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Kevin Patrick Hughes, MD
Family Medicine
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Dr. Kevin Hughes II is a board-certified Family Medicine physician and Core Faculty member in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine. His professional mission is to advance patient-centered primary care by combining excellence in clinical practice, medical education, physician leadership, and healthcare innovation.
Prior to joining USF Health, Dr. Hughes served as Vice Chair of Clinical Operations and Medical Director for UBMD Primary Care at the University at Buffalo, where he led operational initiatives across academic primary care practices focused on quality improvement, population health, interdisciplinary collaboration, and value-based care.
At USF, Dr. Hughes is dedicated to educating and mentoring medical students and family medicine residents while continuing to develop innovative clinical systems that improve patient outcomes, physician well-being, and organizational performance. His long-term academic interests include healthcare operations, implementation science, practice transformation, preventive medicine, and collaborative research that bridges clinical care, education, and health systems leadership.


Jennifer C Teeters, PA
Family Medicine
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Patrick Thomas Murray, MD
Sports Medicine
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Dr. Murray graduated from Loyola University Chicago with a bachelors degree in Biochemistry. He obtained his medical degree from Florida State University College of Medicine and Family Medicine Residency at Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg, Florida. He completed a Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship at USF Morsani College of Medicine and has a Certificate of Added Qualifications (CAQ) in Sports Medicine. Dr. Murray serves as Team Physician for the Department of Athletics at the University of South Florida and cares for concussion patients at the USF Concussion Center. He also enjoys working as a primary care physician within USF Family Medicine department, seeing athletes ranging from young rookies to seniors with silver sneakers.




Janice Yvonne Maldonado, MD
Neurology
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USF Health's MS Center of Comprehensive Care is accredited by the National MS Society. It is one of only 4 in Florida and the only one on Florida's west coast. Our Center serves a large MS population of approximately 2,500 patients, coming from central Florida and the Greater Tampa Bay area. Our MS clinic team includes the Medical Director (Dr. Derrick Robertson), a full time ARNP, 1 dedicated LPN, and multiple research coordinators caring for our research patients.
I serve as a key faculty member in the Headache Division at USF and provide support and advanced care of complex headache patients at Tampa General Med-Rehabilitation Headache/Pain and Facial Pain Center, which provides outpatient multi-disciplinary services for the care of Headache patients which include IV Infusion treatment options, botulinum toxin injections, occipital nerve and sphenopalatine ganglion blocks and trigger point injections. Additionally, I provide subspecialty outpatient evaluations at designated Headache Clinics at 2 locations at USF and inpatient subspecialty Headache consultations at Tampa General Hospital.
Gabriella E Fernandez, APRN

John D Ramirez, MD
Cardiology
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Alyssa Woodard, MD
Pediatrics
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Dr. Woodard was born and raised in Orlando, Fl. She attended FSU Medical School graduating in 2016 and pursued pediatric residency at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. She completed her Chief Residency year in 2020 and then transitioned to USF as a Pediatric Hospitalist for the next 3 years. In 2023, Dr. Woodard joined USF General Pediatrics and remains highly involved in academic and clinical medicine. She provides comprehensive medical care to children from birth to age 21. This includes care for acute problems as well as health maintenance, developmental screenings. Her passion is in nutrition, breast feeding medicine and holistic healthcare. She is a certified lactation consultant (CLC) and provides care to newborns in the TGH newborn nursery.
Dr. Woodard is the Medical Director of the TGH/USF Adolescent Bariatric Center, providing adolescents a comprehensive, multidisciplinary model to achieve their health goals. Dr. Woodard is thrilled to be a pediatrician and loves providing compassionate care to children and caregivers.
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Alejandro Rodriguez, MD
Maternal and Fetal Medicine
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