Louis H. Barr, MD, FACS
Surgical Oncologist

Dr. Barr was educated at the Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, DC and trained as a general surgery intern and first-year resident at Yale-New Haven Hospital in Connecticut. He completed his residency training at Temple University in Philadelphia and went on to fellowship training at the National Cancer Institute, Surgery Branch of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda. Dr. Barr served on the faculty at LSU Shreveport before coming to Florida to join a local general surgery group in the 1980s and has remained in Orlando ever since. He was one of the first faculty members of Florida Hospital’s General Surgery Residency Program in 2006.

• Diplomate, American Board of Surgery
• Fellow, American College of Surgeons & Society of Surgical Oncology
• Member, American Society of Clinical Oncology
• Medical Director, Florida Hospital Cancer Institute
  

Steve Eubanks, MD, FACS
General Surgeon

Dr. Eubanks came to Florida Hospital in September of 2010 as the Director of Academic Surgery. Dr. Eubanks is a graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine and was trained in General Surgery at Georgia Baptist Medical Center in Atlanta. He was the first Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellow at Duke University and went on to serve on the Duke faculty for 10 years. Dr. Eubanks was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University of Missouri prior to coming to Florida Hospital. Dr Eubanks has served as the President of SAGES, published 8 surgical books and approximately 90 peer-reviewed journal articles. His primary areas of clinical and research interests are advanced minimally invasive surgery and upper gastrointestinal diseases.

• Diplomate, American Board of Surgery
• Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners
• Fellow, American College of Surgeons
• Director, Florida Hospital Academic Surgery
• Member, American Surgical Association
• Member, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
• Member, Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
• Member, Association for Academic Surgery
• Member, Latin American Society of Endoscopic Surgeons
• Member, European Association for Endoscopic Surgery
• Member, International Bronchoesophagological Society
  
  

Rhonda L. Harmon, MD, FACS
General Surgeon

Dr. Harmon joined the faculty of Surgical Specialists at Florida Hospital in April of 2007. She obtained her MD degree from Medical University of South Carolina and did her surgical residency at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC. Dr. Harmon was Assistant Professor of Surgery at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, from 2005 to 2007. She currently serves as the Clerkship Director for the Florida Hospital Surgical Residency Program and the Florida Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program. She is also the Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences at Florida State University. In February 2011, Dr. Harmon was invited to speak at the XII International Congress of General Surgeons in Lima, Peru, where she spoke on laparoscopic inguinal hernia surgery, laparoscopic incisional hernia surgery and laparoscopic single incision cholecystectomy.

• Diplomate, American Board of Surgery
• Fellow, American College of Surgeons
• Member, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgery
• Member, American Society of Breast Surgeons
  

Jean F. Miner, MD, FACS
General Surgeon

Dr. Miner joined the faculty of Surgical Specialists at Florida Hospital in September of 2007 following the completion of her fellowship training in Minimally Invasive Surgery at Florida Hospital. Dr. Miner was a member of the first graduating class of that fellowship program. Dr. Miner is a graduate of Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, and completed her residency training at LSU in New Orleans. Dr. Miner was Administrative Chief Resident during Hurricane Katrina and assisted in reorganizing the program following the disaster. She was invited by the American College of Surgeons to present her experiences during Katrina at the 2006 Clinical Congress. Dr. Miner was appointed Program Director of the Florida Hospital General Surgery Residency in May 2010. She is also an Associate Professor of Surgery for Florida State University College of Medicine.

• Diplomate, American Board of Surgery
• Fellow, American College of Surgeons
• Program Director, Florida Hospital General Surgery Residency Program
• Surgery Section Chief, Florida Hospital Orlando
• Member, Society of American Gastrointestinal & Endoscopic Surgeons
• Member, Association of Program Directors in Surgery
• Member, Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
• Member, American Hernia Society
• Member, Association of Women Surgeons
  

Joseph D. Portoghese, MD, FACS
General Surgeon

Dr. Portoghese has been a member of the medical staff of Florida Hospital since 1989 and was President of the Medical Staff from 2004-2006. As Florida Hospital moved forward into the medical education arena, Dr. Portoghese was selected to become Program Director of the General Surgery Residency Program, which was first accredited in 2006. Dr. Portoghese is a graduate of the University of South Florida College of Medicine where he also completed his residency training. While in private practice since completion of his training, he has focused on general surgery. Dr. Portoghese has been a clerkship faculty for Florida State University College of Medicine since 2002 and was appointed Associate Professor of Surgery for the University of Central Florida College of Medicine in 2007.

• Diplomate, American Board of Surgery
• Fellow, American College of Surgeons
• Chief Academic Officer, Florida Hospital
• Immediate Past-President, Florida Hospital Medical Staff
  

Alric V. Simmonds, Jr, MD, FACS
General Surgeon

Dr. Simmonds joined Surgical Specialists at Florida Hospital in August of 2006 and was the second member of the faculty to join the General Surgery Residency Program. Dr. Simmonds obtained his Doctor of Medicine degree from The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health. His residency training was obtained at Howard University Hospital. He received distinction as a National Health Disparities Scholar for his two years of Post-Doctoral Research sponsored by the National Institute of Health through the Department of Surgery at the University of Miami.

• Diplomate, American Board of Surgery
• Fellow, American College of Surgeons
• Medical Director, Surgical Specialists
• Associate Program Director, Florida Hospital General Surgery Residency Program
• General Surgery Site Director, University of Central Florida College of Medicine
• Member, National Medical Association
• Member, Society of American Gastrointestinal & Endoscopic Surgeons
• Member, Association of Program Directors in Surgery
• Member, Society of Black Academic Surgeons
• Member, American College of Physician Executives