Julia Jenkins, MD

Assistant Director, USF-MPM Family Medicine Residency
Affiliate Assistant Professor, USF College of Medicine, Dept. of Family Medicine

Medical Degree

University of South Florida
Tampa, FL

Residency

Family Medicine, Bayfront Medical Center
St. Petersburg, FL

Dr. Jenkins has lived in various parts of Florida throughout her lifetime, and she is a proud University of Florida Gator Alumni. After residency, Dr. Jenkins joined BayCare Medical Group in 2008, working as an outpatient family medicine physician at a small office in Palm Harbor. She also worked part-time at various BayCare urgent care centers, and she was the Team Doctor for Palm Harbor University High School’s varsity football team for many years. Dr. Jenkins served on the Board of Directors for the Florida Academy of Family Physicians from 2013-2015.

Teaching was always her primary passion, so in 2016 she left her practice to become a full-time faculty physician at the USF-MPM Family Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Jenkins clinical interests include nutrition, cardiovascular disease, sports medicine, geriatrics and practice management. 

Outside of work Dr. Jenkins enjoys spending quality time with her twin boys and her husband. She loves running, kayaking, hiking and watching Gator football.