Chair’s Awards
Selected by Greg Janelle, M.D., FASE, FASA, for outstanding service to the department.
- Best Faculty Member Award
- Best Resident Award
- Chair’s Quality Award
- Chair’s Research Award
- Unsung Hero Award
- Chair’s CRNA Award
- Chair’s CAA Award
CRNA and CAA Choice Award
- CRNA and CAA Choice Resident of the Year
Outstanding Resident Awards
Selected by departmental faculty and presented by Timothy W. Martin, M.D., MBA.
- Outstanding Senior Resident
- Outstanding Junior Resident
Division Awards
Selected by the faculty of each division.
- Outstanding Achievement in Pediatric Anesthesiology
- Presented by Timothy W. Martin, M.D., MBA
- Outstanding Achievement in Liver & Transplant Anesthesiology
- Presented by Brandon Lopez, M.D.
- Outstanding Achievement in Obstetric Anesthesiology
- Presented by Brandon Lopez, M.D.
- Outstanding Achievement in Critical Care Medicine
- Presented by Marc Maybauer, M.D.
- Outstanding Achievement in Acute Pain Medicine
- Presented by Yury Zasimovich, M.D.
- Outstanding Achievement in Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
- Presented by Mike Franklin, M.D.
- Outstanding Achievement in Neuroanesthesiology
- Presented by Lauren Berkow, M.D.
- Outstanding Achievement in NORA
- Presented by Jeff White, M.D.
- Outstanding Achievement in Transition to Practice
- Presented by Matt Andoniadis, M.D.
- Outstanding Achievement in Multispecialty Anesthesiology
- Presented by Matt Andoniadis, M.D.
- Outstanding VA Resident
- Presented by Caleb Awoniyi, M.D.
- Outstanding Achievement in Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine
- Presented by Basma Mohamed, MBChB
- Outstanding Achievement in Perioperative Anesthesiology
- Presented by Basma Mohamed, MBChB
AEO Awards
Resident Academic Days (RAD) Teaching Faculty
- Presented by Basma Mohamed, MBChB
AEO Allstar Award
- Presented by Timothy W. Martin, M.D., MBA
Residents’ Awards
Selected by residents and presented by the 2023-24 chief residents: Anthony Barrios, M.D., Jennifer Bromwell, D.O., Paul Campbell, M.D., Tatsiana Kryvitskaya, M.D.
- Exceptional CRNA or CAA of the Year
- Distinguished Team Player
- Michael E. Mahla Exceptional Resident of the Year
Teaching Awards
Selected by the senior residents and presented by the 2022-23 chief residents: Shahrukh Bengali, M.D., Bryan Stevens, M.D., and Andrey Suprun, M.D.
T.W. Andersen Teacher of the Year
Torkhild W. Andersen, MD, was the department’s very first faculty member. He came from Mass General with J.S. Gravenstein, MD, who was our first chair. As a pioneering anesthesiologist in Denmark, Dr. Andersen demonstrated that artificially supporting the ventilation of patients with acute onset poliomyelitis helped many patients recover the ability to breathe adequately during recovery. In addition, he and Dr. Bernard Briggs established the Respiratory Intensive Care Unit at Mass General which was one of the first in the country. Dr. Andersen is world-renowned for these accomplishments. He was recognized by our residents with the Outstanding Teacher award every year from 1958-1978. The award was renamed the T.W. Anderson Teacher of the Year in 1995, when Drs. Nik Gravenstein and Kayser Enneking were the first joint award winner.
Haven M. Perkins Lifetime Teaching Award
Haven M. Perkins, MD, was the department’s first resident. He was a board-certified general and cardiac surgeon who was five years older than T.W. Andersen, MD. In his late thirties, Dr. Perkins developed an allergy to Physohex (used exclusively to scrub one’s hands prior to surgery) and turned to anesthesiology. After his residency, he remained on faculty until he was 77 years old. Fondly known as “Perk,” he was famous for his original West Virginia philosophical sayings, known as “Perkisms.”
