Experience

University of Southern California

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Dean, Keck School of Medicine at USC

  • 2022 - Present



Emory University School of Medicine

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Mar 2019 - Feb 2021

  In this role i oversee the full life of >3000 faculty, including faculty affairs, professional and leadership development, diversity/inclusion, and wellness

• • 2006 - Jan 2021

  i enjoyed serving Emory University as Chair of the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences for 15 years. We embrace values of integrity, transparency, and a culture of inclusion across more than 1100 colleagues (including approx 180 faculty) across 9 hospital sites in the Greater Atlanta Area. Research strengths include biomarker imaging development, health services research, and machine learning/AI.

• • 2006 - 2019

  It has been a pleasure and privilege to serve the Emory community in building a state-of-the-art multi-disciplinary imaging research service center (the Emory Center for Systems Imaging), overseeing the reorganization and management of core laboratories throughout the School of Medicine (SOM), and co-leading the SOM’s 2008 - 2013 Strategic Plan for Research. I also enjoy serving as Director of the Translational Technologies and Resources Program for the Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute. This program has accelerated the acquisition of new and developing research technologies such as high-throughput sequencers, supporting a state-of-the-art personalized cellular therapies center, and initiated new collaborations in drug discovery across CTSAs regionally. Show less



University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Vice Chair for Radiology Research

  • 2002 - 2005

  Successfully led multidisciplinary imaging research groups as Medical Director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Facility (1996-2002) and MR Research Center (1998 – 2005); University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Vice Chair for Radiology Research (2002 – 2005); Emory University School of Medicine. • Guided the successful funding of approximately 50 grants involving advanced imaging techniques (total direct costs: over $35 million) • Built extensive collaborative networks of multi-disciplinary investigators across multiple departments, school, and centers units • Created departmental and school of medicine policies for oversight of research compliance, particularly service center guidelines • Successfully competed for numerous funded grants as principal investigator and facilitative collaborator including R21s, R01s, K awards, T32s, P50, and U54 o Led progress in national departmental NIH ranking to attain top-10 status • Developed departmental honest broker network and research server in support of HIPAA-compliant clinical research Show less



UPMC

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• • 2001 - 2005

  • Successfully realigned faculty into subdivisions of neuroimaging and neurovascular intervention• Recruited new faculty at a time of severe radiologist shortages• Redesigned reading room facilities to optimize workflow• Oversaw approx. 40%/year growth in clinical volume• Directed neuroradiology fellowship • Facilitated faculty development

• • 1996 - 2002

  Created and successfully led Clinical PET Center • Secured exponential growth in PET imaging services at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, supported by complementary program of education and outreach • Optimized service in support of outstanding patient satisfaction in a competitive environment• Successfully lobbied third-party payers in Pennsylvania to approve reimbursement for clinical PET indicationsLed clinical evaluation of world’s first combined PET/CT scanner • Established clinical efficacy of combined PET/CT imaging in a variety of oncology settings• Contributed to design of subsequent commercial PET/CT scanners• Trained radiologists and nuclear medicine physicians in the use of this new technology Show less