Ruchir Puri M.B.B.S. (M.D.), M.S., FACS Associate Professor & Program Director, General Surgery Residency Department: Department of Surgery Business Phone: (904) 244-5502 Business Email: Ruchir.puri@jax.ufl.edu Appointments and Locations Board Certifications Surgery Show More Clinical Profile Specialties Minimally Invasive SurgerySurgery Interests Clinical Special Interests: Minimally Invasive Foregut Surgery, GI Oncology Show More Publications 2025Fundamentals of leadership development: a randomized pilot study to evaluate implementation of a leadership curriculum for diversity, equity, and inclusion.Surgical endoscopy.39(1):614-623[DOI] 10.1007/s00464-024-11365-x.[PMID] 39496948.PubMed·Publisher's Site2025The SAGES MASTERS Program: top 10 seminal articles for Heller myotomy and treatment of achalasia.Surgical endoscopy.39(6):3447-3455[DOI] 10.1007/s00464-025-11779-1.[PMID] 40325246.PubMed·Publisher's Site2024A novel preoperative score to predict severe acute cholecystitis.The journal of trauma and acute care surgery.96(6):870-875[DOI] 10.1097/TA.0000000000004308.[PMID] 38523119.2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2024Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy in a Patient With Achalasia and Isolated Situs Inversus of the Liver.Cureus.16(5):e60229-[DOI] 10.7759/cureus.60229.[PMID] 38872663.PubMed·Publisher's Site2024SAGES White Paper on the importance of diversity in surgical leadership: creating the fundamentals of leadership development (FLD) curriculum.Surgical endoscopy.38(6):2939-2946[DOI] 10.1007/s00464-024-10815-w.[PMID] 38664294.2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2023Imaging acute cholecystitis, one test is enough.American journal of surgery.226(1):99-103[DOI] 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2023.02.018.[PMID] 36882336.1 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2022"How to" Course for Resident Reviewers: from the Resident and Fellow Education Committee of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT).Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract.26(2):466-468[DOI] 10.1007/s11605-021-05202-y.[PMID] 35064456.2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2022A Multicenter Analysis of the Early Impact of COVID-19 on Junior Resident Operative Case Volume.The Journal of surgical research.279():208-217[DOI] 10.1016/j.jss.2022.06.015.[PMID] 35780534.3 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2022A Rare Case of Acute Pancreatitis in the Setting of Hemorrhagic Cholecystitis.Cureus.14(2):e22546-[DOI] 10.7759/cureus.22546.[PMID] 35345762.1 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2022Incarcerated Diaphragmatic Hernias After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass.Cureus.14(12):e33063-[DOI] 10.7759/cureus.33063.[PMID] 36721579.2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2022Revision of the AAST grading scale for acute cholecystitis with comparison to physiologic measures of severity.The journal of trauma and acute care surgery.92(4):664-674[DOI] 10.1097/TA.0000000000003507.[PMID] 34936593.6 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2021Multicenter validation of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma grading scale for acute cholecystitis.The journal of trauma and acute care surgery.90(1):87-96[DOI] 10.1097/TA.0000000000002901.[PMID] 33332782.11 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Assessment of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Calculator in Predicting Outcomes and Length of Stay After Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy: A Single-Center Experience.The Journal of surgical research.255():355-360[DOI] 10.1016/j.jss.2020.05.080.[PMID] 32599455.3 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2020Minimally Invasive Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy (MILE): technique and outcomes of 100 consecutive cases.Surgical endoscopy.34(7):3243-3255[DOI] 10.1007/s00464-020-07529-0.[PMID] 32253561.14 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2019Mentor of the Month Series: Laparoscopic Training in the United States.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract.23(2):443-444[DOI] 10.1007/s11605-018-4058-5.[PMID] 30511128.PubMed·Publisher's Site2018Correction to: Endoscopic and surgical management of nonampullary duodenal neoplasms.Surgical endoscopy.32(6):2870-[DOI] 10.1007/s00464-018-6117-0.[PMID] 29468272.PubMed·Publisher's Site2018Endoscopic and surgical management of nonampullary duodenal neoplasms.Surgical endoscopy.32(6):2859-2869[DOI] 10.1007/s00464-017-5994-y.[PMID] 29392469.22 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2018Pancreaticoduodenectomy and Outcomes for Groove Pancreatitis.Digestive surgery.35(6):475-481[DOI] 10.1159/000485849.[PMID] 29346792.22 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2018The Spectrum of Surgical Remediation of Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication-Related Failures.Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A.28(9):1089-1093[DOI] 10.1089/lap.2018.0063.[PMID] 29768079.5 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2012Sentinel lymph node biopsy in primary breast cancer: window to management of the axilla.World journal of surgery.36(7):1453-9[DOI] 10.1007/s00268-012-1635-8.[PMID] 22555287.16 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2012Transthoracic repair of slipped Nissen fundoplications: technique and results.The Annals of thoracic surgery.94(2):429-33; discussion 434[DOI] 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.04.054.[PMID] 22762940.3 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site Show More Office Information Academic Office 3rd Floor, Faculty Clinic653 West 8th StreetJacksonville, FL 32209(904) 244-3940 Ruchir.puri@jax.ufl.edu Senior Medical Secretary Donna Revuelta(904) 244-5502Donna.Revuelta@jax.ufl.edu GME Office 3rd Floor, Faculty Clinic653 West 8th StreetJacksonville, FL 32209Phone: (904) 244-9361 Ruchir.puri@jax.ufl.edu GME Program Administrator Stacy Matthews(904) 244-3902stacy.matthews@jax.ufl.edu Show More Clinical Research Feasibility and efficacy of CYP2D6 genotype-guided management of opioid analgesics in patients undergoing elective ventral hernia repairs: A pilot pragmatic trial OPEN ENROLLMENT UF JAX Paraesophageal Hernia Outcomes Data Bank OPEN ENROLLMENT Study of BD ORC Original Absorbable Hemostat vs. Surgicel® Original Absorbable Hemostat Education Medical Degree2000 · Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College, Kanpur, IndiaSurgery Residency2013 · University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USAMinimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship2014 · Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL, USA Show More News July 1, 2022 21 UF COMJ faculty members receive promotions for 2022-23 February 24, 2021 Time to toss the Tums Multimedia November 16, 2021 General surgery at UF Health Jacksonville by Dr. Ruchir Puri February 1, 2021 GERD No More: UF Health Jacksonville's surgeon, Dr. Puri, gives Sandy Pompey her freedom back