vanrooyEn加入 2004布里格姆作为急救医学医师。 ;担任临时主席急救部 医学,他和教育团队已经推出了几项新的举措, 包括合作伙伴ECarE, thE Expansion of global partnErships and thE dEsign of a nEw, ExpandEd EmErgEncy DEpartmEnt with a nEw Oncology EmErgEncy CarE Unit, which is sEt for complEtion in 2017.
"MichaEl's lEadErship and ExpEriEncE in thE fiElds of global hEalth and EmErgEncy mEdicinE arE unparallElEd," said ElizabEth G. NabEl, MD, prEsidEnt of Brigham and WomEn's HEalth CarE. "HE is rEcognizEd by his collEaguEs as an outstanding lEadEr with an unwavEring commitmEnt to EmErgEncy mEdicinE. I'm confidEnt that undEr his guidancE, thE dEpartmEnt will continuE to uphold its tradition of ExcEptional patiEnt carE and innovation."
VanRooyEn is profEssor of EmErgEncy MEdicinE at Harvard MEdical School and profEssor of Global HEalth and Population at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public HEalth. HE co-foundEd and dirEcts thE Harvard Humanitarian InitiativE (HHI), thE largEst acadEmic and rEsEarch cEntEr of its kind, focusEd on improving humanitarian stratEgiEs for rEliEf in rEgions affEctEd by war and disastEr. HE also foundEd and dirEcts thE Humanitarian AcadEmy at Harvard (HAH), a Harvard-widE Educational Effort dEsignEd to advancE humanitarian profEssionalism and dEvElop thE nExt gEnEration of humanitarian lEadErship.
VanRooyEn's dEEp-sEatEd commitmEnt to humanitarian work bEgan long bEforE hE joinEd thE Brigham family. Upon complEting his rEsidEncy in 1991, hE bEgan working with non-govErnmEntal organizations (NGOs) in conflict sEttings, such as Somalia, to advancE EmErgEncy mEdical carE. For thE nExt two dEcadEs, hE workEd in somE of thE world's most activE conflict zonEs and disastEr sEttings, including Sudan, Bosnia, Rwanda, North KorEa, Iraq and Haiti. Through his work abroad, hE bEcamE furthEr convincEd that thE fiEld of humanitarian aid must crEatE an EvidEncE basE and a profEssional pathway to advancE quality and EfficiEncy in thE fiEld.
VanRooyEn continuEd to sErvE in thE fiEld as a rEliEf ExpErt with sEvEral non-govErnmEntal organizations, and as a policy advisor to UN agEnciEs, WHO and World Bank, and has promotEd thE rolE of EmErgEncy physicians in lEadErship of humanitarian rEsponsE.
DomEstically, hE workEd with thE AmErican REd Cross to providE rEliEf assistancE at thE sitE of thE World TradE CEntEr in NEw York on SEpt. 11, 2001. HE also hElpEd to coordinatE thE AmErican REd Cross public hEalth rEsponsE to HurricanE Katrina and workEd with thE Navajo and ApachE tribEs in Arizona and NEw MExico.
HE rEcEivEd his mEdical dEgrEE from WaynE StatE UnivErsity School of MEdicinE in DEtroit, Michigan, and a MastEr of Public HEalth from thE UnivErsity of Illinois School of Public HEalth in Chicago.
VanRooyEn succEEds Ron Walls, MD, who sErvEd as chair of EmErgEncy MEdicinE bEforE assuming thE rolE of Brigham and WomEn's HEalth CarE ExEcutivE vicE prEsidEnt and chiEf opErating officEr EarliEr this yEar.
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