The PA Surgical Residency Program is an intensive 12-month program, available to four residents per year, administered by the UF department of surgery. Clinical duties are performed at UF Health Shands Hospital.
OUR AIM: Our program provides an educational and nurturing environment to educate and enable physician assistants in providing care for the most complex surgical patients. We aim to help physician assistants develop keen judgment and technical abilities in different aspects of surgery, thus increasing their confidence in their chosen specialty. Additionally, PA residents will obtain clinical and didactic knowledge that would take years of on-the-job training to obtain, thus opening avenues of more professional opportunities to them with increasing autonomy and responsibility.
OUR MISSION: Our program is dedicated to innovation and the future of medicine by creating proficient and dedicated physician assistants capable of administering exceptional patient care in the surgical environment at a high volume tertiary care referral center.
Clinical Rotations: Residents will rotate on the following clinical services for four to five weeks:
- Acute Care Surgery (ACS)
- Burn Surgery
- GI Surgery
- Pediatric Surgery
- Surgical ICU
- Trauma
- Vascular Surgery
- BMSE
- PBS
- Thoracic Surgery
- Elective (Cardiac, Ortho, Urology, ENT, Transplant, OMFS)
Didactic Sessions:
Residents will attend weekly educational sessions (general and service specific) and the service specific preoperative conference. Examples of potential simulation activities may include:
- Surgical Grand Rounds
- Surgical M&M
- Knot tying/Suturing/Incision & Drainage/Biopsy
- Non-Invasive airway/Chest Tube/US-Guided Central Lines
- Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery Skills
- Ostomy sitting & troubleshooting
- Blunt & penetrating trauma
- Robotic surgery
- Stapler and energy devices
- Wound Vac
- Palliative Care
- Root Cause Analysis
Each resident will be provided:
- One suture kit
- Two lab coats
- Access to SCORE (Surgical Council on Resident Education) curriculum
- PA surgical residency manual
Stipend and Benefits
The University of Florida Department of Surgery Postgraduate Surgical Residency for Physician Assistants will be a 12-month employment contract. The stipend & benefits are on-par of that given to PGY-1 housestaff at the University of Florida. This includes 15 days of vacation leave & 5 days of sick leave. More information about housestaff benefits, including updated stipend information, at the University of Florida can be found here https://financeadmin.med.ufl.edu/housestaff-benefits/
Program Director:
Department:
MD-SURGERY-GI-MINIM INVAS SURG
Mazen Al-Mansour MBBS
Assistant Professor
University of Florida Health Sciences Center
1600 SW Archer Road
P.O. Box 100287
Gainesville, FL 32610-0108
Program Coordinators
Department:
MD-SURGERY-RESIDENCY PROGRAM
Cameron M Ghalayini
Res/Fellowship Program Crd I
Phone:
(352) 594-5119
Email:
cameronghalayini@ufl.edu
Department:
MD-SURGERY-RESIDENCY PROGRAM
Lilas K Nassour
Res/Fellowship Program Crd I
Phone:
(352) 265-0916
Email:
lilaskhashab@ufl.edu