The Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami (UM) announces that Dr. Henri R. Ford of Haitian origin has been appointed as the School's new dean.

Learn more about Dr. Henri R. Ford :

Dr. Ford is a pediatric surgeon of Haitian descent who has close ties to his home country. In 2010, he traveled to Haiti after the earthquake to provide surgical care to injured children. Since then, he has returned regularly to provide care to residents. In May 2015, he made the first successful separation of join twin in Haiti, saying it was "extremely rewarding" to be able to perform the operation in his country alongside Haitian surgeons he helps to train.

He is currently the senior vice-president and chief of surgery at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), vice-dean of medical education, and professor and vice chair for clinical affairs in the Department of Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. Dr. Ford was professor and chief of the Division of Pediatric Surgery and surgeon-in-chief at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine prior to joining CHLA in January 2005.

Dr. Ford will join the University of Miami on June 1st.

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