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Latest News: Community Hospice Names Anna Wright, M.D. Associate Medical Director for Admissions JACKSONVILLE, Florida – Community Hospice of Northeast Florida has hired Anna Wright, M.D. as an associate medical director and consultant to its Admissions Department. In her role as a medical director, one of 11 employed by Community Hospice, Wright supports the organization's nurses by evaluating candidates for hospice care prior to admission and ensuring their eligibility for hospice care, as regulated by federal and state guidelines. She also supports a team of nurses and professional relations representatives in providing educational programs to health care professionals. Prior to joining Community Hospice, Wright was the residency program director at the University of Florida Health Science Center's Department of Community Health and Family Medicine in Jacksonville. While at UF she also held the title of clinical assistant professor and was an associate residency director and assistant medical director. Wright earned her medical degree from the University of Mississippi School of Medicine and performed her residency and a fellowship in family medicine at the Medical College of Virginia. While in Virginia, she also worked as an emergency department physician, as an associate residency director and had a private medical practice. A three-time recipient of Jacksonville Magazine's "Top Docs" award, Wright also received honors as Teacher of the Year at UF's Department of Community Health and Family Medicine three times. She is a diplomate of the American Board of Family Practice and a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine and the DCMS. She lives in Fernandina Beach. Established in 1979 as the first hospice program in northeast Florida, Community Hospice of Northeast Florida provides compassionate care to nearly 1,000 patients daily in Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns counties, through the support of more than 700 employees and 1,100 volunteers. The nonprofit organization has served more than 38,000 children and adults—at home, in long-term care facilities, hospitals and through its two inpatient facilities in Jacksonville. Community Hospice Foundation generates philanthropic and community support for unfunded and under-funded programs, including indigent hospice care, programs and services through the Charles M. Neviaser Educational Institute, and Community PedsCare, a pediatric palliative and hospice program. Care is available to all patients who need it, regardless of their ability to pay. # # # 
Contact: Jay Magee
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Call 904.268.5200 for general information or 904.596.6500 for referral and admissions information. |