Dean, School of Medicine
University of California, Irvine
University of California Irvine
Irvine, CA, United States
Michael J. Stamos, MD, joined UCI in 2002 and is currently dean of the School of Medicine, a position he has held since early 2016. During his tenure, the School has steadily climbed in research awards and has received the highest accreditation possible from the Association of American Medical Colleges/American Medical Association Liaison Committee on Medical Education. Today, more than 50 percent of the school’s executive leadership team are women. In addition, the percentage of UCI School of Medicine matriculants identifying as underrepresented minorities, is in the top quartile nationally. During his deanship, two of the School’s three mission-based programs – PRIME-LC, PRIME LEAD-ABC and HEAL-IM – have started. The Leadership Education to Advance Diversity-African, Black and Caribbean (PRIME LEAD-ABC) program is a first-of-its-kind effort aimed at producing future physicians who are committed to serving these communities and was planned and recruited for in 2018 and was launched in 2019. Health Education to Advance Leaders in Integrative Medicine (HEAL-IM) is designed to provide a future generation of physicians with additional training and skills in the tools and philosophies of integrative medicine.
Dean Stamos was born in Miami, Florida and received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He completed his surgery internship and residency at the University of Miami / Jackson Memorial Medical Center in Miami, Florida, and received additional fellowship training at the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans, Louisiana.
He is a past president of the ASCRS, the ABCRS, and past president of the Research Foundation of ASCRS. Over the course of his career, Dr. Stamos has published more than 250 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 38 chapters, and has served as editor on nine textbooks, including the ASCRS Textbook of Colon and Rectal Surgery.
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