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New developments in faculty and staff at the UF College of Medicine
Dr. Brian Hoh named chair of department of neurosurgery
UF Health neurosurgeon Brian L. Hoh, MD, an expert in the treatment of brain aneurysms, brain arteriovenous malformations and ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, took over as chair of the Lillian S. Wells Department of Neurosurgery in the UF College of Medicine July 1. He succeeds longtime chair and neurosurgical pioneer William A. Friedman, MD, HS ‘82, who continues at UF as a faculty member.
Hoh joined UF in 2006 after completing neurosurgery training and a fellowship in interventional neuroradiology with Harvard University at Massachusetts General Hospital. At that time, UF Health didn’t have a stroke center, and Hoh recruited a team of stroke neurologists and cerebrovascular/endovascular neurosurgeons to build what is now the UF Health Shands Comprehensive Stroke Center.
Hoh becomes only the third chair in the four-decade history of the department, following two giants in the field: Friedman, a pioneer in the early development of a now commonly used noninvasive neurosurgical treatment called stereotactic radiosurgery, and before him, the late Albert L. Rhoton Jr., MD, considered the father of neurosurgical anatomy and microneurosurgery, a technique now used worldwide.
Hoh is focused on elevating the department to Top 5 status nationwide for clinical care, research and education — an effort he calls “Destination UF Neurosurgery.”
— MICHELLE KOIDIN JAFFEE
This article originally appeared on UF Health News.
Interim president of UF Health, senior vice president for health affairs at UF appointed
David R. Nelson, MD, has been appointed interim president of UF Health and senior vice president for health affairs at UF. A 25-year veteran of UF’s academic health center, Nelson is a professor of medicine and assistant vice president for research at the UF College of Medicine and director of the UF Clinical and Translational Science Institute. His clinical expertise is hepatology, with an emphasis on the management of viral hepatitis and liver cancer, while his translational research interests focus on the immunopathogenesis and treatment of chronic hepatitis C and hepatocellular carcinoma.
“This is a critical period for UF Health,” Nelson said. “We need to continue to keep the academic health center and its research mission moving forward.”
—BILL LEVESQUE
This article originally appeared in The POST.
Guzick steps down as president of UF Health, senior vice president for health affairs at UF
After nine years, David S. Guzick, MD, PhD, stepped down as president of UF Health and senior vice president for health affairs at UF in July.
Since his appointment in 2009, Guzick created a culture of excellence and helped propel UF Health forward in its missions of research, education and patient care. His accomplishments include bridging the gap between the hospital system and health colleges to create an integrated academic health system; increasing UF Health revenue and National Institutes of Health funding; boosting faculty and sta recruitment; and overseeing the addition of over 1 million square feet of space for patient care, research and education — including the UF Health Heart & Vascular and UF Health Neuromedicine hospitals, which opened in December 2017.
Tyndall named interim dean
Joseph A. Tyndall, MD, MPH, was appointed interim dean of the UF College of Medicine in July. Tyndall, a 12-year veteran of the UF faculty, is a professor and chair of emergency medicine and UF Health physician-in-chief of emergency services. He was appointed by David R. Nelson, MD, interim senior vice president for health affairs at UF and president of UF Health, following Dr. Michael L. Good’s departure to take on a new role at the University of Utah.
Tyndall joined the UF faculty in 2006 and became chair of the department of emergency medicine in 2008. In his emergency medicine role, he oversees 53 faculty members and fellows, one of the largest destination emergency
medicine residency training programs in the state of Florida.
A graduate of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Tyndall completed his residency in emergency medicine at the University of Maryland Medical Center and the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. He has a master’s degree in health services management and health policy from Columbia University in New York.
—KAREN DOOLEY
This article originally appeared on UF Health News.
