USF Pediatric Surgery

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.

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.

Dr. Gaviria is a native of Colombia and attended Universidad del Valle in Colombia where she received her medical degree in 2006. She completed her residency in Pediatrics at Driscoll Children's Hospital in 2011 and then finished her fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at UT Southwestern Dallas in 2014. During her training at UT Southwestern she also completed a Master's of Science in clinical sciences. She practiced at UAB in Alabama for the past 2 years prior to moving to Florida. Dr. Gaviria is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in both General Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Dr Hajirawala is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of South Florida. She specializes in Allergy and Immunology medicine in the USF and is Associate Program Director of the USF Pediatric Allergy&Immunology Fellowship