UF Health Jacksonville Executive Team
UF Health Jacksonville is a private, not-for-profit hospital affiliated with the University of Florida. lt is part of UF Health, the Southeast’s most comprehensive academic health center, with campuses in Jacksonville and Gainesville.
The hospital’s origins date to 1870 as Florida’s first non-military hospital, known then as Duval
County Hospital and Asylum. Today, UF Health Jacksonville is a leader in the education of health
professionals, a hub for clinical research and a unique provider of high-quality patient care.
Combining its strengths with the UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville, it offers residents in
Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia all the benefits of an academic health center.
Leon L. Haley Jr., M.D., M.H.S.A., C.P.E., FACEP
Chief Executive Officer
Dean Cocchi, M.B.A., C.P.A.
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Jon DeBardeleben, J.D.
Vice President and Senior Associate General Counsel
Cynthia Gerdik, D.N.P., M.B.A., R.N., NE-BC
Associate Vice President, Nursing, UF Health Jax
Kelly R. Gray-Eurom, M.D., M.M.M., FACEP
Chief Quality Officer; Assistant Dean for Quality and Safety
Thanh T. Hogan, Pharm.D.
Associate Vice President, Ancillary Services
Rita James
Vice President of Ambulatory Services
Patrice Jones, DNP, RN, NE-BC
Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer
Wayne Marshall, M.B.A.
Vice President, UF Health North
Greg Miller,
M.B.A.
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Hospital Operations
David J. Vukich,
M.D.
Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Senior Associate Dean for Hospital Affairs Professor
Emergency Medicine
Lesli A. Ward
Vice President of Human Resources
L. Kendall Webb, M.D.
Chief Medical Information Officer
UF Health Jacksonville Board of Directors
- David R. Nelson, M.D. (Chair)
- Leon L. Haley Jr., M.D., MHSA, C.P.E., FACEP
- Theodore A. Bass, M.D.
- Michelle M. Boynton
- Toni Crawford
- Linda R. Edwards, M.D.
- Nat Glover
- Beth McCague
- Ashley B. Norse, M.D.
- Rahul Patel, Esq.
- Michael S. Santarone
- Christopher B. Scuderi, D.O.
- Kendall Spencer
