Fred Sanfilippo
Executive Vice President for Health Affairs
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| Fred Sanfilippo Executive Vice President for Health Affairs |
In 2007, Fred Sanfilippo, MD, PhD, was appointed Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, and CEO of the Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center at Emory University, as well as Chairman of Emory Healthcare. The Woodruff Health Sciences Center includes the Emory University School of Medicine, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Rollins School of Public Health, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, and Emory Healthcare, the WHSC's system of clinical facilities.
From 2000-2007, Dr. Sanfilippo held various titles at The Ohio State University, including Senior Vice President for Health Sciences, Dean of the College of Medicine, Medical Center CEO, and Executive Dean for Health Sciences. Dr. Sanfilippo received his BS and MS degrees in physics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1970, and his MD and PhD in immunology as a Medical Scientist Training Program Fellow at Duke University. From 1993-2000, Dr. Sanfilippo was the Baxley Professor and Chair of the Department of Pathology at Johns Hopkins.
With over 250 publications and $20 million in personal research grant support, he has been an active leader in transplantation, pathology, and academic medicine, has served on the editorial board of 13 professional journals, has been elected president of seven academic and professional organizations, and received numerous awards and recognition. Currently, he is a member of a number of for-profit and not-for-profit Boards and Councils such as Lifeline of Ohio Organ Procurement Organization, Inc., Omeris, The Columbus Partnership, the Association of Academic Health Centers and others.