A list of leadership appointments, promotions, and departures in academic medicine.
The AAMC welcomed Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD, MPH, this week as she began her tenure as the association’s chief scientific officer. She previously served as professor of pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and vice dean for the UCSF School of Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Dr. Fuentes-Afflick will provide leadership and vision for addressing research, science policy, and other related issues facing academic medicine, medical schools, teaching hospitals, and health systems. In her role, she will also be closely involved in the strategy and direction of CFAS, which sits within the AAMC Scientific Affairs cluster.
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Jessica Kahn, MD, MPH, has been appointed senior associate dean for clinical and translational research and director of the Block Institute for Clinical and Translational Research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Kahn currently serves as co-director of the Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training and as professor of pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and as the founding associate chair of academic affairs and career development at Cincinnati Children's Hospital.
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John Folk, MD, EdD, has been appointed associate dean for faculty affairs at Albany Medical College. Dr. Folk previously served as associate dean for medical education, chair of the Department of Medical Education, and associate professor of medical education at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine.
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Amy Althoff, MD, has been named academic chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine at the Drexel University College of Medicine. Dr. Althoff is an associate professor of medicine at DUCOM and medical director of the Partnership Comprehensive Care Practice.
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Steven Boyce, MD, has been appointed chief of the Division of Cardiac Surgery at The George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates and a professor of surgery at GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Dr. Boyce previously served on the faculty at Harvard Medical School and Georgetown University School of Medicine.
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Herb Garrison, MD, MPH, retired as associate dean for Graduate Medical Education at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University after serving in the role for 11 years.
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Alma Littles, MD, has been appointed dean of the Florida State University College of Medicine. Dr. Littles has served as interim dean of the college since February 2023 and as a senior associate dean for medical education and academic affairs for nearly 20 years.
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Phyllis MacGilvray, MD, has been appointed dean of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville. Dr. MacGilvray is currently the senior associate dean for academic affairs at the school of medicine.
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Jose Romano, MD, has been named chair of the Department of Neurology at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Romano has served as interim chair of the department since January 2023.
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Prashant Mahajan, MD, MPH, MBA, has been named interim chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School. Dr. Mahajan has served as vice chair of the department and is a tenured professor and section chief of pediatric emergency medicine at U-M Medical School.
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Mohamed Zayed, MD, PhD, has been appointed director of the Division of Surgical Sciences in the Department of Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Dr. Zayed is a vascular surgeon and a professor of surgery, radiology, molecular cell biology, and biomedical engineering at the school of medicine.
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Nathan Selden, MD, PhD, has been named dean of the Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine. He had been serving as interim dean since February. A 2023-24 Council of Deans fellow, Dr. Selden previously served as the Mario and Edith Campagna Chair of Pediatric Neurological Surgery and as professor of neurological surgery at the OHSU School of Medicine.
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David Guzick, MD, PhD, was appointed dean of LSU Health Shreveport School of Medicine, effective June 7. Dr. Guzick will continue to serve as chancellor of the university and as a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the medical school. He formerly served as dean of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry from 2002-09. Dr. Guzick succeeds David Lewis, MD, MBA, who has served as dean of the medical school since June 2018.
Robert Grossman, MD, has announced plans to retire as dean of NYU Grossman School of Medicine and CEO of NYU Langone at the end of August. Dr. Grossman has served in the role since 2007. A neuroradiologist, Dr. Grossman helped create NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine, the only medical school in the United States that offers a three-year M.D. degree focused on primary care and full-tuition scholarships.
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William Wertheim, MD, MBA, who has been serving as the interim executive vice president of Stony Brook Medicine, has been promoted to executive vice president. Dr. Wertheim is additionally president of the Stony Brook Medicine Community Medical Group.
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Margaret “Maggie” McDonald, PhD, MFA, associate vice chancellor for academic and global affairs, health sciences, at the University of Pittsburgh, has announced plans to retire in January 2025. Jessica Griffin Burke, PhD, MHS, vice dean for the university’s School of Public Health, will assume the role of associate vice chancellor for global affairs, health sciences, effective Sept. 1, partnering with Dr. McDonald through a transition period. Dr. McDonald, who also holds appointments as associate professor of epidemiology at the school of public health and associate professor of psychiatry at the school of medicine, joined the University of Pittsburgh 40 years ago after a career as a science and medical journalist in Washington, D.C.
