Professor of Surgery
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Amalia Cochran MD, FACS, FCCM is a Professor of Surgery and the Associate Chair of Promotion and Tenure in the Department of Surgery at the University of Florida. She is a graduate of Texas A&M University for both her BA in Political Science and her MD. She received her general surgery training at the University of Utah and her burn/critical care training at Shriner's Hospital for Children in Galveston. Her clinical practice focuses on acute burn care, critical care in burns, and burn reconstruction.
Dr. Cochran has completed a Surgical Education Research Fellowship, has won university-wide and national teaching awards, and was named an Outstanding Alumni of Texas A&M College of Medicine in 2016 and a Distinguished Master Educator by the Association for Surgical Education in 2019. She is a Past President of the Association of Women Surgeons and the Association for Surgical Education. She is a member of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma and the Board of Governors.
Away from work, Dr. Cochran enjoys running half marathons, reading literary fiction, eating great food, and spending time with her rescue cats.
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Tuesday, April 19, 2022
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM US CST