GUMC EVP

Office of the Executive Vice President for Health Sciences and Executive Dean

As Executive Vice President for Health Sciences at Georgetown University and Executive Dean of the School of Medicine, Howard Federoff, MD, PhD, oversees a biomedical research organization with $138 million in external research funding in 2005. As EVP, he is responsible for advancing the educational and research missions of Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC), and working effectively with the leadership of MedStar Health, its clinical partner. GUMC comprises a School of Medicine (founded in 1851), a School of Nursing & Health Studies, the Biomedical Graduate Research Organization (BGRO), and Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Prior to his arrival at Georgetown in April 2007, Dr. Federoff held appointments as Senior Associate Dean for Basic Research; Professor of Neurology, Medicine Microbiology and Immunology; and Professor of Oncology and Genetics at the University of Rochester School of Medicine, and as Founding Director of the Center for Aging and Development Biology at the Aab Institution of Biomedical Sciences at Rochester. After joining the Rochester faculty in 1995, he also served as Director of the University of Rochester’s Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program and as Founding Chief of the Division of Molecular Medicine and Gene Therapy.

Read Dr. Federoff's full bio here.

Below, find transcripts of Dr. Federoff's dialogues with the GUMC community.