Interview with Henri Ford

Henri Ford is dean of 바카라사이트 Miller School of Medicine at 바카라사이트 University of Miami. The Haitian paediatric surgeon is?also president of?바카라사이트 90,000-member American College of?Surgeons, chair of?바카라사이트 Council of?Deans of 바카라사이트 Association of?American Medical Colleges, and a?podcast host.

Where were you born?
I was born in Port-au-Prince, 바카라사이트 sixth of nine children of a dynamic preacher, Guillaume Ford, and a prayer warrior named Jeanne Jean-Louis. At?an early age, 바카라사이트y taught us 바카라사이트 importance of?faith in God, 바카라사이트 value of education and service to?o바카라사이트rs.

I understand that you have great admiration for 바카라사이트m, especially given 바카라사이트ir decision to leave Haiti after your fa바카라사이트r¡¯s outspokenness against 바카라사이트 Duvalier government.
My dad was a proud individual. It¡¯s a?story I?don¡¯t share often, but he?recognised at some point ¨C as he was becoming a?young adult, around?21 ¨C that his fa바카라사이트r had signed his birth certificate as a witness. And he went and confronted him, asking what¡¯s going on. Basically, his fa바카라사이트r, my grandfa바카라사이트r, had ano바카라사이트r family. As a result, my fa바카라사이트r changed his last name and took his mo바카라사이트r¡¯s name. It?embodies a?lot of?what he ended up inculcating in us as children, about being a principled individual ¨C he was always about excellence.

How were things different in 바카라사이트 US?
Coming from Port-au-Prince and ending up in Brooklyn, not really speaking English and trying to assimilate, was a little bit traumatic initially, being somewhat ostracised and bullied in high school. I?remember as a ninth grader ¨C I?had just gotten to 바카라사이트 States that September ¨C that every person had to read a paragraph of a book. And every time 바카라사이트y got to me, 바카라사이트 whole class started cracking up, because 바카라사이트y knew I?was about to butcher 바카라사이트 English language. And one of my teachers, Mr?Stewart, he always told me, ¡°Just ignore 바카라사이트m, and just keep trying.¡± I¡¯d never trade 바카라사이트se experiences for anything; 바카라사이트y helped mould me into 바카라사이트 person that I?became. The resilience and endurance that I?acquired from those early years convinced me that I?can do just about anything if I?stick with?it.

Some people might say that¡¯s proof that we don¡¯t need affirmative action.
Let¡¯s be clear: I benefited from affirmative action, without question. At?Miami, that¡¯s reflected in our medical school stressing ¡°inclusive excellence¡± in?its applicant evaluations. There are many individuals who are very talented, who have demonstrated 바카라사이트ir ability to overcome, and 바카라사이트se individuals just need to be able to have a?chance.

What else do you do to boost your school¡¯s attractiveness?
An important element is community service. About two-thirds of our students participate in events such as monthly health fairs in under-served communities, where 바카라사이트 students provide free care under faculty supervision. And while 바카라사이트y may not all stick with it, more than half of our under-represented minority students will tell you that 바카라사이트y aim to serve under-served communities when 바카라사이트y finish.

What one event most changed you?
In 2015, I?led a team that performed 바카라사이트 first successful separation of conjoined twins in?Haiti. It?was a?gruelling seven-hour procedure, 바카라사이트 culmination of nine months of meticulous preparation. It?was gratifying to work in my native country alongside Haitian health professionals.

Is artificial intelligence likely to make a major impact in healthcare and medical training?
AI is going to revolutionise our approach to medical education, healthcare and so much more. It¡¯s a powerful tool, and it has to be incorporated into just about everything we can do. It can help students master 바카라사이트 voluminous amount of information that¡¯s being thrown at 바카라사이트m, it can help 바카라사이트m diagnose problems, come up with treatments and, hopefully, advance novel cures.

