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Gary J. Becker, M.D., Named to
Board of Directors of Baptist

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Baptist Health South Florida is pleased to announce the
appointment of Gary J. Becker, M.D., to the Board of Directors editorial@southfloridahospitalnews.com
of Baptist Health Medical Group. A retired interventional
radiologist, Dr. Becker is a renowned educator, researcher,
author and pioneer in the development of new vascular
devices. Dr. Gary J. Becker
He is an internationally recognized leader, serving as the
Executive Director of the American Board of Radiology for nearly seven years. Dr. Becker
served as Board Chair and President of one of the largest medical organizations in the
world, the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), receiving its Gold Medal in
2014 after serving eight years on its Board of Directors, with a focus on its scientific port-
folio.
Dr. Becker has held several key leadership positions at Baptist Health during his career,
including Director of Interventional Radiology, Assistant Medical Director, and Medical
Director of Clinical Research at Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute. Other notable career
highlights include working as branch chief of Image Guided Intervention in the Division
of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis at the National Cancer Institute as well as professor
of the Interventional Section at the University of Arizona. Dr. Becker earned his under-
graduate and medical degrees from Indiana University, where he also completed his res-
idency in Diagnostic Radiology and served on the faculty as Professor and Chief of the
Vascular Section.

Dr. John Ragheb Elected President of
the American Society of Pediatric
Neurosurgeons

Dr. John Ragheb, Director of the Division of Pediatric
Neurosurgery and Chief of the Department of Surgery at
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, has been elected President of the
American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons (ASPN).
Dr. Ragheb obtained his B.A. and M.A. with Honors from
Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD and then went on Dr. John Ragheb
to the University of Michigan School of Medicine in Ann
Arbor. He completed his residency in neurological surgery at the University of Maryland
Hospital in Baltimore, and then completed a fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery at New
York University Medical Center, Bellevue Hospital in New York City. Dr. Ragheb is board
certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery and the American Board of
Pediatric Neurological Surgery. He is currently the Chairman of the Neurosurgery
Specialty Committee for the American College of Surgeons.
He recently completed a 10-year term as a Director on the American Board of Pediatric
Neurological Surgery, five of which he served as the Secretary-Treasurer. Dr. Ragheb has
also served on the American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Neurological Surgery
executive committee, including a term as Chair.Dr. John Ragheb, Director of the Division
of Pediatric Neurosurgery and Chief of the Department of Surgery at Nicklaus Children’s
Hospital, has been elected President of the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons
(ASPN).
Dr. Ragheb obtained his B.A. and M.A. with Honors from Johns Hopkins University in
Baltimore, MD and then went on to the University of Michigan School of Medicine in
Ann Arbor. He completed his residency in neurological surgery at the University of
Maryland Hospital in Baltimore, and then completed a fellowship in pediatric neuro-
surgery at New York University Medical Center, Bellevue Hospital in New York City. Dr.
Ragheb is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery and the
American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery.
He is currently the Chairman of the Neurosurgery Specialty Committee for the
American College of Surgeons. He recently completed a 10-year term as a Director on the
American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery, five of which he served as the
Secretary-Treasurer. Dr. Ragheb has also served on the American Academy of Pediatrics,
Section on Neurological Surgery executive committee, including a term as Chair.

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