The University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville is pleased to announce the promotion of Andrew Kerwin, MD, to chief of the UF division of acute care surgery. The division encompasses the region’s only Level I trauma center, emergency general surgery and surgical critical care services for Shands Jacksonville.

Kerwin earned his medical degree at Southern Illinois University and completed his internship at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Ill. He completed his surgical residency at the Medical College of Ohio, followed by a fellowship in trauma and critical care at the University of Tennessee – Memphis. Kerwin is board certified in surgery, with the added qualification of being certified in surgical critical care.

Kerwin joined the UF department of surgery in 2001 as assistant professor and was promoted to associate professor of surgery in 2008. Kerwin has held many positions at Shands Jacksonville, including medical director of the surgical intensive care unit and medical director of the medical surgical intensive care unit. Currently, he is medical director of the hospital’s trauma program. He also serves on the Executive Committee of the Florida Committee on Trauma and on the Trauma Systems Planning Committee for the Florida Department of Health Office of Trauma.

Kerwin is the recipient of many awards, including several Exemplary Teacher Awards and the Excellence in Student Education Award. He is an active academician with 18 publications, three book chapters and a reviewer of several national publications, including the Annals of Surgery and the Journal of Trauma, Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. He also is an active researcher with many funded initiatives and grants.