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Leon L. Haley Jr., MD, MHSA, CPE, FACEP

CEO, UF Health Jacksonville; Vice President for Health Affairs, University of Florida; Dean, UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville


Leon L. Haley Jr., MD, MHSA, is the CEO of UF Health Jacksonville, vice president for health affairs at the University of Florida,  dean of the UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville and a professor of emergency medicine.

Haley, who joined UF in January 2017, previously served as a professor of emergency medicine and executive associate dean at Emory University, and chief medical officer of the Emory Medical Care Foundation in Atlanta. Haley also formerly served as deputy senior vice president of medical affairs, chief of emergency medicine for Grady Health System and vice chair of emergency medicine at Emory University. Prior to his positions at Grady and Emory, Haley was a senior staff physician at the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit.

Haley completed his undergraduate degree from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. He earned his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master of Health Service Administration from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Haley completed his residency in emergency medicine at the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, serving a year as chief resident.

Haley is board-certified in emergency medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He is a member of the American College of Emergency Physicians, the American College of Healthcare Executives and the American College of Physician Executives. He was also a member of the Institute of Medicine Committee on Health and Insurance Status.