Our Staff

Dr. Baird is originally from the Gulf coast of Texas.

College: University of Texas, Austin, TX 1975, Biology B.A.
Graduate School: University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX 1976, M.P.H.
Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 1980, M.D.
Residency: University of Florida Jacksonville Health Education Program, Jacksonville, FL 1984, OB/GYN
Board Certified: Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1986

Dr. Baird has practiced in Jacksonville since 1980 and has a strong interest in educating fellow physicians and resident staff. He has held teaching positions at the University of Florida and at the Mayo Clinic – Jacksonville. His special interests include menopausal issues for women, gynecologic ultrasound and high-risk obstetrics. Dr. Baird is married with two daughters both pursuing graduate degrees.

Dr. Baird enjoys tennis, traveling and politics.

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Dr. Lorraine Rodriguez was born in San Juan PR and raised in Chicago IL.

College: DePaul University, Chicago, IL 1981 Nursing B.S.N.
Medical School: University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 1991 M.D.
Internship: University of Texas at Houston, Houston, TX 1992-1993
Residency: Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL 1997, OB/GYN
Chief Resident: Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL 1996-1997
Board Certified: Fellow of American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1999
Chairperson of Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology: St Luke’s Hospital 2009
Executive Board of Medical Staff: St. Luke’s Hospital 2009

Dr Rodriguez speaks fluent Spanish.

One of her principal responsibilities in life is mother and advocate of her two special needs children, Max and Avery.

Dr. Rodriguez enjoys an active life with running and as a certified Cross Fit trainer, cooking and traveling.

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Dr. Sharon Desmarais is originally from Rhode Island but was raised in Jacksonville.

College: University of Florida, 1998, Biological and Medical Sciences B.S.
Medical School: University of Florida College of Medicine, 2002, M.D.
Residency: Orlando Regional Medical Center, 2006, OB-GYN
Board Certified: Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2008

Dr. Desmarais’s special interests include minimally invasive surgery and adolescent medicine. She is a member of the American Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons.

Dr. Desmarais enjoys traveling, running and home improvement projects.

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Dr. Amy Wrennick is a native Floridian, originally from central Florida. She is now glad to call Jacksonville her home.

College: University of Florida with B.A. Summa Cum Laude in Psychology, 1996
Medical School: Miami University School of Medicine, 2001, MD
Residency: University of Texas Medical School, Memorial Hermann Hospital Program, 2005
Board Certified: Board Certification by American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2007

Her special interests include minimally invasive gynecologic surgery and adolescent medicine.

Dr. Wrennick has been practicing in the Jacksonville area for 4 years. She is married with two children and a yellow Labrador retriever. Dr. Wrennick enjoys spending time with her family, leisure reading and traveling.

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Dr. Campbell Austin is a native of Macon, Georgia.

College: Florida State University, 2001
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia, 2006, MD
Residency: Obstetrics/Gynecology University of Florida Health Science Center Jacksonville, Florida 2010

Awards:

Winner of Best Oral Presentation for Ob/Gyn Departmental Research Day 2008
Third place winner, Ob/Gyn Departmental Research Day 2009
Received honors for highest class score on CREOG in-service training exam, 2009
Winner of the Golden Apple Teaching Award 2009
Selected as the ACOG District IV Junior Fellow Representative to the Japan Society of Ob/Gyn, Tokyo, April 2010

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Nadine Thomas, ARNP, is originally for northeast Georgia.

College: Hall School of Nursing, Gainesville, GA, Diploma in Nursing, 1975
College: Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, BS in Health Science, 1986
College:  Emory University, Family Planning Program, Atlanta, GA, 1993
Certificate in Women’s Health
Certifications: National Certification Corporation – Women’s Health
National Certification Corporation – Menopause Clinician
Professional Organizations: Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Ms. Thomas has extensive experience as an obstetrical nurse in labor and delivery, post partum, and newborn nursery. She has been in practice as a women’s health care nurse practitioner since 1993.

Ms. Thomas also served in the medical field with the military and retired with the rank of Colonel with the US Air Force Reserves in 2006.

She is married and enjoys walking, jogging and bike riding.

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