Jacksonville, Fla. – Guy Benrubi, M.D., today was named associate dean of clinical affairs for the University of Florida College of Medicine and president and CEO of University of Florida Jacksonville Healthcare, Inc., a group practice of 270 UF faculty physicians, and David Vukich, M.D., was named senior vice president for medical affairs for Shands Jacksonville
Benrubi’s appointment was announced by Robert Nuss, M.D., senior associate dean for the UF College of Medicine and Assistant Vice President for Health Affairs for UF. Dr. Vukich’s appointment was announced by Otis L. Story, Sr., interim president and CEO of Shands Jacksonville.
Benrubi will oversee clinical activities of UF faculty physicians and the financial performance of the group practice while Vukich will provide a link between the medical staff and Shands Jacksonville. Benrubi and Vukich will fill the two positions, previously held by Nuss, who became UF senior associate dean following the departure of Louis Russo, M.D.
“Dr. Nuss has been instrumental in serving as the voice of collaboration and teamwork between physicians and the hospital since the creation of Shands Jacksonville in October of 1999,” Story said. “Shands Jacksonville is pleased that Dr. Vukich has accepted this position and I look forward to working with him in this new role.”
Benrubi will continue to serve as associate chairman of the UF Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Jacksonville. Prior to joining the University of Florida Health Science Center Jacksonville as an assistant professor in 1981, he was an instructor with the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia. Benrubi earned his medical degree from S.U.N.Y. in Brooklyn, completed his residency in obstetrics and gynecology from University Hospital in Jacksonville, and completed a fellowship in gynecologic oncology at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Vukich will continue to serve as chairman of the UF Department of Emergency Medicine and as a professor of emergency medicine on the Jacksonville and Gainesville UF campuses. Prior to joining the UF Health Science Center Jacksonville in 1984, he served as chief of the Department of Emergency Medicine for National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. Vukich graduated from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver and completed his residency at Denver Health & Hospitals.