Members of the surgical critical care and cardiac intensive care teams at UF Health include faculty from the UF College of Medicine Departments of Surgery, Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine and Pulmonary as well as other medical staff from UF Health Shands Hospital.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Nursing: Wanda Whittet, RN, NEA-BC, Associate Vice President of Nursing
Anesthesia: Edward K. McGough, MD
Surgery: Philip A. Efron, MD, FACS, FCCM
UNIT LEADERS
- Peggy Marker, MSN, RN, CCRN (4E Interim Nurse Manager)
- Hilary K. Seda, BSN, RN, CEN (4E Interim Nurse Manager)
- Jessica Hall, MSN, RN, CCRN (4E Clinical Leader)
- Carolina Alyassin, MSN, RN, CCRN (4E Nurse Educator)
- Peggy Marker, MSN, RN, CNML (4W Nurse Manager)
- Adriana Carter BSN, RN, CCRN (4W Clinical Leader)
- Amber Dean BSN, RN CCRN (77 Interim Nurse Manager)
- Beatrice Schratt, BSN, RN, CCRN (77 Interim Clinical Leader)
- David Knott, BSN, RN (87 Nurse Manager)
- Cristina Conable, BSN, RN, CCRN (87 Clinical Leader)
- Janet Popp, MSN, RN, CCRN (2425 Nurse Manager)
- Amelia Nichols Alava, DNP, RN-BC (2425 Clinical Leader)
- Angela Larson, PHD, APRN, CNS, RN, ACCNS-AG, CCNS, CCRN (CCM Clinical Nurse Specialist)
- Edward K. McGough, MD (4E Medical Director)
- Rohit Patel, MD (4E Co-Medical Director)
- Philip A. Efron, MD, FACS, FCCM (4W Medical Director)
- Alicia M. Mohr, MD, FACS, FCCM (4W Co-Medical Director)
- Amanda M. Frantz, MD (77 Co-Medical Director)
- Daniel S. Demos, MD (77 Co-Medical Director)
- Abbas Shahmohammadi, MD (87 Medical Director)
- Ian R. Driscoll, MD, FACS (2425 Medical Director)
FACULTY
- Hassan Alnuaimat, MD
- Torben K. Becker, MD, PhD, RDMS, FAWM, FAEMS
- Azra Bihorac, MD, MS
- Meghan Brennan, MD
- Melissa Burger, MD
- Scott C. Brakenridge, MD, MSCS, FACS
- Joshua S. Carson, MD, FACS
- Irina Murray-Casanova, MD
- Satish Chandraskekaran, MD
- Chasen Croft, MD, FACS
- Daniel Demos, MD
- Ian Driscoll, MD, FACS
- Philip A. Efron, MD, FACS, FCCM
- Marie-Carmelle Elie, MD, FACEP, FCCM, RDMS
- Amir Emtiazjoo, MD, MSc
- Brenda Fahy, MD, MCCM
- Sebastián Gatica-Moris, MD
- Matthew Hernandez, DO
- Christine M. Lin, MD
- Tyler J. Loftus, MD, FACS
- Edward K. McGough, MD
- Alicia M. Mohr, MD, FACS, FCCM
- Frederick A, Moore, MD, FACS, MCCM
- Andrea M. Munden, MD
- Travis Murphy, MD
- Sravanthi Nandavaram, MD
- Andres Pelaez, MD
- Pablo D. Pizarro, MD
- Martin Rosenthal, MD
- Kruti Shah, MD
- Abbas Shahmohammadi, MD
- R. Steve Smith, MD, FACS
- Jessica E. Taylor, MD
- Arvin Trippensee, DO
- Erin Vanzant, MD, FACS
- Peggy White, MD
- Michael Walters, MD, FACS
ADVANCED PRACTICE PROVIDERS
Critical Care Medicine
Manager: Rachel Matthews
- Ryan Balbacal, APRN
- Elida Benitez, APRN, DNP
- Jacob Bukaweski, APRN
- Ryleigh Cahill, APRN
- Christa Campbell, PA-C
- Mary Ann Christie, APRN
- Jeremy Gordon, PA-C
- Jillian Gross
- Christian Guzman, MS, ACNPC-AG, CCRN, ARNP
- Caroli Harkness, PA-C
- Joseph Hines, APRN
- Evan Incinelli, PA-C
- Jay Jett, PA-C
- Lindsey Kranson, PA-C
- Kristin Lapham, DNP, AGACNP
- Matthew Lazar, PA-C
- Claire Lewellen, APRN
- Rachelle Maracic, APRN, DNP
