Letter from the CEO, April 2018
Moving medicine forward because every patient deserves a chance.
By: Leon L. Haley Jr., MD, MHSA, CPE, FACEP
The high-quality health care we enjoy today is the result of years of hard work by physicians, PhD scientists, medical researchers and other professionals who investigated the causes and potential treatments for disease. It is because of their tireless efforts that several once life-threatening afflictions have been eradicated.
While great progress has been made, there is still much to do. Researchers continue to see promising results for some of our biggest health problems, such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease, through their ongoing studies. As investigations continue and more findings are made, we will continue to see profound changes in our approach to treatment.
UF Health and the University of Florida colleges of Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy are at the forefront of many of these advancements. As an academic health center, our physicians capitalize on many breakthroughs by taking discoveries directly from the laboratory setting into our exam rooms and specialty practices with the help of patients.
"UF Health and the University of Florida colleges of Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy are at the forefront of many of these medical advancements."
Leon L. Haley, MD, MHSA
Chief Executive Officer, UF Health Jacksonville
In order to improve treatment options or increase the survival rates for specific diseases, we must test new treatments against current therapies. Sometimes important clinical research isn't completed because enough people could not be recruited. Through developments in genetics, we also know it is important for volunteers to come from diverse backgrounds, further increasing the challenges for many current clinical studies and trials.
UF Health Jacksonville is working to change that through our new Jacksonville Aging Studies Center, or JAX-ASCENT. The new center will connect older adults who are interested in participating in medical studies with study investigators, a major part in the process of enhancing health care. By conducting and participating in research, we aim to provide hope for patients who are limited by their conditions. This clinical registry fulfills an important need — allowing us to move medicine forward because every patient, regardless of age, deserves a chance.
Leon L. Haley Jr., MD, MHSA, CPE, FACEP
CEO, UF Health Jacksonville; Vice President for Health Affairs, University of Florida; Dean, UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville
Leon L. Haley Jr., MD, MHSA, is the CEO of UF Health Jacksonville, vice president for health affairs at the University of Florida, dean of the UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville and a professor of emergency medicine.
Haley, who joined UF in January 2017, previously served as a professor of emergency medicine and executive associate dean at Emory University, and chief medical officer of the Emory Medical Care Foundation in Atlanta. Haley also formerly served as deputy senior vice president of medical affairs, chief of emergency medicine for Grady Health System and vice chair of emergency medicine at Emory University. Prior to his positions at Grady and Emory, Haley was a senior staff physician at the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit.
Haley completed his undergraduate degree from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. He earned his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master of Health Service Administration from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Haley completed his residency in emergency medicine at the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, serving a year as chief resident.
Haley is board-certified in emergency medicine and is a…
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