Richard Derman, MD MPH

Chair & Professor
Christiana Care Health System
Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology
4755 Ogletown Stanton Rd
Newark, DE
USA 19718

Biographical Sketch: In May 2008, I became the Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Christiana Care Health System (CCHS), one of the largest health care providers in the mid-Atlantic region, and I also serve as the Director of the Center for Women’s and Children’s Health Research. Prior to coming to CCHS, I held appointments as Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Schutte Chair in Women’s Health, and Associate Dean for Women’s Health at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Medicine. At UMKC, I also served as Medical Director and Principal Investigator for UMKC’s National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health. My clinical work while in Kansas City was with Truman Medical Centers, the safety net health care system for Kansas City and Jackson County, Missouri. I worked at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Medical Center from 1994 through 2001, holding appointments with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine and with the School of Public Health. I was also the Medical Director of the National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health based at UIC. While at the University of Illinois, I became principal investigator of a research unit associated with the NIH-funded Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research and I have remained in this role for 10 years and overseen the conduct of research in collaboration with Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (JNMC) of K.L.E. University, Belgaum, Karnataka, India. Before completing my residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Cornell University, The New York Lying-In Hospital, and my MPH degree from Johns Hopkins University, I served as a Peace Corps physician in India and a medical director of the Peace Corps in Washington, D.C. Upon completion of my residency, I was medical director and CEO of a federally funded agency dedicated to maternal-child health. I remained on the faculty at Cornell until 1994, when I started my work in women’s health at the University of Illinois. My years of experience in academic medical centers—all having clinical services dedicated to serving medically high-risk women—as well as my international are indicative of my interest in research and community-based approaches for improving maternal and child health.

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