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The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) named Dan Voth, PhD, as vice chancellor for research and innovation. He will be responsible for defining the strategy and vision for research and seeking to enhance research activities across all UAMS colleges. Dr. Voth joined UAMS in 2009 and has served as chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology.
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Robert Ferris, MD, PhD, a head and neck surgical oncologist, has been named executive director of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and UNC system chief of oncology services, effective Oct. 1. Dr. Ferris comes to the University of North Carolina from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, where he was the director of the Hillman Cancer Center.
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Joshua Gordon, MD, PhD, the departing director of the National Institute of Mental Health, will return to Columbia University as chair of Psychiatry at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, director of the New York State Psychiatric Institute, and psychiatrist-in-chief of the NewYork-Presbyterian campus at Columbia, effective Aug. 15.
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John Reilly Jr., MD, will step down as dean of the University of Colorado School of Medicine on July 1. Dr. Reilly has led the CU school since 2015.
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Marla Keller, MD, has been appointed executive dean at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Keller is currently the director of the NIH-funded Harold and Muriel Block Institute for Clinical and Translational Research at Einstein and Montefiore and the interim senior associate dean for clinical and translational research.
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Sarah Sofka, MD, has been appointed assistant vice president of faculty and student academic initiatives at West Virginia University School of Medicine, effective July 1. Dr. Sofka previously served as director of faculty affairs and academic initiatives for WVU Health Sciences.
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Ann Rutter, MD, has been named senior associate dean of academic administration at the Albany Med Health System, effective July 1. Dr. Rutter has served as academic vice chair for the Department of Family and Community Medicine since 2019 and as the family medicine clerkship director since 2012.
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Ali Gharavi, MD, has been appointed chair of the Department of Medicine at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and physician-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Dr. Gharavi is the Jay Meltzer, MD, Professor of Nephrology and Hypertension in the Department of Medicine and has served as interim chair of the department since April 2023.
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Arabinda Choudhary, MD, MBA, has been named chair of the Department of Radiology at State University of New York Upstate Medical University. Dr. Choudhary previously served as chair of the Department of Radiology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine.
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Lisa Schocket, MD, has been named chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at University of Maryland School of Medicine. Dr. Schocket has been serving as interim chair since July 2022.
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Humayun Islam, MD, PhD, has been appointed chair of the newly combined departments of pathology, microbiology, and immunology at New York Medical College. Dr. Islam serves as vice director of pathology, chief of anatomic pathology, director of hematopathology and director of the pathology residency program at Westchester Medical Center.
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Bharat Mittal, MD, will step down as chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine after more than 30 years of service. Dr. Mittal is the inaugural chair of the department.
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Russell Bowler, MD, PhD, has been named chair of the Department of System Biology and Genome Sciences at Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Bowler joins Cleveland Clinic from National Jewish Health in Colorado where he was director of the Precision Medicine Program.
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Ravindra Kolhe, MD, PhD, has been named chair of the Department of Pathology at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, effective June 1. Dr. Kolhe is a molecular pathologist and director of the Georgia Esoteric and Molecular Laboratory at MCG.
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Rana Chakraborty, MD, DPhil, has been named the Adrienne Arsht Endowed Chair in Pediatric Clinical Research at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine and chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at University of Miami Health System and Jackson Health System. Dr. Chakraborty is a pediatric infectious disease specialist and comes to the Miller School of Medicine with more than 150 peer-reviewed publications and is a principal investigator on two NIH grants.
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Virginia Weldon, MD, died on May 23 in St. Louis at the age of 88, after a long and distinguished career in academic medicine. She joined the faculty of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis in 1968 and rose to become deputy vice chancellor for medical affairs and vice president of the Washington University Medical Center. Dr. Weldon served the AAMC as its first woman chair in 1985-86. Additionally, President Bill Clinton appointed her to the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology, and she was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Karen Antman, MD, announced plans to step down as dean of Boston University Aram V. Chobanian & Edward Avedisian School of Medicine and provost of the medical campus and return to the medical school a faculty member once her successor is named. Dr. Antman has served in her roles for 19 years. She was chair of the AAMC Council of Deans Administrative Board in 2015 and also served on the AAMC Board of Directors.