Anesthesiology Resident Graduates
Program Director: Timothy W. Martin, M.D., MBA, FAAP
Associate Program Director: Basma Mohamed, MBChB
Assistant Program Directors: Michael Fowler, M.D.; Amanda Frantz, M.D.; Karisa Walker, M.D.
Juan Acosta, M.D.
Dr. Acosta will remain at UF for Regional Anesthesiology & Acute Pain Medicine fellowship.
Shahrukh Bengali, M.D.
Dr. Bengali will remain at UF for Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine fellowship.
Ryan Cook, D.O.
Dr. Cook will enter private practice at Anesthesia Medical Group in Nashville, TN.
Hayden Dohnalek, M.D.
Dr. Dohnalek will pursue a critical care medicine fellowship at Johns Hopkins University.
Lida Esfandiary, M.D.
Dr. Esfandiary will enter private practice at Mercy Health – Fairfield in Cincinnati, OH.
Matthew Frakes, D.O.
Dr. Frakes will remain at UF for Cardiothoracic fellowship.
Karolain Garcia, M.D.
Dr. Garcia will pursue a pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
John Harger, M.D.
Dr. Harger will enter private practice with Ozark Anesthesia Associates in Springfield, MO.
Christopher Massengill, M.D.
Dr. Massengill will enter private practice at Moffitt Cancer Center.
Matthew McGee, M.D.
Dr. McGee will serve with the U.S. Navy at Naval Hospital Portsmouth.
Andrew Neff, D.O.
Dr. Neff will enter private practice at Mountain West Anesthesia in Lehi, UT.
Dharam Persaud-Sharma, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Persaud-Sharma will pursue a chronic pain fellowship with Penn State University.
Melissa Petit, M.D.
Dr. Petit will join the faculty at the Malcom Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Nicholas Rahn, M.D.
Dr. Rahn will pursue a pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
Matthew Reed, M.D.
Dr. Reed will enter private practice at Anesthesia Practice Consultants in Grand Rapids, MI.
Jesse Revenis, M.D.
Dr. Revenis will enter private practice at North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville, FL.
Miguel Rovira, M.D.
Dr. Rovira will pursue a critical care medicine fellowship at Duke University.
Jack Schneck, M.D.
Dr. Schneck will pursue a cardiac anesthesiology fellowship at the University of Minnesota.
Talles Sidronio, M.D.
Dr. Sidronio will join our UF Anesthesiology faculty as OPS.
Colby Skinner, M.D.
Dr. Skinner will pursue a chronic pain fellowship with the University of Miami.
Scott Smith, M.D.
Dr. Smith will enter private practice at Mountain West Anesthesia in Lehi, UT.
Bryan Stevens, M.D.
Dr. Stevens will remain at UF for Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine fellowship.
Trevor Sudweeks, D.O.
Dr. Sudweeks will enter private practice at Anesthesia Associates in Spokane, WA.
Andrey Suprun, M.D.
Dr. Suprun will remain at UF for Regional Anesthesiology & Acute Pain Medicine fellowship.
Joshua Winegar, M.D.
Dr. Winegar will remain at UF for Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine fellowship.
Acknowledgements
The leadership of the anesthesiology residency and fellowship programs would not be able to continue without the tireless contributions of our departmental faculty.
We appreciate the unwavering support of Dr. Janelle and the Leadership Team to ensure that our programs provide superior training.
We are grateful to the departmental administrative staff for their conscientiousness and support of our trainees.
We are indebted to our chief residents: Sharukh Bengali, M.D.; Bryan Stevens, M.D.; and Andrey Suprun, M.D.; who led our residents through a challenging year. Their contributions to the residency program will be felt for many years to come.
As classes of residents and fellows move through our programs and become leaders in our field, and as hospital, departmental, and program priorities ebb and flow, the staff members of our Education Office remain steadfast in their dedication.
Thank you.