Department of Surgery: Residency Pages

Looking Ahead

The previous residents in the Department of Surgery at the University of Florida have gone on to exciting careers. In bold, are our current attendings who trained at the University of Florida Department of Surgery. We always love to hear from our former residents! Please contact Michele Silver MEd, Department of Surgery Residency Education Coordinator, with updates. Browse below:

Year	Name	Fellowship	Private Practice / Academics
2009	Angel M. Caban	Minimally Invasive Surgery UT Southwestern - Dallas
	Stancie C. Rhodes	Trauma Critical Care University of Maryland
	Skeeter Salcedo	Trauma Critical Care University of Pennsylvania
	Omeni Osian	Cardiothoracic Surgery University of Florida
	Jason Wilson	Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, NY

2008	Scott A. Anderson	Pediatric Surgery University of Florida
	Christopher A. Garces	Cardiothoracic Surgery University of Virginia
	Priscilla F. McAuliffe	Surgical Oncology - M.D. Anderson
	Catherine Velopulos	Critical Care University of Florida

2007	Philip A. Efron	Surgical Critical Care Washington University in St. Louis	Academics Gainesville, Florida
	Ashley K. Lentz	Plastic Surgery - University of Florida
	Daniel J. Martin	Vascular Surgery University of Florida
	Alexander G. Parr	GI Surgery - University of Florida	Private Practice Fort Lauderdale, Florida

2006	Darwin N. Ang	Trauma / Critical Care University of Washington, Seattle, WA	Academics Gainesville, Florida
	Erik Q. Ballert		New York, NY
	Phillip Burch		Academics Salt Lake City, UT
	Robert J. Feezor	Vascular Surgery University of Florida	Academics Gainesville, Florida
	John Streitman		Private Practice Pinehurst, NC
	Matthew Steele		Academics Gainesville, FL
	A. Samuel Tunkle		Private Practice Naples, FL

2005	Thomas Collins	Transplant Surgery - UCLA	Academics Iowa
	Jose Erbella		Private Practice Bradenton, FL
	Francis Herrbold		Private Practice Albany, GA
	William Johnson	Advanced Laparoscopy - Duke	Private Practice Georgia
	Douglas Minnich	Cardiothoracic Surgery Massachusetts General	Academics Alabama

2004	Mark Bonnell	Cardiothoracic Surgery - University of Utah; Mechanical Support/Heart Failure/Heart Transplantation - University of Utah	Academics University of Kentucky
	Shay Dean	Plastic Surgery University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	Private Practice California
	Michelle Murday	Colorectal Surgery - Orlando, FL	Private Practice Utah
	Deemy Rekkas		Private Practice Chicago, IL
	Aaron Trachte		Private Practice Lawton, OK
	Justin Warner		Private Practice Naples, FL

	Jason Felger		Private practice - San Angelo, TX
2003	Glenn E. Herrmann	Plastic Surgery University of Illinois, Chicago	Private Practice - Denver, CO
	Rebecca M. Minter		Academics - Ann Arbor, MI
	John E. Rectenwald	Vascular Surgery University of Michigan	Academics - Ann Arbor, MI
	Jeffrey L. Rose		US Air Force - Korea

2002	E. Ramsay Camp	Surgical Oncology - M.D. Anderson
	Charles Klodell		Academics - UF Gainesville, FL
	Shriram Nene		Private practice - Denver, CO
	Brian E. Pickens		Private Practice – Gainesville, FL
	Frank J. Wessels	Colorectal Surgery Orlando RMC, Orlando, FL	Private Practice - Raleigh, NC
	Gerhardt J. Winkel		Private Practice – Indiana

2001	Keith G. Chisholm		Academics – Gainesville, FL
	Gregory C. Gaines	Plastic Surgery University of Alabama	Private Practice – Mississippi
	Lacy Carr McClain		Private practice - Hattiesburg, MS
	John P. Pirris	Thoracic Surgery Texas Heart Institute	Private Practice – Maryland
	Michael F. Steinberg	Thoracic Surgery University of Rochester	Private Practice - Indiana

2000	Timothy C. Childers		Private Practice – Winter Park, FL
	Philip J. Hess, Jr.	Thoracic Surgery – University of Florida	Academics – Gainesville, FL
	Michael D. Josephs	Pediatric Surgery – Children’s Hospital, Ohio	Private Practice – Austin, TX
	Saeid Khansarinia		Private practice - Atlanta, GA
	Armin K. Moshyedi	Plastic Surgery – University of Alabama	Private Practice – Bethesda, MD

1999	Eddie K. Abdalla	Surgical Oncology – M. D. Anderson, and Paris, France	Academics – M.D. Anderson
	William L. Huether III		Private Practice – Sanford, FL
	Anthony J. Pacitti		Private Practice – Perry, FL
	Samuel Rayburn		Private practice - Little Rock, AR
	Carmen C. Solorzano	Surgical Oncology – M. D. Anderson	Academics – Miami, FL

1998	Thomas Beaver		Academics – UF Gainesville, FL
	Joseph T. Gallagher	Colo-Rectal – Orlando, FL	Private practice - Orlando, FL
	E. Dean McKenzie	Texas Childrens Hosp, Houston	Academics - Houston
	M. Burress Welborn III	Vascular Surgery – University of Florida	Private Practice - Alabama

