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Rita M. Ryan,
M.D., was named chair of the Department of Pediatrics. Ryan, who
received her medicine degree and completed her residency in pediatrics
at SUNY-Upstate, is professor of pediatrics, Pathology and Anatomical
Sciences and Gynecology-Obstetrics at State University of New York
(SUNY)-Buffalo, where she serves as chief of the Division of
Neonatology, director of the Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship
Program and director of the Center for Developmental Biology of the
Lung. Ryan did her fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine at the
University of Cincinnati/Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
She has an extensive research background and is principal investigator
of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)-funded
Prematurity and Respiratory Outcomes Program and site principal
investigator of the NHLBI-funded Trial of Late Surfactant. Ryan will
begin July 1.
Craig
Crosson, Ph.D., professor of ophthalmology, is the senior associate
dean for research in COM.
Bob
Marriott joined the College of Medicine as the new associate dean for
administration and planning effective March 1. His immediate focus will
be on the implementation of a space allocation and management process
for the college. Marriott has experience in space management and
administration in institutions of higher education.
Jack
Feussner, M.D., Distinguished University Professor, was named to the
new position of executive senior associate dean for clinical affairs
March 15. Feussner, former chair of the Department of Medicine, will
help lead and manage the clinical mission of COM. He will help set
organizational priorities and guide development moving towards a more
fully-integrated health care system, which will include a clinically
integrated physician network to better position the institution for
health care reform. Richard Silver, M.D., Distinguished University
Professor, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, is serving as
interim chair of the Department of Medicine while a search is conducted.
Mark Lyles,
M.D., a 1993 College of Medicine alumnus and former chief resident of
MUSC's Department of Internal Medicine, assumed the new role of chief
strategic officer for the MUSC Clinical Enterprise as of May 7. He will
be responsible for management of MUHA/COM affiliations with other
health care systems and hospitals, will assist with the identification
and formation of selective physician partnerships, and will be the
primary person charged with the implementation of clinical outreach.
Most recently, Lyles has worked at the Association of American Medical
Colleges as senior director of health care affairs, where he guided
institutions in implementing innovative care delivery and payment
models and managed a forum for chief strategy and innovation officers
at academic medical centers to discuss and share best practices. 
Phil
Saul, M.D., professor of pediatrics and director of the Division of
Pediatric Cardiology and the Children's Heart Program of South
Carolina, has been named to the new position of senior associate dean
for children's health outreach effective July 1. Saul will play a
significant role in the leadership and management of pediatric outreach.|
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