Keeping it in the family
 For Michelle Van Leer, R.N., M.S.N., healthcare wasn’t just a career pathway. It was the family business.
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Tarik Benidir, M.D., honored with Rising Star Award
Tarik Benidir, M.D., was honored last week at the University of Florida College of Medicine’s annual Spring Faculty Assembly. Benidir, a clinical assistant professor in the department, received a college-level Rising Star Award, which is given to an exceptional early-career clinical faculty member. Recipients of the award, chosen…
Dr. Tarik Benidir clinical lead of new cancer and engineering working group
Taking advantage of Uniquely UF strengths and supported through startup funds provided by the UF Office of Research, the UF Health Cancer Institute has launched a new Cancer & Engineering Working Group that unites engineers and clinicians. Its goal is to bridge engineering and clinical expertise through a collaborative platform…
A seat at the table
Scott Sellinger, M.D., has spent his career advocating for not only his patients, but his fellow practitioners…
Jordan Smith, M.D. receives education award
Congratulations to chief resident Jordan Smith, M.D., who was recently honored at the 2026 Annual Celebration of Excellence in Medical Education, held April 2 at the Hilton University of Florida Conference Center, sponsored by the UF College of Medicine Society of Teaching Scholars! Dr. Smith received the Outstanding Resident Instructor…
Department well-represented at SESAUA 2026
Thank you to everybody who represented the department at the 90th annual meeting of the Southeastern Section of the American Urological Association! The event was held March 18-21 in RÃo Grande, PR. Special congratulations to third-year UF medical students Rohan Arora and Siya Bhutani, whose podium presentations were selected as…
Department of Urology research assistant wins research award
We’re proud to congratulate Sophia Amro Gazze, whose poster titled “Preclinical Evaluation of HYAL2-targeting Antibody-Drug Conjugate for Treatment of Advanced Cancers” received the 2026 UF Celebration of Research’s New Frontiers Innovation Award! Sophia is a UF Master of Public Health student and a research assistant in the Department of Urology.
Tarik Benidir, M.D., named director of UF’s Prostate Cancer Focal Therapy Program
Dr. Tarik Benidir Congratulations to Tarik Benidir, M.D., assistant professor of urology, on being named the director of the Prostate Cancer Focal Therapy Program! See below for a message from our chair, Li-Ming Su, M.D. “I am extremely proud to witness the outstanding leadership that Dr. Benidir has brought…
Good luck to Miranda Eubank, MD, at the 2026 Southeastern Section Resident Bowl!
Congratulations to Dr. Miranda Eubank on her selection to compete in the Southeastern Section Resident Bowl at the Southeastern Section Annual Meeting! The meeting will take place in RÃo Grande, Puerto Rico, March 18-21. As the Southeastern section’s representative, Dr. Eubank will compete in the ultimate “battle…
11 Posters Presented at UF Celebration of Research
The Department of Urology presented 11 different research posters at the College of Medicine, Celebration of Research on Tuesday February 10th, at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center. Of the over 500 posters submitted, we are thrilled to call attention to four posters that were selected as research highlights by the…