1997	Jeffrey Bott		Private Practice - Orlando, FL
	Juan C. Cendan		Academics – Gainesville, FL
	Orlando C. Cicilioni, Jr.	Plastic Surgery – University of Florida	Private Practice – Orlando, FL
	N. Joseph Espat	Surgical Oncology – Memorial Sloan Kettering	Academics – Univ. of IL, Chicago, IL
	Rabih M. Salloum	Surgical Oncology – University of Chicago	Academics – Rochester, NY

1996	Elizabeth A. Beierle	Pediatric Surgery – St. Christopher’s Hospital	Academics – Gainesville, FL
	Karen M. Rieger	Thoracic Surgery – Indiana University	Academics – Indianapolis, IN
	Panagiotis Sarantos		Private Practice – Gainesville, FL
	Kevin T. Watkins	Surgical Oncology – M. D. Anderson	USAF – San Antonio, TX

1995	Paul S. Dudrick	Surgical Oncology – Memorial Sloan Kettering	Academics – Memphis, TN
	Willis G. Eshbaugh, Jr.	Plastic Surgery – University of Virginia	Private Practice – Ft. Lauderdale,FL
	Mark C. Kelley	Surgical Oncology – John Wayne Cancer Institute	Academics – Nashville, TN

1994	Thomas R. Austgen		Private Practice – Gainesville, FL
	Rhett C. High	Plastic Surgery – Bowman Gray University	Private Practice – Raleigh, NC
	Timothy W. Mullett	Thoracic Surgery – University of Florida	Academics – Lexington, KY
	Glenn E. Summers, Jr.		Private Practice – Tallahassee, FL

1993	Robert W. Burk III	Plastic Surgery – University of Alabama	Private Practice - Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
	Mike K. Chen	Transplantation – UF. Pediatric Surg – U of TN, Memphis.	Academics – Gainesville, FL
	Paul M. Gardner	Plastic Surgery – University of Alabama	Academics – Birmingham, AL
	Kevin M. Steadland		Private Practice – Coon Rapids, MN

1992	William Birmingham		Private Practice – Salisbury, NC
	Nancy (Donahoe) Bouck	Thoracic Surgery – University of Florida	Private Practice – Las Vegas, NV
	Robert G. Carlson	Thoracic Surgery – University of Florida	Private Practice – Sarasota, FL
	David R. Carr		Private Practice – Winston-Salem,NC

1991	W. Douglas Harrison		Private Practice – Rocky Mount, NC
	L. Daniel Kaelin	Vascular Surgery – University of Florida	Private Practice – Tallahassee, FL
	Donald A. Plumley	Pediatric Surgery – Indiana University	Private Practice – Orlando, FL
	D. Scott Rotatori	Plastic Surgery – University of Cincinnati	Private Practice – Winter Park, FL

1990	Lee M. Ellis	Surgical Oncology – M. D. Anderson	Academics – Houston, TX
	V. Suzanne Klimberg		Academics – Little Rock, AR
	D. Mark McCoy	Thoracic Surgery – Medical Univ. of South Carolina	Private Practice – Germantown, TN
	Timothy J. Yeatman	Surgical Oncology – M. D. Anderson	Academics – Tampa, FL

1989	Kenneth R. Courington		Private Practice – Naples, FL
	Caren E. Gaines	Breast Oncology Fellowship Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida	Academics - TX
	T. Scott Garrett		Private Practice – Lynchburg, VA
	Jacob H. Jordan		Private Practice – Naples, FL

1988	Robert S. Bennett, Jr.		Hewitt, TX – Not in medicine
	Bruce E. Freedman		Private Practice – Scottsdale, AZ
	Philip L. Harris		Private Practice – Boca Raton, FL

1987	Matthew E. Brunson	Transplantation Fellowship - University of Cincinnati	Academics – La Jolla, CA
	Samuel A. Mahaffery	Pediatric Surgery – Children’s Hospital	Academics – Durham, NC
	Mark E. Pessa		Private Practice – Lubbock, TX
	James H. Schmidt	Plastic Surgery – University of Florida	Private Practice – Sarasota, FL

1986	Robert G. Laney III		Private Practice – Shelby, NC
	Michael E. Nerney		Private Practice – Largo, FL
	Russell W. Novak		Private Practice – Sarasota, FL
	James A. Quintessenza	Thoracic Surgery – University of California, SD	Private Practice – St. Petersburg, FL

1985	Bruce H. Brennaman	Vascular Surgery – Henry Ford Hospital	Private Practice – Columbus, GA
	Corey K. Crain		Private Practice – Rock Hill, SC
	David G. Hoffman	Vascular Surgery – University of Florida	Private Practice – Waco, TX
	John W. Robertson		Private Practice – Sanford, FL

1984	James M. Balliro		Private Practice – Tallahassee, FL
	James R. Edgerton	Thoracic Surgery – Medical Univ. of South Carolina	Private Practice – Dallas, TX
	Michael P. Hocking	GI Research - Mayo Clinic	Academics – Gainesville, FL

1983	James H. Corwin III		Deceased
	Braun H. Graham	Plastic Surgery – University of Florida	Private Practice – Sarasota, FL
	William Lineaweaver	Plastic Surgery – University of California	Academics – Jackson, MS
	S. Eva Singletary	Surgical Oncology – M. D. Anderson	Academics – Houston, TX

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