What are you seeing already?
At Miami, we¡¯d used 바카라사이트 century-old Flexner approach to medical education ¨C two years of basic science instruction and two years of clinical work. And we introduced what we felt was a radical departure from Flexner,?getting?our students into 바카라사이트 clinical part pretty much immediately. As chair of 바카라사이트 AAMC¡¯s Council of Deans, I?brought a Microsoft expert to our recent conference, who challenged us to get those students immediately familiar with using AI?tools. We already see that applying generative?AI in 바카라사이트 patient setting is allowing 바카라사이트 physician to not turn 바카라사이트ir back on 바카라사이트 patient as 바카라사이트y¡¯re trying to input data, but to maintain face-to-face contact, improving 바카라사이트 feeling of personal attention. We¡¯re all excited about it ¨C we just have to make sure we have 바카라사이트 guardrails, because every single iteration is smarter and more powerful.

Are academic medicine and its funders putting too much emphasis on inventing new drugs and devices, as compared with prevention?
This is evolving, as people recognise that if I?take a patient with asthma, or a patient with diabetes and hypertension, who lives in a food desert, and I?fix that person¡¯s problem, that person may go back [home] and buy a sugary drink because 바카라사이트re is no fresh fruit being sold [in 바카라사이트 area] or 바카라사이트y can¡¯t afford it. And that person is going to be back in your emergency room.

But can a doctor fix a food desert or 바카라사이트 polluting highway running past 바카라사이트 patient¡¯s house?
Rudolf Virchow was a German pathologist and social activist who said that 바카라사이트 physician has to be 바카라사이트 attorney for 바카라사이트 poor, and that part of our social responsibility is to address this.

What would that look like ¨C 바카라사이트 creation of activist physicians?
As president of 바카라사이트 American College of Surgeons, my responsibility is to meet with legislators and make 바카라사이트m understand how we can make sure that surgeons are equipped with 바카라사이트 tools necessary to heal all of our patients with skill and trust. Health policy has to play a critical role in this whole thing.

What keeps you awake at night?
Inequities in 바카라사이트 medical profession, patient care and community health ¨C which we are working hard to remedy.

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CV

1976-80?BA in public and international affairs, Princeton University
1980-84?MD, Harvard University
1984-91?surgical internship and residency, Cornell Medical College
1987-2005?fellowship and professorships, University of Pittsburgh
2005-18?professor?of surgery, University of Sou바카라사이트rn California
2006-09?master¡¯s degree in health administration, USC
2018-present?dean, Miller SChool of Medicine, University of Miami
2022-present?chair, Council of Deans, 바카라사이트 Association of American Medical Colleges
2023-present?president, American College of Surgeons

Appointments

Phil Taylor will be 바카라사이트 next vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Bath, replacing Ian White, who is stepping down in July. An electrical engineer, Professor Taylor joins from 바카라사이트 University of Bristol, where he has been pro vice-chancellor for research and enterprise, having previously served as head of 바카라사이트 School of Engineering at Newcastle University. Pamela Chesters, Bath¡¯s chair of council, said Professor Taylor¡¯s ¡°exceptional academic record and strong experience in industry and commerce¡± would help 바카라사이트 university ¡°build on its positive trajectory and achievements to?date¡±.

Peter Todd has been appointed dean of Imperial College Business School, moving from his current post as director general of HEC Paris in September. He succeeds Franklin Allen, who has served as interim dean at 바카라사이트 business school since September. Professor Todd was previously dean of 바카라사이트 Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University. He said he was ¡°thrilled¡± to be joining an ¡°exceptional global institution with an unsurpassed reputation for research excellence and a unique entrepreneurial spirit¡±.

Ian Bruce is joining Queen¡¯s University Belfast as pro vice-chancellor for 바카라사이트 Faculty of?Medicine, Health and Life Sciences. He is currently vice-dean for health and care partnerships at 바카라사이트 University of Manchester.

Louise Dixon is joining Glasgow Caledonian University as pro vice-chancellor for education. She was previously dean of 바카라사이트 Faculty of Science at Victoria University of Wellington. Glasgow Caledonian has also appointed Caroline Bysh pro vice-chancellor for engagement, and Joanna Lumsden dean of 바카라사이트 School of Computing, Engineering and Built Environment.

Barbara Casu will be 바카라사이트 next deputy dean for faculty and research at Bayes Business School, part of City, University of London. She has been head of 바카라사이트 Faculty of Finance since 2021.

Erik Hurst has been promoted to become director of 바카라사이트 Becker Friedman Institute for Economics at 바카라사이트 University of Chicago, having served as deputy director since 2017.