He is a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians, co-editor of the Textbook of Thoracic Oncology, first and second editions, and was appointed by the governor as a member of the Florida Cancer Control and Research Advisory Committee. Ruckdeschel's curriculum vita is highlighted by an impressive and lengthy list of publications. Day is a Professor of Neurological Surgery at the University of Florida, where he has taught since 1988. He has also served as the James and Newton Eblen Eminent Scholar in Cerebrovascular Surgery at the University of Florida since March 1990 and as co-chairman and program director of the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Florida since 1998. He is a member of the staff at Shands Teaching Hospital, University of Florida, a consultant at the Gainesville Veterans Administration Hospital, and a neurosurgical consultant to the athletic department at the University of Florida.
Day is one of the most highly-respected neurosurgeons in the southeast.
His curriculum vita also is highlighted by a lengthy list of publications, associations, visiting professorships, honors and presentations. A native of Boston, Mass., Day received his M.D. at Louisiana State University. He completed his surgical internship at Carraway Methodist Hospital in Birmingham, Ala., his residency in neurological surgery at the University of Florida, and his fellowship in brain tumor immunology at the University of Florida. Villanueva is a board-certified gastroenterologist who has practiced in St. Augustine since 1995. He is a member of the American College of Gastroenterology, the American Medical Association, and the St. Johns County Medical Association, among other professional memberships.