My bio
Brian Yorkgitis, D.O., is a University of Florida Associate Professor of Surgery and a board-certified acute care surgeon and ECMO physician at UF Health in Jacksonville. He also serves as Associate Chair for Community Outreach for the Department of Surgery; Associate Director of UF Health TraumaOne Flight Services; Medical Director of Pediatric Trauma and the PICU at UF Health Jacksonville; and Associate Medical Director of the Adult Trauma. Dr. Yorkgitis received his medical degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He completed his surgery residency in surgery at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, as well as a fellowship in surgical critical care at Harvard/Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Yorkgitis is the tactical physician for Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
Board certifications
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Certified Physician Assistant
National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants
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General Surgery
American Board of Surgery
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Surgical Critical Care
American Board of Surgery
Education
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Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Brigham and Women's Hospital, 2015
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Surgery Residency
Temple University Hospital, 2014
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Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2009
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B.S., Physician Assistant Studies
Gannon University, 1998
My areas of focus
Specialties
Subspecialties
Gender
Male
Positions
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Associate Professor
University of Florida, 2021 - Current
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Associate Chair, Community Outreach
Department of Surgery, 2021 - Current
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Associate Director, Flight Operations
UF Health TraumaOne, 2020 - Current
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Medical Director
Pediatric Trauma and PICU, 2021 - Current
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Associate Medical Director
Trauma Program, 2023 - Current
Accomplishments
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40 Under 40
Jacksonville Business Journal, 2019
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Future Trauma Leader
American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, 2018-2021