Members of the UFHSC-Jacksonville IDEA Champions Committee are ambassadors from departments to the Dean’s Office of Inclusion, Diversity and Equity to advance inclusive excellence initiatives. IDEA Champions can include allied health care providers and senior administrative staff from the departments. They will meet on a monthly basis and will participate in the development and implementation of IDEA activities at the department and UFHSC levels. In addition, representative members of the UF Health Diversity Council will also be included on this committee.
Anesthesiology
Champions Committee Members
Department:
Anesthesiology – Jacksonville
Amie Hoefnagel MD
Associate Professor; Medical Director, Quality Improvement
Department:
Anesthesiology – Jacksonville
Keya A Locke MD, MBA
Assistant Professor; Medical Director, Operating Room, UF Health North
College of Pharmacy
Champions Committee Members
Department:
Pharmacotherapy & Translational Research
Chardaè L Whitner Pharm.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor
Emergency Medicine
Champions Committee Members
Department:
Emergency Medicine – Jacksonville
Emily Fontane MD
Associate Professor; Director, Pediatric Residency Education, UF Health Jacksonville Pediatric Emergency Center
Department:
Emergency Medicine – Jacksonville
Alexandra L Mannix MD
Assistant Professor; Assistant Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency; Assistant Clerkship Director; Medical Director,
Family Medicine
Champions Committee Members
Department:
Community Health and Family Medicine – Jacksonville
Daidre C Azueta M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department:
Community Health and Family Medicine – Jacksonville
Monique D Bosque-Perez D.O.
Assistant Professor and Medical Director, UF Health Family Medicine – Soutel
Department:
Community Health and Family Medicine – Jacksonville
Kimberly E Matthews MBA
DIR, Health Care Admin
Internal Medicine
Champions Committee Members
Neurosurgery
Champions Committee Members
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Champions Committee Members
Department:
Obstetrics and Gynecology – Jacksonville
Sherrie-Lee T Brown MD, FACOG
Assistant Professor
Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
Champions Committee Members
Department:
Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation – Jacksonville
Christine P Miller DPM, DMM, PhD, FACCWS
Assistant Professor
Ophthalmology
Champions Committee Members
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Champions Committee Members
Department:
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery – Jacksonville
Tirbod T Fattahi MD, DDS, FACS
Clinical Professor; Chair, Department Of Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery; Associate Program Director, Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery Residency
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Champions Committee Members
Department:
Pathology – Jacksonville
Reeba A Omman MD
Assistant Professor; Medical Director, Dermatopathology
Pediatrics
Champions Committee Members
Department:
Pediatrics – Jacksonville
Michael O Gayle MD
Associate Professor; Chief, Division Of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine; Medical Director, Transport Team; Medical Director, Outreach Program, Wolfson Children's Hospital; Medical Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Wolfson Children's Hospital
Department:
Pediatrics – Jacksonville
Rita Nathawad MD
Associate Professor; Associate Program Director, Pediatric Residency; Medical Director, Jacksonville Health And Transition Services (JaxHATS)
Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research
Champions Committee Members
Department:
Pharmacotherapy & Translational Research
Eric F Egelund Ph.D., Pharm.D.
Clinical Associate Professor
Radiology
Champions Committee Members
Surgery
Champions Committee Members
Department:
Surgery – Jacksonville
Bharti Jasra MD, FACS
Assistant Professor; Section Chief, Breast Surgery