Duke U. prof picked for VP, Medicine dean slot
Dr.
Jerry Reves
Joseph Gerald (Jerry) Reves, M.D., has been recommended for the position of vice president for medical affairs and dean of the College of Medicine. Final action on this recommendation will be taken by the MUSC Board of Trustees at its meeting on April 13. The appointment would become effective July 1.
Reves will succeed R. Layton McCurdy, M.D., who is stepping down after more than 10 years of leadership of the College of Medicine.
Reves comes to MUSC from Duke University where he served as professor and chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology since 1991.
During his career at Duke, which began in 1984, he also served as director of cardiothoracic anesthesia and director of the Duke Heart Center. Earlier in his career he was a member of the training staff at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, and professor of anesthesiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
“In a sense, Dr. Reves is coming home,” said MUSC President Ray Greenberg, M.D., Ph.D. “He is a native of Charleston and a 1969 MUSC graduate. While attending medical school here, he was an award winner in our annual student research competition. Since leaving us, he has gained an international reputation in the field of cardiothoracic anesthesiology. At Duke, he has built one of the pre-eminent departments of anesthesiology in the country. Dr. Reves is a respected clinician, teacher, researcher and administrator. I am pleased that he is bringing his talents to this key position, and I join with our MUSC family in welcoming Dr. Reves home.”
Reves' primary research interests have included attempts to better understand the nature of the risks of cardiac surgery in elderly patients, with a focus on improving the outcomes of such surgery. He has been funded in the amount of $4.3 million from the National Institutes of Health for his research on aging and cognition after cardiac surgery.
Among Reves' notable clinical accomplishments, he provided anesthesia to the first heart transplant recipient at the Duke University Medical Center.
A fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the Royal College of Anaesthetists, Reves serves on the Board of Trustees of the International Anesthesia Research Society. Last year he served as president of the Association of University Anesthetists.
Author or editor of 13 books in the field of anesthesiology, Reves has held editorial positions for 12 professional publications in his field. He has numerous scientific publications, including more than 146 peer-reviewed articles, 74 book chapters, 65 editorials and letters, and 13 film and audiovisual presentations.
Reves has served on numerous university, state and national advisory committees, including the Food and Drug Administration Anesthetic and Life Support Drugs Advisory Committee, the American Heart Associa-tion's Executive Committee of the Council on Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery and the executive committee of the International Anesthesia Research Society.
He received his B.A. degree from Vanderbilt University and postgraduate
training at the University of Alabama Hospital and Clinics. Reves is married
to the former Virginia Cath-cart, who was a 1968 graduate of the MUSC College
of Health Professions. Mrs. Reves' father was a 1942 graduate of the MUSC
College of Medicine. The Reveses have three daughters.