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Ioannis Koutroulis, MD, PhD, MBA, has been appointed associate dean of the Office of MD Admissions at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Dr. Koutroulis is an associate professor of pediatrics, emergency medicine, and genomics and precision medicine at the GW SMHS.
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Zachary Morris, MD, PhD, has been named chair of the Department of Oncology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, effective June 2. Dr. Morris is a radiation oncologist at UW Health and an associate professor of human oncology at the school.
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Sana Karam, MD, PhD, has been named the James S. McDonnell Professor of Radiation Oncology and head of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, effective Oct. 1. Dr. Karam serves as the Marsico Endowed Chair of Head and Neck Cancer Research and a professor and vice chair of translational research in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
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Myles Wolf, MD, MMSc, has been appointed chair of the Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and physician-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, effective July 1. Dr. Wolf is chief of the Division of Nephrology and the Charles Johnson, MD, Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine.
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Ravindra Kolhe, MD, PhD, has been named chair of the Department of Pathology at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, effective June 1. Dr. Kolhe is a molecular pathologist and director of the Georgia Esoteric and Molecular Pathology Laboratory at MCG.
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Huiping Zhou, PhD, has been appointed interim chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. Dr. Zhou is a professor with tenure of microbiology and immunology at VCU School of Medicine.
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Eric Duncavage, MD, has been named director of the Division of Genomic and Molecular Pathology in the Department of Pathology and Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Dr. Duncavage is a professor of pathology and immunology at the medical school.
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Daniel Brown, MD, professor and interim chair of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, has been named as the department’s next chair. His appointment is effective immediately. Dr. Brown, who is also a professor of biomedical engineering, has served as the department’s interim chair since 2023.
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Samuel Ball, PhD, professor of psychiatry and deputy chair for career development for the Department of Psychiatry, will assume the role of deputy dean for academic affairs in the Office of Academic and Professional Development at Yale School of Medicine, effective July 1.
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Manimaran (Maran) Ramani, MD, MSHA, has been appointed chief medical officer for University of South Alabama Health Children’s and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Ramani serves as the division chief of neonatology and medical director for the neonatal intensive care unit and will continue in these roles.
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Xuemei Huang, MD, PhD, has been named chair of the Department of Neurology at University of Virginia School of Medicine, effective Aug. 1. Dr. Huang comes to UVA from the Penn State College of Medicine, where she has served as associate dean for physician-scientist development and chief of the Division of Movement Disorders.
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Isaac Opole, MD, PhD, has been named president of the American College of Physicians (ACP). Dr. Opole serves as the associate vice chancellor for student affairs and Ruth Bohan Teaching Professor of Medicine at the Kansas University Medical Center and has been an ACP fellow since 2008. ACP is a CFAS-member society.
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In other CFAS society news, Claire Henchcliffe, MD, DPhil, has been named president-elect of the Association of University Professors of Neurology (AUPN), also a CFAS-member society. Dr. Henchcliffe is the Stanley van den Noort Professor and Chair of Neurology at UC Irvine School of Medicine and has served on the AUPN executive council since 2021.
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Yoon Kang, MD, has been appointed inaugural vice dean for education at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, effective July 22. Dr. Kang is the senior associate dean for education at Weill Cornell Medicine.
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David Naeger, MD, has been named chair of the Department of Radiology at Dartmouth Health’s Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics, and Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine. Dr. Naeger serves as professor and vice chair in the Department of Radiology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
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Ashley Wysong, MD, is stepping down from her role as professor and chair of the Department of Dermatology at University of Nebraska Medical Center, effective July 1. Jennifer Adams, MD, currently vice chair of the department, associate professor and residency program director, will serve as interim department chair following Dr. Wysong’s departure. Dr. Wysong has served as chair of the department since 2018.
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Mauricio Garcia, MD, has been named the Jerome S. Levy, M.D., Chair in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine. Dr. Garcia is associate professor and chief of the UAMS Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in the College of Medicine’s Department of Internal Medicine.
