from across a continuum of disciplines and individuals, from…
The University of Florida Department of Surgery was honored to send its graduating general surgery residents off with style June 21 at the Hilton UF Conference Center. The graduation ceremony, along with a separate education awards dinner on June 20, celebrated the achievements and accomplishments of residents and faculty. Graduating…
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…
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…
Congratulations to our incoming 2020-2021 residents for the UF Department of Surgery!…
At the Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons annual meeting, held in June at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas, UF Health surgeon Adam Katz, M.D. received the Society’s 2014 Founder’s Award. Katz, an associate professor of plastic and reconstructive surgery, won the award for the presentation titled “A…
Browning is from Arcadia, Florida, where he grew up in a cattle ranch. He attended college at the University of Central Florida and majored in biology, then went on to medical school at Vanderbilt University. He and his wife, Krista, have a daughter, Madelyn. Q: What drew you to…
Griffin was born in England and moved with her family to Ocala, Florida at age 10. She attended Florida State University for college and majored in Spanish with minors in English, chemistry and biology. Griffin earned her medical degree from the University of Florida. Q: What drew you to…
Gutwein is from Francesville, Indiana and majored in biomedical engineering at Purdue University. His medical degree is from Indiana University. He and his wife, a UF nurse practitioner and instructor, have 3 children. Q: What drew you to UF for residency? A: Warm weather and the stature of…
