Officers
| Presidents | Michael Guyot & Tyler Kashuv |
| Treasurers | Amin Mirzaie & Jean Pierre Bontemps |
| Faculty Advisor | Dr. Jennifer Fieber |
Welcome to the Surgical Subspecialties Interest Group!
The Surgical Subspecialties Interest Group exists to educate medical students at the University of Florida College of Medicine about the field of surgery and its subspecialities, the lifestyle of surgeons and surgical residents, and the numerous opportunities available for those interested in surgery and its sub-specialties, and to facilitate as a go-between amongst medical students, faculty, and surgeons.
Surgical Residencies & Fellowships
Surgeons in the UF Department of Surgery specialize in:
- General Surgery (GI, Cancer, Trauma and Burn)
- Pediatric Surgery
- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
- Transplant Surgery
- Vascular Surgery
- Acute Care Surgery
- Surgical Critical Care
- Other UF surgical care: Neurosurgery, Urology, Gynecology, Orthopedics
Shadowing Opportunities
The following surgeons have expressed their willingness to participate in shadowing activities. They are grouped by specialty and hospital (VA or Shands). Each physician has also indicated their availability to be shadowed in the clinic, the OR, or both. Feel free to reach out to them by email to set up a shadowing experience. If there is a specialty that is not covered under this list, please reach out to us and we will do our best to find you a surgeon in that specialty.
UF Shands Hospital
| Dr. Moiz Mustafa | Pediatric Surgery | OR/Clinic | Moiz.Mustafa@surgery.ufl.edu |
| Dr. Saleem Islam | Pediatric Surgery | OR/Clinic | Saleem.Islam@surgery.ufl.edu |
| Dr. Robin Petroze | Pediatric Surgery | OR/Clinic | Robin.Petroze@surgery.ufl.edu |
| Dr. Shawn Larson | Pediatric Surgery | OR/Clinic | Shawn.Larson@surgery.ufl.edu |
| Dr. Janice Taylor | Pediatric Surgery | OR/Clinic | Janice.Taylor@surgery.ufl.edu |
| Dr. Steven Hughes | Surgical Oncology | OR | Steven.Hughes@surgery.ufl.edu |
| Dr. Lisa Spiguel | Breast Surgery | OR/Clinic | Lisa.Spiguel@surgery.ufl.edu |
| Dr. Christiana Shaw | Surgical Oncology | OR/Clinic | Christiana.Shaw@surgery.ufl.edu |
| Dr. Javairiah Fatima | Vascular Surgery | OR/Clinic | Javairiah.Fatima@surgery.ufl.edu |
| Dr. Dean Arnaoutakis | Vascular Surgery | OR/Clinic | Dean.Arnaoutakis@surgery.ufl.edu |
| Dr. Thomas Huber | Vascular Surgery | OR/Clinic | Thomas.Huber@surgery.ufl.edu |
| Dr. Mark Leyngold | Plastic Surgery | OR/Clinic | Mark.Leyngold@surgery.ufl.edu |
| Dr. Trajan Cuellar | Plastic Surgery | OR/Clinic | Trajan.Cuellar@surgery.ufl.edu |
| Dr. Jessica Ching | Plastic Surgery | OR/Clinic | Jessica.Ching@surgery.ufl.edu |
| Dr. Thomas Read | Colorectal Surgery | OR | Thomas.Read@surgery.ufl.edu |
| Dr. Sanda Tan | Colorectal Surgery | OR/Clinic | Sanda.Tan@surgery.ufl.edu |
| Dr. Tomas Martin | Cardiac Surgery | OR/Clinic | Tomas.Martin@surgery.ufl.edu |
| Dr. George Arnaoutakis | Cardiac Surgery | OR/Clinic | George.Arnaoutakis@surgery.ufl.edu |
| Dr. Mark Bleiweis | Cardiac Surgery | OR | bleiweis@ufl.edu |
| Dr. Olusola Oduntan | Thoracic Surgery | OR/Clinic | Olusola.Oduntan@surgery.ufl.edu |
| Dr. Tiago Machuca | Thoracic Surgery | OR/Clinic | Tiago.NoguchiMachuca@surgery.ufl.edu |
| Dr. Mauricio Pipkin | Thoracic Surgery | OR/Clinic | Mauricio.Pipkin@surgery.ufl.edu |
| Dr. Scott Brakenridge | Trauma Surgery | OR | Scott.Brakenridge@surgery.ufl.edu |
| Dr. R. Steven Smith | Trauma Surgery | OR/Clinic | Robert.Smith@surgery.ufl.edu |
| Dr. Martin Rosenthal | Trauma Surgery | OR/Clinic | Martin.Rosenthal@surgery.ufl.edu |
| Dr. Meir Meerkov | Trauma Surgery | OR/Clinic | Meir.Meerkov@surgery.ufl.edu |
| Dr. David Mozingo | Burn Surgery | OR | David.Mozingo@surgery.ufl.edu |
| Dr. Ian Driscoll | Burn Surgery | OR/Clinic | Ian.Driscoll@surgery.ufl.edu |
| Dr. Joshua Carson | Burn Surgery | Clinic | Joshua.Carson@surgery.ufl.edu |
| Dr. Jeffrey Friedman | MIS/Bariatric Surgery | OR/Clinic | Jeffrey.Friedman@surgery.ufl.edu |
| Dr. Alex Ayzengart | MIS/Bariatric Surgery | OR/Clinic | Alexander.Ayzengart@surgery.ufl.edu |
| Dr. Crystal Johnson-Mann | MIS/Bariatric Surgery | OR/Clinic | Crystal.Johnson-Mann@surgery.ufl.edu |
VA Hospital
| Dr. Salvatore Scali | Vascular Surgery | OR/Clinic | Salvatore.Scali@surgery.ufl.edu |
| Dr. Kristina Giles | Vascular Surgery | OR/Clinic | Kristina.Giles@surgery.ufl.edu |
| Dr. Lindsey Goldstein | Colorectal Surgery | OR/Clinic | Lindsey.Goldstein@surgery.ufl.edu |