Inside Duke Medicine
Ravin 1st PDC president
posted September 30th, 2008
Following a national search conducted over the past year, Carl E. Ravin, M.D., chairman of the Department of Radiology, has been named the first president of the Private Diagnostic Clinic, LLC.
Ravin assumes his new post Oct. 1.
As PDC president, he will, among other things, work in collaboration with Victor Dzau, M.D., chancellor for health affairs and CEO of Duke University Health System; William J. Fulkerson Jr., M.D, senior vice president for clinical affairs; and Nancy Andrews, M.D., Ph.D, dean of the School of Medicine, on strategic priorities. Ravin also will work with them to help focus on and address organizational challenges and participate in such things as clinical department reviews.
PDC had a number of outstanding candidates for the position, said Mark Newman, M.D., chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology and chairman of the PDC Board of Managers. But, he said, the board was convinced Ravin was the ideal choice to advance the Duke physician practice and develop a greater PDC partnership with the Duke University Health System and the Duke University School of Medicine in defining and implementing a strategic vision for the future.
“We are entering a historic and important time that will require an organizational priority toward partnership, action and pursuit of excellence unlike any other in our history,” Newman said. “I am excited and optimistic about the direction in which we are headed and look forward to working with Carl to further establish Duke and the PDC as the place where the best physicians in the world come to practice, teach and do research.”
Dzau praised Ravin as “a highly effective and respected chairman for the Department of Radiology and has also been an important leader for the school over many years.”
“We are looking forward to working closely with Dr. Ravin in this position to further align PDC operations with those of the health system and the School of Medicine,” Dzau said.