The Florida Department of Health supports the efforts of the Physician Workforce Advisory Council in assessing the state’s current and future physician workforce needs and developing strategies to address current and projected physician workforce needs, in accordance with section 381.4018, Florida Statutes, by:
- Monitoring, evaluating, and reporting on the supply and distribution of physicians licensed under Chapter 458 and Chapter 459, F.S.
- Developing to determine the number of qualified medical school applicants who may practice in Florida to meet the capacity of the state’s medical schools
- Exploring strategies and policies to create, expand, and maintain graduate medical education positions in the state based on physician workforce data, particularly in areas having a shortage of physicians and ongoing needs
- Developing strategies to maximize federal and state programs that provide incentives to attract and retain physicians in Florida
Upcoming Council Meeting
Physician Workforce Advisory Council Strategic Planning Workgroup
Date: April 8, 2026
TIME: 11 a.m. – Noon
WHERE: Microsoft Teams
Council Membership
The council is comprised of 19 members appointed by the State Surgeon General and representing various educational and professional association stakeholders:
State Surgeon General:
Joseph A. Ladapo, MD, PhD
Designee from the Department of Health who is a licensed physician:
Ulyee Choe, DO
Term Ends: 09/07/2024
Individual who is affiliated with the Science Students Together Reaching Instructional
Diversity and Excellence program and recommended by the area health education center
network:
Vacant
Term Ends:
Individual recommended by the Council of Florida Medical School Deans and representing a college of allopathic medicine:
Cuc Mai, MD
Term Ends: 07/06/2024
Individual recommended by the Council of Florida Medical School Deans and representing a college of osteopathic medicine:
Mark Sandhouse, DO
Term Ends: 07/06/2024
Individual recommended by the Florida Hospital Association, representing a hospital licensed under Chapter 395, F.S., has an accredited graduate medical education program, and is not a statutory teaching hospital:
Danielle Drummond, MS
Term Ends: 04/13/2027
Individual representing a statutory teaching hospital as defined in section 408.07, F.S., and recommended by the Safety Net Hospital Alliance:
Gino Santorio, MPA
Term Ends: 10/14/2026
Individual representing a family practice teaching hospital, defined in section 395.805, F.S. and
recommended by the Council of Family Medicine and Community Teaching Hospitals:
Vacant (organization no longer exists)
Individual recommended by the Florida Medical Association, representing a primary care specialty:
Vacant
Term Ends:
Individual recommended by the Florida Medical Association, representing a non-primary care specialty:
Michael Patete, MD
Term Ends: 07/06/2024
Individual recommended by the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association and representing a primary care specialty:
Vacant
Term Ends:
Individual recommended by the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association and representing a non-primary care specialty:
Brett Scotch, DO
Term Ends: 07/07/2027
Individual who is a program director of an accredited graduate medical education program and representing a program that is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education:
Nathan Falk, MD
Term Ends: 4/19/2026
Individual who is a program director of an accredited graduate medical education program, representing a program that is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association:
Peter Cohen, DO
Term Ends: 07/06/2024
Individual recommended by the Florida Association of Community Health Centers representing a federally qualified health center located in a rural area:
Debra Andree, MD
Term Ends: 08/16/2023
Individual recommended by the Florida Academy of Family Physicians:
Jennifer Keehbauch, MD
Term Ends: 10/20/2025
Individual recommended by the Florida Alliance for Health Professions Diversity:
Vacant
Term Ends:
Chancellor of the State University System or his or her designee:
Kyle Roark
Term Ends: no expiration
Layperson member:
Vacant
Term Ends:
Previous Meetings and Minutes
Annual Reports
The Florida Department of Health collects information on the state’s workforce from the physician workforce. The survey is required as part of the medical license renewal process every two years.
The survey data results, along with guidance from the Physician Workforce Advisory Council, support the production of the Physician Workforce Annual Report. The report summarizes and details the distribution and composition of Florida’s physician workforce and serves to guide strategies that prepare the state for future health care delivery with a diverse, well-trained, and geographically distributed workforce.
Physician Workforce Annual Report 2025
Physician Workforce Annual Report 2024
Physician Workforce Annual Report 2023
Physician Workforce Annual Report 2022
Physician Workforce Annual Report 2021
Physician Workforce Annual Report 2020
Physician Workforce Annual Report 2019
Physician Workforce Annual Report 2018
Physician Workforce Annual Report 2015
Physician Workforce Annual Report 2014
Physician Workforce Annual Report 2013
Physician Workforce Annual Report 2012
Physician Workforce Annual Report 2011
Senate Interim Physician Workforce Report 2011
Physician Workforce Annual Report 2010
Physician Workforce Surveys
Graduate Medical Education Reports
Resources
- Graduate Medical Education and Residency Program Initiatitives
- Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) Graduate Medical Education
- OPPAGA Report 14-08 Florida’s Graduate Medical Education System (2014)
- Training Tomorrow’s Doctors: Graduate Medical Education (2016)
- Current Status of GME in Florida (2016)
- Strategy for Expanding Graduate Medical Education (2015)
- AOA to ACGME: FIU-BH Experience
- CMS: Direct Graduate Medical Education
- Graduate Medical Education for the 21st Century (2016)