Health Care | Biotech | Pharmaceuticals 2025: DR. J. SCOTT JUST

A former ER doctor, Just has been CEO of UVA Physicians Group since 2023. Founded in 1979, the nonprofit university-associated organization supports UVA Health physicians and providers at U.Va. Medical Center and numerous clinical practice group locations.

More than 1,100 University of Virginia clinical faculty members were dually employed by UPG and U.Va.’s medical school in fiscal 2024. UPG also has over 40 physicians in its clinical practice group and has 160-plus advanced practice providers.

Just previously served as president of Augusta Medical Group and vice president of Augusta Health beginning in 2018, and he was chair of the emergency medicine department for the health system as well.

In April, Just co-authored an op-ed addressing the controversy involving former UVA Health CEO Dr. K. Craig Kent’s resignation in February, after a group of 128 U.Va. physicians sent university leaders a letter expressing no confidence in Kent in 2024. He asked that officials and others “refrain from engaging in conjecture” after some current and former health system board members ascribed the physicians’ motivations, in part, to greed.
Just earned his medical degree and MBA from U.Va. and completed his residency at U.Va. Medical Center.

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