
@UFSurgery trauma and acute care surgeon, ICU doctor | @UFSurgResidents Program Director | @AmCollSurgeons Informatics and AI Committee Chair
Gainesville, FL
Joined May 2019
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Tyler Loftus retweeted
Congratulations to third-year resident Elizabeth Hansen, M.D., who was recently honored at the 2026 Annual Celebration of Excellence in Medical Education sponsored by the UF College of Medicine Society of Teaching Scholars! 🐊🐊
#MedEd #ResidentEducator
Tyler Loftus retweeted
It's Match Day! We're thrilled to welcome a new group of talented physicians to the Department of Surgery. We know that they'll be amazing assets to our institution, our practice and our patients.
Welcome home! 🧡💙🐊🐊🧡💙
See more information👇
surgery.med.ufl.edu/2026/03/…
Tyler Loftus retweeted
Congrats to Dr. Austin Coale on being awarded the 2026 @ACHQC Resident Research Grant for his project “Onlay versus retrorectus mesh position in ventral hernia repair with concomitant panniculectomy." 🐊
He will present his findings at the 2027 ACHQC Quality Improvement Summit.
Tyler Loftus retweeted
We’re proud to announce that the Department of Surgery has had five residents inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society! Congratulations to Doctors: Jeremy Balch, Michael Kabbash, Jordan McKean, Michael Spinosa, and Whitman Wiggins
More👇
surgery.med.ufl.edu/2026/02/…
Dear Residents,
Thank you for waking early and working hard all day and sometimes all night caring for patients while also learning, teaching, and researching with passion and humanity. Our future is bright because of you!
Sincerely yours,
A grateful attending
Congratulations to our medalists in the PGY2 Surgical Olympics Winter Games!
@UFSurgResidents @UFSurgery 🐊💪
Congratulations to our medalists in the Intern Surgical Olympics Winter Games!
@UFSurgResidents @UFSurgery 🐊💪
Congratulations to Dr Jeremy Balch @UFSurgResidents @UFSurgery for winning the AI Research Excellence PhD Dissertation Award from the UF AI & Informatics Research Institute 🐊💪
Tyler Loftus retweeted
Congratulations to the seven faculty members who were recognized with a 2025 Exemplary Teacher Award! This annual education award is given to faculty members who exemplify excellence in all aspects of education. 🐊📣🐊
Read more and see the recipients 👇
surgery.med.ufl.edu/2025/10/…
Tyler Loftus retweeted
Congratulations Dr. Zachary Hodges for winning the "Best Overall Case Report Award" at the recent FL SCCM 2025 Annual Symposium - "Veno-venous Extra Corporeal Life Support in a Trauma Patient as Bridge to Definitive Cardiac Repair" 🏆🐊
Tyler Loftus retweeted
Q: What happens when AI surgeons and trainees meet at @AmCollSurgeons ?
A: great networking between members of @SAGES_Updates @AMIAinformatics SPARC @UMichSurgery and the ACS Informatics and AI Committee.
This is collaboration 🤩🤩
Tyler Loftus retweeted
What makes the UF Department of Surgery's residency program special? 🐊🐊Hear from our program director and residents 👇
youtube.com/watch?v=XnRre5Ab…
We love our interns @UFSurgResidents ! Strong work painting your knot tying boards and committing to deliberate practice toward expert performance in the operating room 🐊💪
Tyler Loftus retweeted
Congratulations to general surgery residents Michael Fassler, M.D., and Maksymilian Pilecki, M.D., on receiving prestigious research fellowship awards from the Frederick A. Coller Surgical Society! 🐊🐊
Read more about their important research 👇
surgery.med.ufl.edu/2025/07/…
Congratulations to our medalists in the PGY2 Surgical Olympics Spring Games
@UFSurgResidents @UFSurgery 🐊💪
Congratulations to our medalists in the Intern Surgical Olympics Spring Games
@UFSurgResidents @UFSurgery 🐊💪
Congratulations to Dr Kathy Ehresmann @UFSurgResidents for matching into transplant fellowship at Cleveland Clinic 🐊💪
Congratulations to Dr Gwen Gillies @UFSurgResidents for matching into surgical oncology fellowship at Louisville @UofLHealth 🐊💪
Tyler Loftus retweeted
Great presentation from @UFSurgResidents Michael Fassler @VESurgery at #VAM25! “Comparative outcomes of extremity vascular trauma after establishing a dedicated trauma hybrid operating room” @UFSurgery @_TylerLoftus @FutureVascSurgn





























