Two UF College of Medicine-Jacksonville physicians received awards at the 155th annual meeting of the Duval County Medical Society in January.
Robert Nuss, M.D., dean of the regional campus, Jacksonville, and associate vice president for health affairs, received a Life Member award for his 35-year membership with the organization.
Ashley Booth, M.D., an assistant professor of emergency medicine in the UF College of Medicine-Jacksonville, received the 2007 Philip H. Gilbert Young Physician Leadership Award, named in honor of the DCMS executive vice president from 1984 until his death in 2004.
DCMS, the oldest medical society in Florida, is a voluntary, non-profit, professional association of nearly 2,100 physicians dedicated to promoting the delivery of and access to high-quality, ethical medical care for Jacksonville and the surrounding community, and serving as an advocate for physician members and their patients.