Welcome Dr. Steven Cuffe, Chair of Psychiatry

Steven Cuffe, M.D.
Chair

Steven Cuffe, M.D., has been appointed chair of the University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville Department of Psychiatry. He brings more than 20 years of psychiatry experience to the Jacksonville campus. Cuffe was previously a professor of clinical neuropsychiatry and behavioral science and director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine.

According to Cuffe, "This is a very exciting time for me because I am starting a new department that will be beneficial to the University of Florida, Shands Jacksonville and the greater Jacksonville area." Robert Nuss, M.D., dean of the UF College of Medicine-Jacksonville regional campus and associate vice president for Health Affairs, said goals include building a department that will address the clinical needs of campus, grow the education programs, develop research activities and support the University of Florida at Shands role in the areas of psychiatric care.

"The significance of his appointment will be that our psychiatry department will be a full-fledged department on the Jacksonville regional campus and a member of the Jacksonville group practice. Dr. Cuffe's vision and energy will allow him to build a strong academic faculty over time and provide the infrastructure to consider a residency in psychiatry," said Nuss.

Cuffe received his medical degree from the Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University. He completed both his general psychiatry residency and his child psychiatry fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. He is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in both general psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry.

He has served as principal and co-principal investigator on multiple research projects that exceed $2 million in public and private funding sources. His contributions appear in more than 40 medical publications and book chapters. He has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the Journal of Attention Disorders.

Cuffe has served on the Executive Committee for the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Steering Committee and the Written Examination Committee. He has been senior examiner for the Adult Psychiatry Part 2 Board Certification and has been a senior examiner with Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Oral Certification. Cuffe is president-elect for the Society of Professors of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He was recently appointed to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Residency Review Committee for Psychiatry.

The University of Florida and Shands Jacksonville welcome Cuffe and look forward to the creation of a strong and vibrant academic psychiatry department.