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Christian Pettker, MD, has been appointed chair and department executive officer of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, effective July 1. Dr. Pettker is a maternal-fetal medicine specialist who serves as professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and vice chair of quality and patient safety at the Yale School of Medicine.
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Hesham Sadek, MD, PhD, has been appointed director of the Sarver Heart Center and chief of the Division of Cardiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson. Dr. Sadek previously served as associate director of the Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
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Michael Lewis, MD, has been named founding chair of the Department of Anesthesia at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. Dr. Lewis is chair of the Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Management, and Perioperative Medicine at Henry Ford Health.
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Miriam Merad, MD, PhD, has been appointed dean of translational research and therapeutic innovation at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Merad is a professor in cancer immunology and immunotherapy at Mount Sinai and will continue to serve as founding chair of the Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy at ISMMS.
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Mitchell Schnall, MD, PhD, has been appointed the inaugural senior vice president for data and technology solutions for the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Dr. Schnall previously served as chair of the Department of Radiology at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Herbert Pardes, MD, died April 30 at the age of 89 after a long and distinguished career in academic medicine. He was president and CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital from 2000 to 2011 and previously served as dean of the Faculty of Medicine and chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. A psychiatrist by training dedicated to improving the lives of people with mental illness, Dr. Pardes also served as director of the National Institute of Mental Health and is a past president of the American Psychiatric Association. He served the association as chair of the AAMC Board of Directors from 1995-96 and as chair of the Council of Deans from 1994-95. He additionally served on the Council of Academic Societies’ Administrative Board — the predecessor to CFAS — from 1986-1989.
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Rebecca Andrews, MD, has been named chair-elect of the American College of Physicians’ board of regents. Dr. Andrews is a professor of medicine in the University of Connecticut (UConn) School of Medicine and serves as the UConn Internal Medicine Residency Program’s associate program director as well as its director of ambulatory education. Dr. Andrews is a CFAS representative from UConn.
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Thomas Samuel “Sam” Shomaker, MD, has been named dean of the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, effective July 1. Dr. Shomaker previously served as vice dean of JABSOM.
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Gregory Postel, MD, has been named senior vice president of health affairs and dean of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Dr. Postel is currently serving as the 18th president of The University of Toledo, a post he has held since July of 2020.
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Xuemei Huang, MD, PhD, has been named chair of the Department of Neurology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, effective Aug. 1. Dr. Huang comes to UVA School of Medicine from the Penn State College of Medicine, where she has served as associate dean for physician-scientist development and chief of the Division of Movement Disorders. She is also the founding director of Penn State College of Medicine’s Translational Brain Research Center.
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Mekbib Gemeda, MD, has joined Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine as senior associate dean, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Dr. Gemeda joins Hackensack Meridian SOM from Eastern Virginia Medical School where he has served as vice president of Diversity and Inclusion for the past 10 years. He has been active in the AAMC for many years, including in the GDI.
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Anthony Francis has been appointed associate vice president for innovation and development in the Office of the Vice President for Research at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Francis previously served as executive director of the Office of Technology Management and Advancement at the University of California San Francisco.
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Michael Bouchard, PhD, has been appointed dean of the College of Graduate Studies at the Medical University of South Carolina, effective July 1. Dr. Bouchard is a professor of biochemistry, molecular biology, microbiology, and immunology at Drexel University College of Medicine.
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Jeffrey Peipert, MD, PhD, has been named chair of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at the Robert Larner, M.D., College of Medicine at the University of Vermont. Dr. Peipert is Clarence E. Ehrlich Professor and chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Indiana University School of Medicine and Indiana University Health.
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Evan Scott, PhD, has been appointed as head of the University of Virginia’s Institute for Nanoscale Scientific and Technological Advanced Research. Dr. Scott holds appointments in both the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and the School of Engineering.
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Amy McGaha, MD, has been appointed chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine and Renown Health. Dr. McGaha previously served as the Roland L. Kleeberger, MD Professor and chair of the Department of Family Medicine at Creighton University School of Medicine.
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Christian Pettker, MD, has been named chair and department executive officer for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. Dr. Pettker is chief of obstetrics at Yale New Haven Hospital and a professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences and vice chair of quality and patient safety at the Yale School of Medicine.
