Ziad T. Awad, M.D., has joined the UF College of Medicine Jacksonville faculty as an assistant professor in the department of surgery, division of general surgery, and as director of minimally invasive surgery.
He completed fellowships in advanced minimally invasive surgery at New York Presbyterian, University Hospitals of Columbia and Cornell, N.Y., and in esophageal and laparoscopic surgery at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Neb. He completed his residency at Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, and the University of Missouri/Columbia, where he served as a chief resident.
Awad, who has published 46 peer-reviewed articles, specializes in minimally invasive gastrointestinal surgery with emphasis on esophageal (GERD, achalasia, diverticulum, cancer), colon (inflammatory bowel disease, diverticular disease, cancer), solid organ (liver, spleen, adrenal, pancreas) small bowel (benign and malignant lesions) and hernia surgery.