In memoriam — Fall 2022
The UF College of Medicine community extends its deepest sympathies to loved ones of recently deceased alumni
James Gerald Floyd, MD
James Gerald Floyd, MD ’81, a former member of the UF College of Medicine’s Medical Alumni Board of Directors, passed away Oct. 24 at age 67. An orthopaedic surgeon, he served in the U.S. Air Force after medical school, rising through the ranks to become a major. During his military career, he served as chief of orthopaedic surgery at the U.S. Air Force Hospital in Yokota, Japan, and as special adviser to the Pacific Air Force Surgeon General’s Office. Upon completion of his military service, he relocated to Birmingham, Alabama, where he practiced at area hospitals and worked as a clinical assistant professor of surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham before retiring in 2015 and moving to Orlando, Florida.
View a full list of recently deceased graduates:
James Andrews Jr., MD ’66, HS ’72
Diagnostic Radiology
Vista, California
Sept. 2, 2021
Clarence A. Bailey, MD, HS ’60
Pediatrics
Charlotte, North Carolina
Jan. 31, 2022
Alan G. Bartel, MD ’66
Cardiology
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Aug. 9, 2022
Dennis J. Beer, MD, HS ’77
Pulmonary Disease
Waban, Massachusetts
Aug. 18, 2021
James Binski, MD, HS ’75
Orthopaedic Surgery
Dayton, Ohio
May 29, 2022
Aaron K. Blackwelder, MD ’85
Microbiology and Cell Science
Apopka, Florida
Feb. 8, 2022
Regina Suzanne Bland, MD ’80
Pediatrics
Asheville, North Carolina
Aug. 8, 2021
Dennis Bonner, MD, HS ’95
Surgery
Oxford, Alabama
Jan. 4, 2021
Dale M. Braman, MD ’68
Radiology
Tampa, Florida
Jan. 16, 2022
David L. Bryant, MD ’67, HS ’72
Orthopaedic Surgery
Fairfield, Ohio
Oct. 12, 2021
Earl Benjamin Carr, MD ’66
Pediatrics
Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Oct. 27, 2021
Stephen Harper Cooksey, MD, HS ’84
Nephrology
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Nov. 15, 2021
David Clifford, MD, HS ’78
Pediatrics
Pittsboro, North Carolina
Oct. 2, 2021
Paul Alexander Demchak, MD, HS ’90
Hematology
Landsdale, Pennsylvania
July 4, 2021
Gary Doc Dopson, MD ’70
Family Medicine
Macclenny, Florida
Jan. 21, 2022
William King Dunham, MD, HS ‘77
Orthopaedic Surgery
Birmingham, Alabama
Feb. 20, 2022
Lisa W. Faberowski, MD, HS ‘99
Anesthesiology
Menlo Park, California
Jan. 23, 2022
Ronald S. Fishman, MD, HS ’67
Ophthalmology
St. Inigoes, Maryland
March 2, 2022
James Gerald Floyd, MD ’81
Orthopaedic Surgery
Orlando, Florida
Oct. 24, 2022
Harry James “Jim” Free, MD ’60
Internal Medicine
Clearwater, Florida
Oct. 24, 2021
Ronald Wayne Geckler, MD
Dec. 14, 2020
Robert Hepworth Gervais, MD, HS ’67
Psychiatry
Roswell, New Mexico
Dec. 13, 2021
Robert L. Gibson, MD, HS ’70
Anesthesiology
Salem, North Carolina
Jan. 17, 2021
Jim Goldbach, MD ’81
Family Medicine
Huntsville, Alabama
May 29, 2022
Carey W. Goodman, MD ’76
Family Medicine
Gadsden, Alabama
Oct. 13, 2022
Susan Marie Guentzel, MD ’89
Internal Medicine
