Acute Care Surgery

Welcome to the division of acute care surgery in the department of surgery at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville. Acute care surgery is a new practice model that encompasses three different aspects of patient care:

• Trauma surgery
• Surgical critical care
• Emergency surgery

Firas G Madbak MD, FACS, FCCP, FCCM

Professor; Chief, Division of Acute Care Surgery

Patient Care

The trauma service provides around-the-clock attending coverage for care of the seriously injured at the UF Health Jacksonville TraumaOne Trauma Center, the region’s only Level I trauma center. The trauma service evaluates and treats over 4,000 injured patients each year from 27 different counties in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia.

The surgical critical care service provides state of the art, life saving care for all critically ill surgical patients with a wide variety of medical conditions ranging from respiratory failure to septic shock and multiple organ dysfunction.

The emergency surgery service provides care to all patients who present with a surgical emergency whether it is appendicitis, diverticulitis, or perforation of an ulcer. Attending surgeons are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to provide prompt care of these patients. Usually, the attending surgeon can evaluate these patients within one hour of the request for consultation.

Education

On the academic front, we offer specialized clinical training to surgeons as part of the department’s general surgery residency, as well as advanced training through our accredited surgical critical care fellowship program.

Contact Us

For information on the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville division of acute care surgery, please contact:

Danielle LaRocca

Senior Medical Secretary

 (904) 244-3416
 danielle.larocca@jax.ufl.edu

Firas G. Madbak, M.D., FACS, FCCM, FCCP

Chief, Division of Acute Care Surgery

 (904) 244-3416
 firas.madbak@jax.ufl.edu

Address

Division of Acute Care Surgery
UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville
653 West 8th Street, FC12
3rd Floor, Faculty Clinic
Jacksonville, FL 32209
Directions 

Faculty

Brian G Celso PhD

Associate Professor

David J Chesire PhD

Professor; Director, Center For Healthy Minds And Practice

David J Ebler MD, FACS

Associate Professor; Medical Director, UF Health TraumaOne Flight Services

Sumeet V Jain M.D., M.B.A., FACS

Assistant Professor; Interim Associate Medical Director, Trauma Program; Interim Pediatric Medical Director, Trauma Program

Aditi N Jalla M.D.

Assistant Professor; Clerkship Director

Matthew P Kochuba MD, FACS

Associate Professor; Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship; Assistant Medical Director, Extracorporeal Life Support Services; Medical Director, Surgery Intensive Care Unit

Firas G Madbak MD, FACS, FCCP, FCCM

Professor; Chief, Division of Acute Care Surgery

Raphael H Parrado MD, MS

Assistant Professor; Medical Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit; Associate Medical Director, Pediatric Trauma

Alexis Rojas Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Kamela K Scott PhD

Professor; Associate Chair for Professional Fulfillment and Engagement

David J Skarupa MD, FACS, FCCM, FACHE

Professor; Associate Chief Medical Officer, UF Health Jacksonville

Rachel L Warner D.O., FACS

Assistant Professor; Assistant Program Director, General Surgery Residency

Cassandra Q White MD, FACS

Associate Professor; Associate Chair, Quality; Medical Director, Trauma Program

John R Yerxa MD

Assistant Professor