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Donald Priest

2025 Advanced Emergency Airway Workshop

The ability to manage difficult airways is a critical skill that emergency practitioners must possess.  Multiple, complex medications, equipment options, and pathways exist to care for patients in extremis. Specialized training is needed to be able to safely manage emergency airways in these scenarios.  The UFCOM-Jacksonville’s Advanced Airway Course is hosted…

Making a Mark in GME

Congratulations to Amie Hoefnagel, MD, winner of the Judge’s Choice Award, and Jeanne Rabalais, MD, MHA, winner of the Audience Choice Award, for their impactful projects in anesthesiology and emergency medicine education. They share this accomplishment with their team of project collaborators. UF COMJ faculty and fellow physicians win GME…

UF Health study to assess pharmacogenetic testing in the ER

A team of University of Florida Health researchers spanning the Gainesville and Jacksonville campuses launched a five-year research project measuring the feasibility, cost-effectiveness, and net benefits of implementing precision medicine strategies like pharmacogenetic testing in the emergency room.

2024 Advanced Emergency Airway Workshop

The ability to manage difficult airways is a critical skill that emergency practitioners must possess.  Multiple, complex medications, equipment options, and pathways exist to care for patients in extremis. Specialized training is needed to be able to safely manage emergency airways in these scenarios.  The UFCOM-Jacksonville’s Advanced Airway Course is hosted…

A rich journey in medicine

David Vukich, MD, FACEP, is the senior vice president and chief medical officer for UF Health Jacksonville. He is set to retire at the end of January.

A passion to practice medicine

From youth to adulthood, Jeanne Rabalais, MD, MHA, has always had a heart to help others. That heart to help would later develop into a passion for medicine. Two years into her residency at the University of Florida Department of Emergency Medicine – Jacksonville, the proud Louisiana native recalls her dream of being in the medical field. Born to two loving parents who worked in business, she had no one close to her who practiced medicine, but that didn’t deter her.