Caledonia, Wisconsin
Feb. 18, 2022
Evelyn Helen Hemp, PA ’88
Physician Assistant
Gainesville, Florida
Feb. 8, 2022
Francis L. Howington, MD ’63
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Fort Myers, Florida
Jan. 28, 2022
Richard Jolkovsky, MD ’86
Internal Medicine
Avon, Minnesota
Feb. 2, 2022
Kimberly Kilgore, MD, HS ’93
Pediatrics
Key Largo, Florida
Jan. 14, 2022
Michel Nicolas Laham, MD ’71
Allergy & Immunology
San Antonio, Texas
Aug. 4, 2022
Gary Wallace Lamonda, MD ’76
Chemistry
Colombia, Missouri
Sept. 16, 2021
Leroy Lang Jr., MD ’78
Internal Medicine
Detroit, Michigan
Aug. 1, 2022
Jeffrey Arthur Mandel, MD ’72
Family Medicine
Walnut Creek, California
July 29, 2021
Luis O. Maramara, MD ’87
Pediatrics
Fort Myers, Florida
Aug. 1, 2021
Jack L. Mauldin, MD ’72
Gastroenterology
Gainesville, Georgia
Feb. 23, 2022
Claire Luvoice McArthur III, MD ’72
Emergency Medicine
Dallas, Texas
April 29, 2022
Paul M. Nemiroff, MD, HS ’86
Otolaryngology
Laguna Niguel, California
Aug. 10, 2022
David Lynn Packer, MD ’84
Microbiology and Cell Science
Gainesville, Florida
April 7, 2022
David Michael Pearse, MD, HS
Radiology
Satellite Beach, Florida
May 5, 2022
James Mawson Potter, MD ’63
Anatomic/Clinical Pathology
Pensacola, Florida
Jan. 12, 2022
Martha Nell Wiggins Potter, MD ’63
General Surgery
Pensacola, Florida
May 17, 2022
Laurence Jeffrey “Jeff” Purdy, MD ’80
Clinical Pathology
Palm Beach, Florida
Oct. 28, 2021
Andrew Rackenstein, MD, HS ’73
Anesthesiology
Tampa Bay, Florida
Sept. 15, 2022
Ramon Ramos, MD, HS
Pediatrics
Savannah, Georgia
Feb. 19, 2021
Julia Carolyn Revell St. Petery (Judy), MD ’69
Pediatrics
Tallahassee, Florida
Sept. 30, 2021
George A. Richard, MD, HS ’71
Pediatrics
Lakeland, Florida
April 17, 2022
George M. Ricketson III, MD ’66
General Surgery
Pensacola, Florida
Nov. 20, 2021
Eugenia Kirsanow Riet, MD ’62
Pediatrics
Salt Lake City, Utah
Jan. 12, 2022
Edgar W. Sapp, MD ’61
Family Medicine
Tampa, Florida
May 19, 2022
Frank Scarvey III, MD, HS ’68
Radiology
San Diego, California
Feb. 19, 2021
Don Crusius Smallwood, MD, HS ’66
Pediatrics
Ocala, Florida
July 23, 2022
Leonard Oswald Smith Jr., MD ’69, HS 71, HS ’77
Vascular Surgery
Gainesville, Florida
Aug. 24, 2021
Terry C. Sprinkle Sr., PhD ‘74
Biochemistry
Warrenton, Georgia
March 18, 2022
James A. Still Jr., MD, HS ’73
Anesthesiology
Tarpon Springs, Florida
Feb. 4, 2022
Lloyd A. Tabb, MD ’74
Emergency Medicine/Surgery
Waynesville, North Carolina
Feb. 2, 2021
Karen B. Vaniver, MD, HS ’94
Plastic Surgery
Pasco, Washington
June 1, 2022
James G. Wallace, MD, HS ’70
Plastic Surgery
Greenville, South Carolina
Jan. 10, 2021
Duke West, MD, HS ’73
Diagnostic Radiology
Ocala, Florida
Dec. 5, 2021
Michael Kenneth Wheeler, MD ’81
Otolaryngology
Palm Bay, Florida
Aug. 3, 2022
Thomas O. Wood, MD, HS ’70
Ophthalmology
Memphis, Tennessee
Feb. 16, 2022
Ronald Lester Woodburn, MD ’62
Chemistry
Maitland, Florida
Jan. 11, 2021
Benjamin E. Wright, MD, HS ’65
Anesthesiology
Winter Park, Florida
Oct. 7, 2021
