New Managing Partner Appointed at Physicians’ Primary Care of Southwest Florida

FORT MYERS, FL – Dr. Jon Burdzy becomes the new managing physician of Physicians’ Primary Care of Southwest Florida, effective January 1, 2023.

He succeeds Dr. Mary Yankaskas, who is retiring after 16 years at the helm as managing physician and 25 years as a local practicing OB-GYN. She also is one of the founders of Physicians’ Primary Care of Southwest Florida.

Dr. Burdzy joined Physicians’ Primary Care in 2011 after seven years of private practice in Fort Myers.  He is board-certified in Family Medicine.  While taking on this new role he will continue to see patients at Physicians’ Primary Care of SWFL’s Fort Myers Family Medicine office located at 7381 College Parkway.

As a graduate of Purdue University, Dr. Burdzy received his doctorate in osteopathic medicine from Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Ft. Lauderdale. This was followed by an internship in internal medicine at Genesys Regional Medical Center in Grand Blanc, MI and a residency in family medicine at Florida Hospital East Orlando.

Dr. Burdzy is on staff at Lee Memorial Hospital and Health Park Medical Center. He has served as the Chairman of the Department of Medicine and as a member of the hospital’s Credentials and Quality and Standards committees.  He also is a past president of the Health Park Medical Staff and a past president of Lee County Medical Society, and currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association and Shell Point Village.

He is a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, a member of the American Osteopathic Association, the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, the Florida Medical Association, the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association, Lee County Medical Society and the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Physicians’ Primary Care of Southwest Florida, a physician-owned and operated medical practice, was formed in 1996 by many long practicing local physicians and has grown to become the largest independent physician-owned primary care practice in Southwest Florida.

Medical specialties include family practice, internal medicine, and pediatrics.  Offices are conveniently located in Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Lehigh Acres, and San Carlos Park.  For more information, visit www.ppcswfl.com.