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Alp Sener, MD, PhD, has been named the inaugural Andrew Lazarovits Chair in Immunobiology and Transplantation at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University. Dr. Sener is the Keith and Leanne Lavergne Chair, division head, and chief of urology at Schulich Medicine & Dentistry.
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Cassandra Pruitt, MD, has been named director of the Division of Academic Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Dr. Pruitt is a professor of pediatrics and has served as interim director of the division since July 2022.
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Robert Harbaugh, MD, has been appointed chief medical officer at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Dr. Harbaugh has served in the role on an interim basis since April 2023. He will also continue to support the outpatient practices affiliated with Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.
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Naomi Nixon, JD, has been named associate dean for development at the Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. Nixon previously served as senior major gifts officer at the Greater Miami Jewish Federation.
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Darryl DiRisio, MD, has been appointed chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Albany Medical Center. Dr. DiRisio had been serving as interim chair since May 2022.
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Markus Bredel, MD, PhD, has been named chair of the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine’s Department of Radiation Oncology. Dr. Bredel succeeds Alan Pollack, MD, PhD, professor of radiation oncology, who has led the department since 2008.
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Itzhak Fischer, PhD, is stepping down from his position as chair of the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy at the Drexel University College of Medicine on July 1. Dr. Fischer has served as chair for the last 25 years.
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George Mashour, MD, PhD, has been appointed senior associate dean for faculty and faculty development of the University of Michigan Medical School, effective May 1. Dr. Mashour served as chair of the U-M Medical School Department of Anesthesiology and the Robert B. Sweet Professor of Anesthesiology since December 2019. Prior to his chair appointment, he served as associate dean for clinical and translational research and director of the Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research.
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James Graham, MD, has been named chair-elect of the Liaison Committee on Medical Education. Dr. Graham is executive associate dean for academic affairs in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine.
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Stephen Motew, MD, has been named president and CEO of the University of Florida (UF) Health clinical enterprise, effective April 1. Dr. Motew is a practicing vascular surgeon and joins UF Health from the Inova Health System in Northern Virginia, where he has served as the executive vice president and chief of clinical enterprise.
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Brian Druker, MD, has been appointed CEO of the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute after serving as director of the institute for more than 17 years. Tom Sellers, PhD, MPH, the new director for the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, was recruited to Oregon Health & Science University in February 2023 as the institute’s chief research officer and a professor of medicine in the OHSU School of Medicine.
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Bruce Policeni, MD, MBA, has been appointed chair and departmental executive officer of the Department of Radiology in the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. Dr. Policeni has served as interim chair of the department since Dec. 1, 2023.
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Elizabeth Gagliardi, MD, has been appointed chair of the Department of Gynecology at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, part of Beth Israel Lahey Health. Dr. Gagliardi is an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Harvard Medical School.
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William Mobley, MD, PhD, has been named director of the Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion at University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine. Dr. Mobley serves as the associate dean of neurosciences initiatives and Distinguished Professor of Neurosciences at UC San Diego School of Medicine, as executive director of UC San Diego's Down Syndrome Center for Research and Treatment, and he has served as interim director of the institute since its founding in 2019.
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Russell Woo, MD, has been appointed the first associate dean for clinical programs at Hawai’i Pacific Health and the chief academic officer for the HPH Medical Group. Dr. Woo is a professor and the associate chair for research in the Department of Surgery at the University of Hawai’i John A. Burns School of Medicine.
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David Korn, MD, died at age 91 in Boston. He served the AAMC from 1997 to 2008, first as senior vice president of biomedical research and then as chief scientific officer, before stepping down to become vice provost for research at Harvard University. During his tenure, Dr. Korn led the AAMC and the broader academic medicine community to manage financial conflicts of interest. As leader of what is now called the AAMC Scientific Affairs cluster, Dr. Korn oversaw the Council of Academic Societies — the predecessor to CFAS. During a long and distinguished career as a scientist and academic leader in medicine, he served as vice president and dean of the school of medicine, founding chair of the department of pathology, and professor of pathology at Stanford University from 1984 to 1995. Dr. Korn was a member of the National Academy of Medicine and an AAAS Fellow.
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