Program Director's Welcome Surgery Residency Marie L. Crandall, M.D., M.P.H., FACS Program Director Ruchir Puri, M.B.B.S. (M.D.), M.S., FACS Associate Program Director Jeanette Zhang, M.D. Associate Program Director Welcome to the Surgery Residency Program in the department of surgery at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville. Our five-year program offers outstanding training and is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, or ACGME. The information contained on this website is meant to provide a broad overview of our graduate medical education (GME) program and faculty, as well as contact information to help answer any additional questions you may have. Marie L. Crandall, M.D., M.P.H., FACSAssociate Chair, Research; Chief, Division of Acute Care Surgery; Program Director, General Surgery ResidencyUniversity of Florida College of Medicine – JacksonvilleRuchir Puri, M.B.B.S. (M.D.), M.S., FACSAssociate Program Director, General Surgery Residency; Associate Program Director, Advanced GI Minimally Invasive Surgery FellowshipUniversity of Florida College of Medicine – JacksonvilleJeanette Zhang, M.D.Associate Program Director, General Surgery ResidencyUniversity of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville Curriculum