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# Map and Directions
We have three locations that house various outpatient practices. See below for a list of each practice, the services each provides and a link to maps and directions.
**UF Health Surgical Specialists – Shands Hospital**
* Colon and rectal surgery
* Critical care and trauma surgery
* General surgery
* Pancreatic surgery
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**UF Health Surgical Specialists – Springhill**
* Breast surgery
* Endocrine/thyroid surgery
* Melanoma surgery
* Soft tissue sarcoma surgery
**UF Health Surgical Specialists – Heart & Vascular Hospital**
* Cardiovascular surgery
* Thoracic surgery
* Vascular surgery
**UF Health Plastic Surgery and Aesthetics Center – Springhill**
* Breast reconstruction surgery
* Cosmetic surgery
* Hand disease surgery
* Migraine surgery
* Nonsurgical cosmetic procedures
* Pediatric plastic surgery
* Peripheral nerve surgery
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* Wrist surgery
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# Education
The University of Florida’s Department of Surgery has a long tradition of training outstanding clinical surgeons and leaders in academic surgery. The fundamental mission of our department is to provide excellence in patient care, research and education.
Our faculty members are committed to developing well-rounded surgeons who excel in patient care and in research that will advance the science of surgical care.
Learn more about our general surgery residency or the advanced training offered by each of our divisions:
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# General surgery residency Department of Surgery
*Welcome to the University of Florida Department of Surgery! Our department has a long tradition of training outstanding clinical surgeons and leaders in academic surgery. The General Surgery Residency offers a rigorous clinical experience and well-funded, protected research time. We have a strong culture of collegiality among residents and faculty. Our mission is to build a community that is supportive and welcoming of all members. Our graduates are clinically excellent, broadly trained general surgeons who are competitive applicants for their desired specialty. We are delighted in your interest in our program.*
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Applications are accepted electronically through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS)
The University of Florida offers a competitive housestaff benefits program.
Learn more about the University of Florida General Surgery Residency.
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# Woodward Society
To promote and maintain camaraderie among the faculty and residents, the University of Florida Department of Surgery established the Woodward Society in 1980 to honor Edward R. Woodward, MD. Dr. Woodward was a nationally known leader in gastrointestinal surgery and was the founding Chairman of the University of Florida Department of Surgery.
The society’s role is to enrich the surgical tradition at UF by supporting surgical research and education and to bind together those who have been a part of the development of the Department of Surgery through the years. The UF Department of Surgery has trained more than 150 successful surgeons in the past fifty years. Many of these alumni have continued in academic medicine while others chose private practice. They have made significant contributions to the field of medicine and have become leaders in the field of surgical care and research.
Their impact extends throughout the United States, as well as
in numerous other countries around the world.
For more information regarding a donation or membership**, please email Kai Khambatta or call 352.273.9137.**
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# Program Leadership
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### Tyler Loftus, MD, PhD
Tyler J. Loftus, MD, is an acute care surgeon at the University of Florida and has been the Program Director for the General Surgery Residency program since July of 2024. He earned his medical degree from Medical University of South Carolina and completed his surgical training and surgical critical care fellowship at University of Florida. He completed a PhD in Biomedical Informatics from UF in 2024 while supported by an NIH K23 Career Development Award. His clinical interests are in aortic occlusion and hemorrhage control after traumatic injury with hemorrhagic shock, damage control resuscitation, and laparoscopic common bile duct exploration and stenting. His educational interests are in resident technical skills development as Director of the General Surgery Residency Technical Skills Training Program, advancing trauma care through the Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma and Advanced Trauma Operative Management curricula, and serving as Program Director for the General Surgery Residency. His research focuses on machine learning for personalized, patient-centered decision-making by using real-time risk assessments to identify and mitigate postoperative undertriage of high-risk patients to general wards and overtriage of low-risk patients to intensive care units.
Associate program director
### Janice Taylor, MD, MeD
Janice Taylor, MD, MEd, is an associate professor in the division of pediatric surgery. Dr. Taylor earned her medical degree from The Ohio State University in 2003. She then completed her general surgery residency in 2010 at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and her pediatric surgery fellowship at the University of Texas at Houston in 2012. She received her Master of Education from UF, concentrating in curriculum and instruction. Dr. Taylor focuses on all aspects of pediatric surgery, with special interests in intestinal rehabilitation, neonatal surgery and minimally invasive surgery. She is the founder and surgical director of the UF Pediatric Intestinal Rehabilitation Program. Her non-clinical focus is surgical education, specifically in remediation, learner outcomes, and resource utilization. She is on the editorial board for PedSCORE and is active in publications from the education committee of the American Pediatric Surgical Association.
### Amalia Cochran, MD
`Dr. Amalia Cochran is a graduate of Texas A&M University for both her BA in Political Science and her MD and has an MA in Political Science from the University of Colorado. She received her general surgery training at the University of Utah and her burns/critical care training at UTMB and the Shriner’s Hospital for Children in Galveston. Her clinical work has focused on acute burn care, critical care in burns, and burn reconstruction. She is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and of the American College of Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Cochran she serves the surgery department as the Assistant Chair of Faculty Development and Associate Program Director in charge of leadership and mentorship programs. She has completed a Surgical Education Research Fellowship, has won university-wide and national teaching awards, and was named an Outstanding Alumni of Texas A&M College of Medicine in 2016 and a Distinguished Master Educator by the Association for Surgical Education in 2019. Her research interests lie in the areas of education, clinical outcomes, and the use of technology to enhance surgical education and patient care. She recently completed a graduate certificate in Native American Studies at Montana State University. Dr. Cochran is a Past President of the Association of Women Surgeons and of the Association for Surgical Education. She is a member of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma and the American College of Surgeons Board of Governors. She also volunteers as the President of the Alpha Delta Pi Foundation. In her free time, Dr. Cochran enjoys running, cycling, and skiing; reading literary fiction; knitting; cooking and eating great food and spending time.
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# Resources for Current Residents
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# Meet Our Residents
## **General Surgery Residents**
July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025
### Fifth Year Residents (PRG5)
Department:
MD-SURGERY-RESIDENCY PROGRAM
###  MD
General Surgery Resident
###  MD, MS
### Fourth Year Residents (PRG4)
### Third Year Residents (PRG3)
### Second Year Residents (PRG2)
RESIDENT
PGY-2
### **First Year Residents (PRG1)**
###  DDS, MD, MS
PGY-5
###  DMD, MD
FIFTH-YEAR RESIDENT
### Research Residents
###  MD, MBA