Tyler J Loftus, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Program Director of the General Surgery Residency Program

Department: MD-SURGERY-TRAUMA

Business Phone: (352) 273-5670

Business Email: tloftus@ufl.edu

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About Tyler J Loftus

As an associate professor with tenure and an acute care surgeon in the University of Florida Department of Surgery, I treat patients for traumatic injury and those needing emergency general surgery.

I graduated magna cum laude from Clemson University, receiving my Bachelor of Science in health science in 2008. Staying in South Carolina, I obtained my medical degree at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. Then, I relocated to Florida to pursue a general surgery residency and NIH-sponsored research fellowship at the Sepsis and Critical Illness Research center at UF. Subsequently, I completed a surgical critical care fellowship and a PhD in biomedical informatics at UF.

I am passionate about resident education and professional development as program director for the general surgery residency. My NIH-funded research pursuits have evolved from translational science, focusing on bone marrow failure and anemia after traumatic injury, to data science, focusing on machine learning to augment personalized, patient-centered decision-making.

Accomplishments

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught

MDC7600 – Surgery Clerkship

2026 College of Medicine

Board Certifications

Clinical Informatics

American Board of Preventative Medicine
Licensed Physician

State of Florida
Surgery

American Board of Surgery
Surgical Critical Care

American Board of Surgery

Clinical Profile

Subspecialties

Surgical Critical Care

Areas of Interest

Abdominal Exploration
Bile Duct Obstruction
Bleeding
Cardiac Arrest
Cholangitis
Endoscopy
Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Gastrointestinal Perforation
Inguinal Hernia Repair
Neck Dissection
Peptic Ulcer
Peritonitis
Robotic Surgery
Traumatic Injury

Research Profile

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)

0000-0001-5354-443X

Areas of Interest

augmented surgical decision-making
machine learning for predictive analytics
patient phenotyping

Publications

Academic Articles

Grants

Education

PhD, Biomedical Informatics

2020-2024 University of Florida
Fellowship, Surgical Critical Care

2019-2020 University of Florida
Research Fellowship, Sepsis and Critical Illness Research Center

2015-2017 University of Florida
Residency, General Surgery

2012-2019 University of Florida
Medical Degree

2008-2012 Medical University of South Carolina
Bachelor of Science

2004-2008 Clemson University