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Meet the 2024 winners of the UF Gators Under 40 awards and the most recent Wall of Fame inductees
40 Under 40
Three College of Medicine graduates have been named to the 2024 class of UF’s 40 Gators Under 40. The awards recognize and celebrate UF Alumni Association members directly impacting their local organizations, communities, and the Gator Nation at large.
Avan Armaghani, MD ’12
Assistant manager, Department of breast oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, Florida
Devin Bustin, MD ’11
Chief medical officer, Ovarylt
Jersey City, New Jersey
Jennifer Goetz, MD ’13
Director, inpatient psychiatry/eating disorder clinical care consultant,
Mass General Brigham Salem Hospital/Mass General Brigham
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Read more about the 2024 40 Under 40 winners
Wall of Fame
Two College of Medicine alumni have been inducted into the college’s Wall of Fame. This honor was created in 1988 to recognize outstanding alumni who have made contributions to medicine, government, education, and the community.
Maria Elena Bottazzi, PhD ’95
Co-director, Center for Vaccine Development, Texas Children’s Hospital
Associate dean, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
Robert Borrego, MD ’84
Trauma medical director and chief of surgery, St. Mary’s Hospital
Associate professor of surgery, Florida Atlantic University
Jupiter, Florida