UMC issued the following press release written by Gary Pettus.
Dr.
LouAnn Woodward, head of the University of Mississippi Medical Center,
will remain a major voice in shaping the future of academic medical
centers as she assumes a leadership role with the Association of
American Medical Colleges.
Woodward,
vice chancellor for health affairs and dean of the School of Medicine,
was appointed this month to the board of directors for the AAMC, whose
members are all 154 accredited U.S. and 17 accredited Canadian medical
schools; nearly 400 major teaching hospitals and health systems,
including 51 Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers; and more
than 80 academic societies.
Woodward
is serving on the board as one of two representatives of the AAMC’s
Council of Deans. She began serving as chair-elect of the COD
Administrative Board at the conclusion of the AAMC annual meeting in
Phoenix last week.
Woodward,
who has led UMMC since March 1, 2015, served a one-year term, until
July 2018, as chair of the influential Liaison Committee on Medical
Education, sponsored by the Washington, D.C.-based AAMC and the American
Medical Association. She remained a full member of the LCME until 2019,
for a total tenure of six years.
“I’ve
had the privilege of working with Dr. Woodward for over 10 years,” said
Dr. John E. Prescott, chief academic officer for the AAMC. “She is a
values-based colleague who combines clarity of thought, decisiveness,
and compassion to every organization she is involved in. She is one of
our nation’s most impactful academic leaders.”
The
LCME sets standards for U.S.- and Canadian-chartered medical education
programs run by universities or medical schools. In previous years,
Woodward worked on the LCME’s executive committee and as chair of its
subcommittee on international relations.
LCME
accreditation, which usually occurs every eight years, is required of
medical schools by most state boards of licensure to indicate that they
meet national standards for the awarding of a medical degree.
A
native of Carroll County, Woodward is also a professor of emergency
medicine. She earned her undergraduate degree from Mississippi State
University and, in 1991, her M.D. at the School of Medicine at UMMC,
where she also completed her residency training.
“I’m
honored to be included on the board of this organization that I value
so much, especially at a time when there are such consequential issues
facing academic medical centers and their vital role in protecting and
improving the nation’s health,” Woodward said. “My appointment is in
large part a reflection of the respect my UMMC colleagues have earned in
serving the people of Mississippi.”
Woodward
and others on the 17-member board of directors include faculty members
and leaders from such institutions as the University of Pennsylvania,
Georgetown University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Baylor College of
Medicine, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Boston
Medical Center.
The
new chair of the AAMC board is Dr. Joseph E. Kerschner, dean of the
Medical College of Wisconsin School of Medicine, and executive vice
president and provost of the Medical College of Wisconsin.
8 comments:
Ruth Cummins, Annie Oeth, Kate Royals and Gary Pettus, all formerly with the Clarion Ledger, now with UMMC.
How much can one make writing press releases? I suppose they are all free lancers, paid by the job. Mama, don't let your babies grow up to be journalists.
Nice to see the AAMC got their female quota from the 128th ranked Medical school.
This the same 'teaching hospital' that we read in another thread scored a 1 out of a possible 5 in provider rank? Reminds me of Feel Brant being put on national education boards when our schools are bumping the bottom of a turtle's ass.
Worthless is a good descriptor for you @5:06PM. You are not smart. Our scores just exceeded the national average (look it up). Your loser mentality is trying to drag the rest of us down but not going to happen today. Pay attention and stop mouth breathing so much.
11:03 is another one of those who sets his sites on finally achieving 'average'. When you're bumping the bottom and can somehow improve from 50 to 48, you've accomplished a 3.5% increase in your journey...or something like that. And when our third grade scholars move from 30% reading ability to 35% reading ability, wowzers, that something like a 5% jump while the national average moved from 60 to 62%, which is only a 2% jump. Let's schedule a parade with balloons and stuff. Waffle cones and summa them big pretzels.
There seems to be posters here suffering from what we call SLS.....also known as Shitty Life Syndrome. They are looking to cast negativity on everything they comment on.
Dr. Woodward does a good job and is well respected nationally. Our son finished med school in the middle of his class and was lucky to get accepted into a very tough residency program in Houston, TX. His med school training at UMMC allowed him to do very well in a top residence program.
Good for your son, 9:59. I applaud him. That does nothing, though, to change the fact that UMMC is a third rate teaching hospital and trauma center. And your post does nothing to persuade anybody that those of us who know that are suffering from SLS. You may not like it, but we are realists who pay attention.
Congrats LouAnn! Carroll County's finest!
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