Minimally Invasive Surgery

General Surgery and Surgical Oncology
UF surgeon performing robotically assisted procedure at UF Health Jacksonville.
Image: Ziad T. Awad, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Ziad T. Awad, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Medical Director

Welcome to the minimally invasive surgery program offered by the department of surgery at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville. The program provides professional services at UF Health Jacksonville, a tertiary care teaching hospital serving northeast Florida and southeast Georgia.

Patient Care

Services offered by the surgeons of our section include laparoscopic or endoscopic surgical procedures as well as robotic, or robot-assisted, surgery using the da Vinci Xi surgical system. When minimally invasive procedures are an option, they typically offer patients quicker recovery and lower risk than traditional open surgery.

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Education

The UF Department of Surgery in Jacksonville offers graduate medical education training in our ACGME-accredited general surgery residency and surgical critical care fellowship programs. Also offered is a non-standard advanced gastrointestinal and minimally invasive surgery fellowship.

Surgery Residency Advanced GI/Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship

Faculty

  • Ziad T. Awad, M.D., F.A.C.S.

    Associate Professor

    Associate Chair, Clinical Operations and Quality; Chief, Division of General Surgery; Medical Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery Program; Program Director, Advanced GI Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship

    Specializes in Minimally Invasive Surgery; Surgery

     

  • Joseph A. Costa, D.O.

    Professor

    Assistant Dean for Clinical Informatics; Clerkship Director

    Specializes in Neurourology & Reconstructive Surgery; Urology

     

  • Brian Dalton, M.D.

    Assistant Professor

    Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency

    Specializes in Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery; Minimally Invavsive Foregut Surgery; Surgery

     

  • Eric D. Pinnar, M.D., FACS

    Assistant Professor

    Specializes in Surgery

     

  • Ruchir Puri, M.B.B.S. (M.D.), M.S., FACS

    Assistant Professor

    Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency; Associate Program Director, Advanced GI Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship

    Specializes in Minimally Invasive Surgery; Surgery

     

Contact

For information on the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville section of minimally invasive surgery, please contact:

Address

Section of minimally invasive surgery
UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville
653 West 8th Street, FC12
3rd Floor, Faculty Clinic
Jacksonville, FL 32209