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Department of Surgery College of Medicine – Jacksonville
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Matthew P Kochuba

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

Department: Surgery – Jacksonville
Business Phone: (904) 244-3943
Business Email: matthew.kochuba@jax.ufl.edu

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About Matthew P Kochuba

Matthew Kochuba, M.D., is a University of Florida associate professor of surgery and a board-certified acute care surgeon at UF Health Jacksonville. He also serves as assistant medical director of extracorporeal life support services, as well as associate program director of the Surgical Critical Care Fellowship. Dr. Kochuba received his medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He completed his surgical residency at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, as well as a fellowship in surgical critical care at University of Maryland Medical Center – R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, Maryland.

Additional Positions:

  1. Associate Professor

    2025 – Current ·

  2. Associate Program Director

    2022 – Current · Surgical Critical Care Fellowship

  3. Assistant Medical Director

    2019 – Current · Extracorporeal Life Support Services

  4. Assistant Professor

    2019 – 2025 · University of Florida

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught

  1. MDC7600 – Surgery Clerkship

    College of Medicine

Board Certifications

  • General Surgery
    American Board of Surgery
  • Surgical Critical Care
    American Board of Surgery

Clinical Profile

Specialties

  • Surgery

Subspecialties

  • Surgical Critical Care

Areas of Interest

  • Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
  • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
  • Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
  • Surgical Wound Infection – Treatment
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Traumatic Injury

Publications

Academic Articles

Grants

  1. A Randomized, Sham Controlled, Double-blinded, Multicenter Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of the VentFree Respiratory Muscle Stimulator to Assist Ventilator Weaning in Critically Ill Patients – LM-VF-P3

    Active

    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding:
    LIBERATE MEDICAL via US ARMY MED RES ACQUISITION

Education

  1. Surgical Critical Care Fellowship

    University of Maryland Medical Center – R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

  2. Surgery Residency

    Temple University Hospital

  3. Doctor of Medicine

    Temple University School of Medicine

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(904) 244-3943
Emails:
Business:
matthew.kochuba@jax.ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
655 W 8TH ST
 JACKSONVILLE FL 32209
Business Street:
655 W 8TH ST
 JACKSONVILLE FL 32209