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Joseph Flaherty, MD ’71, Res ’75, BS ’68 UIUC, is dean of the College of Medicine, which includes all four sites. He is supported by regional deans in Rockford, Peoria and Urbana.
Flaherty has been dean of the largest college of medicine in the country since Oct. 1, 2004. Before accepting the lead position at the college, Flaherty was head of the department of psychiatry at UIC, one of the most active research programs on campus. A medical faculty member, clinician and researcher since 1975, he received his undergraduate degree at Urbana-Champaign and his medical degree from the College of Medicine’s Chicago campus, where he also served an internship in pediatrics and a residency in psychiatry. He received additional research training in social psychiatry at UIC and in sociology at London University.
During his three-year tenure, Flaherty has overseen the college’s tremendous growth. A new, state-of-the-art research building was erected in 2005; research funding has increased dramatically, including a $19.6 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, which is the largest in the school’s history; and new programs like the Patient Safety Program have been developed to expand the student curriculum.
A professor of psychiatry before taking on the role of dean, Flaherty has more than 25 years of NIH funding in the areas of gender, depression and alcoholism. He has been funded by many private foundations for a variety of work ranging from the psychobiology of depression to the mental health of immigrants in central and South America, Russia and Israel. His clinical work has focused on major psychiatric disorders and impaired physicians. He has published more than 200 professional papers, books and chapters. He is a distinguished fellow in the American Psychiatric Association and a fellow of the American College of Psychiatry and has served on a many national and international committees, including those of the World Health Organization, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies and the NIH. He has been selected for a number of “Best Doctor” lists including Castle Connolly’s "America's Top Doctors"
UIC College of Medicine
Office of the Dean
Room 130 CMW, Mail Code 784
1853 West Polk Street Chicago, IL 60612
(312) 996-3500 phone
(312) 996-9006 fax
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