1/7/2024 0 Comments Webber university![]() ![]() For calendar 2022, the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research ranked the Department No. The Department remains a top recipient of research grants with more than $101 million from all federal and nonfederal sources. I wish him the very best in this new endeavor,” said Meg Rush, MD, MMHC, President of Monroe Carell. ![]() He is an outstanding colleague and friend. His thoughtful approach and advocacy for our faculty and patients enabled a great partnership that has steadily advanced the health of children in our region, in our nation and even around the world. For the past 12 years, I have had the true privilege of watching him grow the Department of Pediatrics across all of our missions: clinical programming, research and education. “It is with both joy and sadness that I celebrate this career change for Dr. Combined with the Pediatric Emergency Department at Williamson Medical Center, which the Department’s physicians staff, total ED visits were more than 67,000. In total, Monroe Carell discharged more than 17,000 inpatients while total ambulatory visits for the Department of Pediatrics approached 300,000. With new patient visits increasing by 20% over the last two years, fiscal year 2023 was the Department’s busiest clinical year ever. The Department now provides care at 30 off-campus locations in a statewide network of care, which includes clinics, after-hours care, emergency room coverage, specialty care, and support for several nurseries and neonatal intensive care units located within other hospitals across Tennessee. Since 2012, the Department’s clinical revenues have risen by 83%. The Department’s robust training programs continue to attract the best and brightest trainees from across the country, and even globally, drawing 1,200 applications last year with five resident trainees originating from other countries. The Department is currently comprised of 460 primary faculty and VMG clinicians, 140 secondary faculty, 282 voluntary faculty who practice in the community, 92 postdoctoral fellows, 127 residents and 270 administrative and research staff. Since 2012, 477 new Pediatrics clinicians and faculty have been hired, nearly doubling the department with new faculty coming from across the nation. Under Webber’s leadership the Department of Pediatrics has experienced record-setting growth in the number of new faculty, staff and trainees added. I plan to take with me to UAMS all that I have learned here at VUMC,” said Webber. I have learned so much from all our faculty and staff, and it has been wonderful to work with so many talented people who are dedicated to improving the lives of children and their families. “It has been a great honor to serve as Chair of the Department of Pediatrics and Pediatrician-in-Chief at Monroe Carell. A research institution, UAMS was the recipient of $158 million in external grant funding that year. In 2022, the faculty of UAMS cared for more than 20,000 inpatients, performed 17,580 surgical procedures, and experienced nearly 550,000 outpatient visits. Another 150 family medicine residents train at UAMS’ seven regional campuses. UAMS has approximately 700 medical students on two campuses and is home to 65 ACGME-accredited residency and fellowship programs training approximately 700 residents and fellows. granting medical school and health sciences university. I know he will bring tremendous leadership and experience to this important leadership role at UAMS.”Īt UAMS, Webber will lead Arkansas’ only M.D. “We are all very grateful for his dedication to caring for all children. Steve has solidly positioned the Department as a national leader with a bright future,” said Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer of VUMC and Dean of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. ![]() Webber’s leadership the Department of Pediatrics has flourished. Because Monroe Carell provides a full range of pediatric specialties and subspecialty services, with some subspecialties or procedural techniques only available at select national centers, patients arrive from across the nation to receive highly personalized care. ![]() Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, has led the Department of Pediatrics since 2012 as the Department’s clinical staff has grown significantly each year while the hospital has experienced increasing demand for its services. Webber, who is also Pediatrician-in Chief for Monroe Carell Jr. Webber’s successor will be announced in the coming year. He will join UAMS on March 1, 2024.Īn interim chair for the Department will be named soon, and a national search to identify Dr. Overall Professor and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics, has been named as Dean of the College of Medicine and Executive Vice Chancellor for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). By John Howser Steven Webber, MBChB, MRCP ![]()
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