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Vascular surgeon John D. Hughes, MD, an associate professor in The University of Arizona Department of Surgery, has been elected to a two-year term as Chief of Staff of University Medical Center. The appointment took effect Jan. 1.
Elected by the hospital’s medical staff, Dr. Hughes will be the chief administrative officer for the more than 650 physicians who practice at UMC. He also will serve as chairman of the hospital’s Medical Executive Committee while continuing to care for patients. Dr. Hughes earned his medical degree at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in 1980. He completed his residency at St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita. He also completed two fellowships: one in organ transplantation at the Harvard University Medical School in Boston and the second in vascular surgery at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. He is board-certified in surgery with a certificate of qualification in vascular surgery. |
He joined the UA College of Medicine as an assistant professor in the Department of Surgery, Section of Vascular Surgery in 1996 and today serves as associate professor of clinical surgery. Dr. Hughes has been the Chief of Staff-Elect since 2005 and has served on several UMC committees, including the Quality and Safety Board and Quality Review committees.
In addition to his clinical and teaching roles at UMC and the College of Medicine, Dr. Hughes is involved in research projects on vascular disease in diabetic patients. He is the author of dozens of research papers, abstracts and book chapters on vascular disease and surgery, diabetic complications and organ transplantation.
Dr. Hughes succeeds outgoing Chief of Staff Karl Kern, MD, a cardiologist at the UA Sarver Heart Center. Scott Klewer, MD, a pediatric cardiologist at the UA Department of Pediatrics, is the Chief of Staff-Elect.
