R. Jay Cummings

Dr. R.
Jay Cummings, MD, is Vice President-Physician Practices at The Nemours Foundation since 2006.
Dr. Cummings has served as Medical Director of the clinic site in Jacksonville where he has been since 1987, also having served as Division Chief of Orthopedics.
He holds the academic title of Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedics, at Mayo Graduate School of Medicine.
Dr. Cummings is a member of and served on the Board of Directors for the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America.
He is also a member of numerous other professional groups such as the American Orthopaedic Association, the Scoliosis Research Society, American Medical Association, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and Societe International de Chirurgie Orthopedique et de Traumatologie.
Dr. Cummings received his undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia and his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Georgia.
He completed an internship at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas and an orthopedic residency at the Combined Georgia Baptist-Scottish Rite Residency Training Program in Atlanta, Georgia.