Henri R. Ford, M.D., MHA is dean and chief academic officer of the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Ford is a Haitian-born pediatric surgeon recognized for his global contributions in medicine including performing the first successful separation of conjoined twins in Haiti in 2015, alongside surgeons he helped train.
Motivated by a desire to drive change and have a positive impact on the world, Dr. Ford has conducted groundbreaking research on the pathogenesis of necrotizing enterocolitis and has been funded by the NIH and the RWJ Foundation, among others. He is the author of more than 300 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, invited articles, abstracts and presentations. At Miller School, Dr. Ford is developing the next generation of transformational leaders who will shape the future of medicine. Under his leadership, the Miller School has increased its research funding from the NIH from $128 million in 2018 to more than $175 million in 2022.
After earning his undergraduate degree from Princeton University, Dr. Ford received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. He then completed his surgical internship and residency at New York Hospital Weill-Cornell Medical College, a research fellowship in immunology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and a clinical fellowship in pediatric surgery at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. He also received a Master of Health Administration degree from USC.
Dr. Ford is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the Royal College of Surgeons (England), and the American Academy of Pediatrics. He serves on the editorial board of numerous scientific journals. He is a member of the Harvard Medical School Visiting Committee, the Board of Trustees of Princeton University, the Board of Directors of the Association of American Medical College (AAMC), and he chairs the Council of Deans of the AAMC. Dr. Ford is a member of the National Academy of Medicine. He is past president of the American College of Surgeons 2023-2024 (ACS), the Society of Black Academic Surgeons, the Surgical Infection Society, the American Pediatric Surgical Association, and the Association for Academic Surgery, which established the “Henri Ford Junior Faculty Research Award” in his honor. He is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Gold Humanism in Medicine award from the AAMC, the Arnold Salzberg award from the Surgical Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Owen Wangensteen Scientific Forum Award from the ACS, which recognizes iconic figures in academic surgery for their leadership, mentorship, and scholarship.
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