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Dean and Chief Academic Officer, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
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Biography
Henri R. Ford, M.D., MHA is dean and chief academic officer of the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Ford is a Haitian-born pediatric surgeon recognized for his global contributions in medicine including performing the first successful separation of conjoined twins in Haiti in 2015, alongside surgeons he helped train.
Motivated by a desire to drive change and have a positive impact on the world, Dr. Ford has conducted groundbreaking research on the pathogenesis of necrotizing enterocolitis, which has been funded by the NIH. He is the author of more than 300 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, invited articles, abstracts and presentations. At the Miller School, Dr. Ford is developing the next generation of transformational leaders who will shape the future of medicine. Under his leadership, the Miller School has increased its research funding from the NIH from $128 million in 2018 to more than $175 million in 2024.
After earning his undergraduate degree from Princeton University, Dr. Ford received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. He then completed his surgical internship and residency at New York Hospital Weill-Cornell Medical College, a research fellowship in immunology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and a clinical fellowship in pediatric surgery at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. He also received a Master of Health Administration degree from USC.
Dr. Ford is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), the Royal College of Surgeons (England), the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh), the West African College of Surgeons, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. He serves on the editorial board of numerous scientific journals. Dr. Ford is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and a member of the ACS Academy of Master Surgeon Educators. He is immediate past president of the American College of Surgeons, past president of the Society of Black Academic Surgeons, the Surgical Infection Society, the American Pediatric Surgical Association, and the Association for Academic Surgery, which established the “Henri Ford Junior Faculty Research Award” in his honor.
He is a member of the Harvard Medical School Visiting Committee. He served on the Board of Trustees of Princeton University, the Board of Directors of the Association of American Medical College (AAMC) and chaired the Council of Deans of the AAMC.
Dr. Ford is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Gold Humanism in Medicine award from the AAMC, the Arnold Salzberg mentoring award from the Surgical Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Owen Wangensteen Scientific Forum Award from the ACS, which recognizes iconic figures in academic surgery for their leadership, mentorship, and scholarship, to name a few. -
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I have spent most of the past 3 decades studying the pathogenesis of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). My lab has been instrumental in defining the molecular mechanisms by which upregulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase leads to gut barrier failure in NEC. In 2018, I transitioned from Chair of the Department of Surgery at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and Professor of Surgery and Vice Dean for Medical Education at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine to become the Dean and Chief Academic Officer of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. As a result, I closed my research lab to focus on developing the next generation of transformative leaders who will shape the future of medicine, direct health systems to deliver value-based health care, and champion discovery and its translation into clinical interventions to improve the health of humanity. Over the past 3 decades, I have mentored numerous clinician-scientists who are now successful, independent NIH-funded investigators and leaders in academic surgery. I have an excellent track record of mentoring underrepresented minorities in medicine to become successful academic surgeons. In fact, the Association for Academic Surgery recently honored me by establishing the “Henri Ford Fellowship Award” to support underrepresented minority researchers. The FIRST grant is a great vehicle to help promote health equity by ensuring a more diverse medical and research work force. -
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