Jax physicians elected to medical society board

Jax physicians elected to medical society board Nine UF College of Medicine-Jacksonville physicians have been elected to the Duval County Medical Society 2007 board of directors.

B. Hudson Berrey, M.D., a professor of orthopaedics and rehabilitation, and Deborah Lyon, M.D., an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology and division chief of gynecology, will both serve as vice presidents.

Board representatives include Ashley Booth, M.D., an assistant professor of emergency medicine; Richard Crass, M.D., a professor of surgery and the department's interim chairman; Malcolm Foster, M.D., the Karl B. Hanson professor of medicine; Mark Hudak, M.D., a professor of pediatrics and division chief of neonatology; George Mayzell, M.D., senior medical director of patient management; and John Kilkenny III, M.D., an associate professor of general surgery. UF cardiology fellow Lyndon Box, M.D., serves as UF's resident representative to the board.

DCMS is a voluntary, nonprofit, professional association of nearly 2,000 physicians dedicated to promoting the delivery of and access to high-quality, ethical medical care for the community, and serving as an advocate for physician members and their patients.