- Danielle Marchio, PA-C
- Andrea McCollum, PA-C
- Catherine Mendez, APRN
- Jordan Meurer, APRN, DNP
- Nadia Miller, PA-C
- Jennifer Minella, APRN
- Hien Nguyen
- Trenton Nickerson, APRN, DNP
- Kristin Pennington, APRN, AGACNP-BC
- John Proffitt, PA-C
- Robyn Rattray, APRN
- Alexandrea Rekas
- Alexander Rivera-Rosado, PA-C
- Tiffany Scalf, APRN, DNP
- John Sessoms, AGACNP-BC
Critical Care Medicine (continued)
- Karah Sickler, APRN
- Michelle Smith, PA-C
- Chelsea Teague, PA-C
- Ashley Thompson, APRN, DNP
- Tori Tran, PA-C
- Marina Trevisani, APRN
- Kristen Troxler, APRN, DNP
- Colleen Ugliano, APRN, DNP
- Brittany Venegas, PA-C
- Patricia Walker
- Kimberly Wright, APRN
Burn and Soft Tissue
- Shannon Allen, PA, CCM
- Amanda Croft, APRN, CCM
- Rachel Cruz, PA, CCM
- Theresa Dickinson, APRN, CCM
- Tara Garrison, APRN
- Gena Hartman, APRN
- Joanne Hollingsworth, PA, CCM
- Marlene Joahire, APRN, CCM
- Meghan Metcalf, APRN
- Anthony Musalo, PA, CCM
- Elizabeth Chandler Smith, PA, CCM
- Michael Tan, PA, CCM
- Dave Wooley, PA (ENT)
Acute Care Surgery
- Lori Khristy Axford, APRN
- Trina Bala, APRN
- Blake Livingston, APRN
- Sarah Jackson, APRN
- Dironada Strange, APRN
- Jessica L. Wille, PA-C
PHARMACISTS
- Kelly Maguigan, PharmD, BCCCP (Unit 4E)
- Bethany Shoulders, PharmD, BCCCP (Unit 4W)
- Zach Drabick, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP (Unit 2425)
SOCIAL WORK/CASE MANAGERS
- Joyce Arena, RN (Unit 4E)
- John Kieslich, MSW (Unit 4E & 4W)
- Micala Smith, RN/MSN (Unit 4W)
- Meghan Drake, BSN, RN (Unit 2425)
- Lauren Sweeting, LCSW (Unit 2425)
DIETICIANS
- Kristen Drake, RD (Unit 4E & 4W)
- Sara Tannen, RD (Unit 2425)
SPEECH THERAPISTS
- Jillian Kowalski, SLP (Unit 2425)
RESPIRATORY THERAPY
- Kimberly Blanch, RRT
- Gene Burgett, RRT
- Alicia Carpenter, RRT
- Gibson Cash, RRT
- Marc Cooper, RRT
- Janice Dawson, RRT
- Bobby Galluscio, RRT
- Malorie Martin
- Jessica McElhenny, RRT
- Ryan Miller
- Tony Nelson, RRT
- Stephanie Swilley, RRT
- Lindsey Thomas, RRT
- Stacey Valles, RRT
UNITS 77 & 87: PHYSICAL/OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
- Darren Austria, DPT
- Katie Bay, DPT
- Nicole Carter, DPT, CCS
- Chanel DeBusk, DPT
- Lauren Fields, DPT
- Justin Froiseth, DPT
- Becca Patterson, PTA
- Tony Garcia, MOT
- Katy Harding, MOT
- Crystal Motes, MOT
- Jessica Palaschak, MOT
- Kristen Sherwood, MOT
- Ryan Traxler, MOT
- Lauren Walker, MOT
UNITS 4E & 4W: PHYSICAL/OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
- Anna Campbell, DPT
- Orrin Whitten, DPT
- Laura Register, OT
- Adam Zipper, OT
UNIT 2425: PHYSICAL/OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
- Katherine, Guillory, PT
- Sandy Holsbeke, PT
- Justin Sherry, PT
- Tony DePiero, OT
- Katie McGee, OT
Administration
- Zachary Frey, Emergency Medicine CCM Administrative Assistant
- Coretta Henderson, Financial Coordinator (Unit 2425)
- Katelyn Jackman, Acute Care Surgery/Surgical Critical Care Administrative Specialist
- Frank Jurkiewicz, Administrative Director of Emergency Medicine CCM
- Tera Thigpin, Research Coordinator (Unit 2425)
- Ada Yoder, Acute Care Surgery/Trauma Administrative Specialist