Six physicians joined our Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine Fellowship, and two anesthesiologists joined our Endoscopic Spine Fellowship. Please help us welcome them to the department!
Incoming Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine Fellows
Duration: 12 Months
Rosa Amelia Garcia, M.D.
Rosa Amelia Garcia, M.D., earned her medical degree at the Ibero-American University School of Medicine in the Dominican Republic. She recently finished her physical medicine and rehabilitation residency at Larkin Hospital Health Systems in Florida. Before this residency, she was a preliminary general surgery resident at the University of Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital in Florida.
During her physical medicine and rehabilitation residency, Garcia was a co-leader on the Education and Research Committee for The Society of Women Innovators in Pain Management. In this role, she helped empower women in pain medicine to achieve their professional goals. She was also an ambassador for the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, where she shared information and news with her local community. Her research has focused on neurology, and she won the Resident Research Award in 2024.
Jack Leal, D.O.
Jack Leal, D.O., received his medical degree at the Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine. He recently finished his physical medicine and rehabilitation residency at the Nassau University Medical Center in New York. Prior to this residency, he completed a transitional year at the Medical City Weatherford’s residency program in Texas. He has a Bachelor of Science in finance from the University of South Florida.
During his residency, Leal was a lead investigator for quality improvement (QI) projects. For his most recent QI project, he led the development of a “visit summary,” which provided clinic patients with a summary of their diagnosis and treatment plan. Additionally, he co-authored a book about subacute rehabilitation. In 2023, he scored in the 99th percentile nationally among all PGY-2 physical medicine and rehabilitation residents on the annual in-training exam.
Zane Thompson, M.D.
Zane Thompson, M.D., acquired his medical degree at the Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. He completed his physical medicine and rehabilitation residency at the University of Florida (UF) College of Medicine, where he was a chief resident. Before this, he finished an internship in internal medicine at the Naval Medical Center San Diego in California. He also has a Bachelor of Science in biomedical science from the University of South Florida.
During his residency, Thompson was a Physiatrist in Training ambassador for the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, where he served as a liaison between the academy and his residency program. For research, he has worked on a manuscript about the impact of strength training on individuals with knee osteoarthritis.
Thompson served as a flight surgeon for the United States Navy, where he earned the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for excellent service.
Thomas John Woodard, D.O.
Thomas John Woodard, D.O., earned his medical degree at the A.T. Still University Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Missouri. He completed his anesthesiology residency at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. He has a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry from Rockhurst University in Missouri.
During his residency, Woodard was an elected member of the residency council, where he led and represented residents on the graduate medical education level. In addition, he was a member of a quality improvement team, focused on assessing the ability of anesthesia providers to accurately inflate endotracheal tube cuffs at appropriate tracheal pressures. He was also a primary author for a case report about the effects of unrecognized durotomy.
Duration: 14 Months
Bradley (Brad) William Gang, D.O.
Bradley (Brad) William Gang, D.O., received his medical degree from the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine in South Carolina. He recently finished his anesthesiology residency at the UF College of Medicine in Jacksonville, where he was a chief resident. He has a Bachelor of Science in chemistry from Kent State University in Ohio.
During his residency, Gang was a manager of a quality improvement project, where he partnered with others to help prevent delays in care and ensure patients get their procedures covered by Medicare. He was a part of a pain and opioid stewardship task force, where he contributed to discussions and plans for new polices related to pain and post-operative pain management.
In 2019, Gang went on a medical mission trip to the Dominican Republic, where he provided health care services to underserved areas.
Volodymyr Toropchyn M.D.
Volodymyr Toropchyn, M.D, acquired his medical degree from the Lugansk State Medical University in Ukraine. He recently graduated from the residency program here at the UF Department of Anesthesiology. Prior to this residency, he completed a pre-residency fellowship in internal medicine at the University of Mexico.
During his residency, Toropchyn finished the Longitudinal Program, where he gained skills to teach medical students and patients. He was also a part of a case report that talked about the benefits of Gasserian ganglion radiofrequency ablation, in managing the facial pain of a patient with metastatic Ewing sarcoma.
Toropchyn graduated from medical school in the top 10% of his class.
incoming endoscopic spine fellows
Shahrukh Bengali, M.D.
Shahrukh Bengali, M.D., earned his medical degree from the UF College of Medicine. He started his anesthesiology residency at the University of Texas Southwestern but finished here at UF where he was a chief resident. He completed a pain medicine fellowship with us as well. He also has a Bachelor of Science in interdisciplinary studies in biology and medicine from UF, where he was a part of the Junior Medical Honors Program. In addition, he has a Bachelor of Science in biomedical engineering from the University of Miami in Florida.
As a chief resident in our department, he was involved in junior resident training and monthly scheduling. In 2023, he won a handful of departmental awards, such as Outstanding Senior Resident and the Chair’s Award for Best Resident.
During his fellowship, Bengali co-authored a chapter about arteriovenous malformations for a book about neurological and neurosurgical emergencies.
Bennett Kramer, M.D.
Bennett Kramer, M.D., received his medical degree from the Tel Aviv University’s New York State Program. He finished his anesthesiology residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Texas. He completed a pain medicine fellowship at Harvard Medical School in Massachusetts. He also has a Bachelor of Science in biology from Stony Brook University (SBU) in New York.
Kramer was the medical director of interventional pain management at the Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital in New Hampshire. He has also worked as an undergraduate research assistant at the SBU Hospital, where he studied the colon.
Kramer completed two years of a violin performance degree at The Juilliard School in New York. He has utilized his musical skills in hospitals by playing the violin for patients and their families.