MSU prof named to St. Mary's GR post: When the partnership agreement between Saint Mary’s Health Care and the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine was signed two years ago, the presidents of both organizations promised more opportunities for collaboration as a result of the agreement. True to their word, Saint Mary’s President and CEO Philip H. McCorkle Jr. and MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon today announced the appointment of David Kaufman, D.O., founding chairperson of MSU’s Department of Neurology and Ophthalmology, as the medical director of Saint Mary’s Health Care neuroscience programs, soon to be moved into the new Hauenstein Center. Kaufman will serve as medical director of the neuroscience programs at Saint Mary’s in a three-year appointment, while also maintaining his department chair position in the Colleges of Human Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine. As part of the MSU – Saint Mary’s partnership agreement, Kaufman will help Saint Mary’s recruit nationally renowned leadership for its neuroscience programs, creating the model for the next phase of the Hauenstein Neuroscience Programs. As medical director of Saint Mary’s Health Care neuroscience programs, Kaufman will oversee all neuroscience programs, lead physician recruitment for the department, and be responsible for growth of services. He also will continue in his role as professor and chairperson of the Department of Neurology and Ophthalmology in the MSU colleges of Human Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine. The recipient of many national awards, Kaufman has been associated with the MSU College of Human Medicine and College of Osteopathic Medicine since 1984. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin and his medical degree from the College of Osteopathic Medicine in Philadelphia. His two clinical fellowships were in neurophysiology at the University of Wisconsin and, as a Harvard Research Fellow, at Massachusetts General Hospital in neuro-ophthalmology. He has authored numerous articles and texts on various aspects of neuro-ophthalmology and has been an invited lecturer on the topic more than 60 times in medical schools, hospital systems, and conferences across the country. His research interests include early therapeutic strategies for brain diseases such as multiple sclerosis, stroke and clinical neurovisual disorders.
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