USF Hospitalist
Meet our staff
Julia Young, APRN
Family Medicine
About
Julia N. Smith is a clinical nurse who delivers integrative and evidence-based nursing care in collaboration with an inpatient multidisciplinary team of physicians, advanced practice providers, specialists, support staff and registered nurses. She earned her Master of Science in Nursing at the University of Tampa and Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of South Florida. Smith is affiliated with the Florida Association of Nurse Practitioners and received the CVS Health Foundation Scholarship, McNichols Scholarship and the TGH Nurses Week Scholarship. She is also a member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.
Dakshina Walgampaya, MD
Internal Medicine
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Danielle Veru, PA
Jeffrey Lester, MD
Wound Care
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Dr. Lester treats patients 18 years of age and older.
Dr. Lester is recognized by the NCQA Diabetes Recognition Program.
Yamil Miranda-Usua, MD
Family Medicine
About
Dr. Miranda-Usúa is a board-certified family medicine physician. He attended the Universidad Central Del Caribe School of Medicine in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, and completed his residency at Headquarters Air Armament Center at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.
As an undergraduate, Dr. Miranda-Usúa studied biology and political science at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, FL. Dr. Miranda-Usúa completed his family medicine internship at Headquarters Air Armament Center at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.
Dr. Miranda-Usúa is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Uniformed Services Academy of Family Physicians, and the Florida Academy of Family Physicians.
Dr. Miranda-Usúa speaks English and Spanish.
Dr. Miranda-Usúa treats patients of all ages.
Dr. Miranda-Usúa is recognized by the NCQA Diabetes Recognition Program.
Raymond A Petrus, DO
Family Medicine
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Dr. Petrus treats patients 18 years of age and older.
Delbert Remaley, DO
Orthopedic Surgery
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This provider is not accepting new patients at this time
This provider is not accepting new patients at this time
Daniel Alan Kerr, MD
Hematology Oncology
About
Prior to joining Tampa General, Dr. Kerr treated patients in a private community practice at Advanced Cancer Treatment Centers (ACTC) in Brooksville, Fla., after completing a three-year hematology and medical oncology fellowship program with Moffitt Cancer Center/University of South Florida. Before that, he completed an internal medicine residency program at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, where he served as a chief medical resident. In the same department, he followed his passion for teaching future medical professionals as an assistant professor from 2015 to 2016. Dr. Kerr received his medical degree from the University of Louisville School of Medicine and holds a PhD in biochemistry and molecular biology from the University of Louisville.
Dr. Kerr is a site investigator for numerous active clinical trials, and his primary clinical interests is lymphomas. Well-versed in translational research and clinical research protocols, Dr. Kerr is credited with several publications, oral presentations and abstracts on a wide range of oncology topics. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Hematology.
Conditions Treated:
Lymphoma
Leukemia
Myeloma
This provider is not accepting new patients at this time