Office for 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 $251 million in external research funding in 2009. 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.
Prior to joining Georgetown in 2007, Dr. Federoff served as Senior Associate Dean for Basic Research and Professor of Neurology, Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology; and Professor of Oncology and Genetics at the University of Rochester School of Medicine, as well as Founding Director of the Center for Aging and Development Biology at the Aab Institute of Biomedical Sciences at Rochester.
He received his MS, PhD, and MD degrees from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and completed his internship, residency, and clinical and research fellowships at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Federoff’s research interests include gene therapy and neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and prion diseases. His research has received support from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the U.S. Department of Defense, among other sources.
“His imaginative vision for the future of medical education and research at Georgetown will build on our traditional areas of strength, and on the possibilities for interdisciplinary collaboration, translational research, and building further synergies with our clinical partner, MedStar Health.”
