Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., a well-known organization that rates health care providers, has named eight UF surgeons among the nation’s “top doctors” for 2015: Kenneth Andreoni, M.D., associate professor, UF division of transplantation surgery Kevin E. Behrns, M.D., chairman of the department of…
Three UF surgeons were recognized at the UF College of Medicine faculty appreciation event held in April at the UF president’s home. Tim Flynn, M.D., a professor in the department of surgery’s division of vascular and endovascular therapy and the college’s senior associate dean for clinical affairs, was recognized for…
Scott Berceli, M.D., Ph.D., a professor in the department of surgery’s division of vascular surgery and endovascular therapy, has received a University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship award. Berceli’s research focuses on vein bypass graft failure and includes computational models of such failure, in an effort to pinpoint the…
Robert Feezor, M.D., an assistant professor in the UF department of surgery’s division of vascular surgery and endovascular therapy, recently was invited to speak at Virginia Commonwealth University as the H.M. Lee Lecturer. H. M. Lee, M.D., was an internationally renowned pioneer in organ transplantation and a former professor…
A recently published paper authored by Zhihua Jiang, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the UF department of surgery’s division of vascular surgery and endovascular therapy, and a team of other researchers in the division, has been recognized by The American Physiological Society with its APSselect designation. APSselect is “a…
A surgeon at University of Florida Health is currently the only researcher in the nation conducting a study of three specific, unique types of devices to treat aortic aneurysms. Adam Beck, M.D., a UF Health vascular surgeon and an assistant professor in the UF College of…
University of Florida Health broke ground today for the UF Health Heart & Vascular Hospital and the UF Health Neuromedicine Hospital, a $415 million project that will give rise to the Southeast’s most advanced home for the care of patients with heart, vascular and neurological illnesses. The UF Health &…
The UF department of surgery’s division of vascular surgery has welcomed two new surgeons. Javairiah Fatima, M.B., B.S., and Kristina Giles, M.D., are both assistant professors of surgery. Fatima earned her bachelor’s degree in medicine and bachelor’s degree in surgery, together the equivalent of an American medical degree,…
Saleem Islam, M.D., M.P.H., an associate professor of surgery in the department’s division of pediatric surgery, and Gabriela Velasquez, M.D., a fellow in the division of vascular surgery and endovascular therapy, both have been elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Membership in the organization is lifelong and…
