Feb. 24, 2023 — Residents and fellows work tirelessly each day to provide compassionate care to patients, serve as mentors and role models for students and soak up knowledge on the latest innovative techniques and approaches to medicine — all while completing their final years of training.
To recognize housestaff at UF Health for their dedication and commitment to patients and the community, the UF College of Medicine Graduate Medical Education Office hosted several events from Feb. 13-17, from breakfasts and a pasta lunch bar to a pizza dinner.
In celebration of Thank a Resident Day on Feb. 24, an annual recognition by the Gold Humanism Honor Society to pay tribute to residents’ contribution to humanistic care, the College of Medicine Instagram account, @ufmedicine, also prompted followers to share who they wanted to show gratitude for and why. Read a few responses from the College of Medicine community below.
Gabrielle Massari and her husband, urology resident Michael Massari, M.D.
“(I would like to thank) all of them, especially my husband. Residents are the backbone of the hospital!”
— Gabrielle Massari , about her husband, Michael Massari, M.D., a third-year urology resident
“(I would like to thank UF residents) for being the best physicians in Florida.”
— Juan Pablo Perez
Surgery resident Walker Ueland, M.D., M.B.A.
“(I would like to thank) Dr. Walker Ueland. Every time he rotates through burn surg, it makes life so much easier!”
— Josef Mohammed Ali , about Walker Ueland, M.D., M.B.A., a second-year surgery resident
“I would like to thank all residents for their hard work and dedication!”
— Arianna Robinson
Neurosurgery resident Rachel Moor, M.D.
“(I would like to thank) Dr. Rachel Moor, she has provided fantastic research mentorship in neurosurgery!”
— Jack Figg, Rachel Moor, M.D., a third-year neurosurgery resident