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Improving the Health of Humanity

by University Communications

ichael D. Dake, M.D., an
Minternationally recognized
physician-scientist, health educator and
innovative medical researcher, is the new
senior vice president for health sciences
at the University of Arizona. He also will
hold an appointment as a professor of
radiology.
“I am excited about the appointment
of Dr. Dake to this important leadership
position at the University of Arizona,”
says UA President Robert C. Robbins.
“Mike is a pioneer, recognized
internationally in the field of
interventional radiology, with whom
I was privileged to work for over two
decades at Stanford University. Mike’s
visionary leadership style will facilitate
our partnership with Banner Health and
prepare the Health Sciences Center to be
a global leader in improving the health of
humanity.”
Dake most recently served as Stanford UA President Robert C. Robbins and Michael D. Dake / Chris Richards photo
University’s Thelma and Henry Doelger
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery. He
made medical history in 1992 with the medical education, patient care and the His publications in Nature Medicine have
implantation of the world’s first thoracic health sciences,” Dake says. “I look forward been cited more than 1,000 times, and
stent-graft at Stanford, the first aortic to working with the talented students and his papers in the New England Journal of
stent-graft done in the U.S. world-class faculty and staff on a new era of Medicine have been referenced more than
As the UA senior vice president multidisciplinary research and leading-edge 1,500 times. Overall, Dake’s contributions
for health sciences, Dake will lead initiatives to benefit not only the people of to the medical literature have earned more
the integration of undergraduate and Arizona, but the future of global health care.” than 30,000 citations, which puts him
graduate education, research and clinical In addition to his academic among the top scientists in his field. He
activities among the UA health colleges appointment at Stanford, Dake directed holds 31 U.S. patents and has founded five
and their clinical partners. The UA Health the Catheterization and Angiography companies.
Sciences include the College of Medicine Laboratories at Stanford Medical Center. Dake is a graduate of Harvard College,
– Tucson; College of Medicine – Phoenix; He also served as chair of the Department where he was voted First Class Marshal by
College of Pharmacy; College of Nursing; of Radiology and Medical Imaging and the his graduating class, and Baylor College of
the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Harrison Distinguished Medical Teaching Medicine, where he completed an internship,
Public Health; and the UA Cancer Center. Professor at the University of Virginia Health residency and chief residency in internal
“It is an honor to join the University System from 2005-08. medicine. He is board certified in internal
of Arizona at such an exciting time in its Dake has an international reputation for medicine, pulmonary disease, diagnostic
distinguished history. With five health revolutionary work in improving vascular radiology, and vascular and interventional
colleges and a strong partnership with health to help treat debilitating diseases. He radiology.
Banner Health, the UA is positioned has published more than 300 peer-reviewed
to emerge as a transformative force in articles and more than 100 book chapters.

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