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Dean E. Albert Reece |
Vice President for Medical Affairs, University of Maryland and John Z. and Akiko K. Bowers Distinguished Professor and Dean, University of Maryland School of Medicine
E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA, became dean of the University of Maryland School of Medicine in September 2006. Dr. Reece was previously vice chancellor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and dean of the University’s College of Medicine. He held faculty appointments as professor in the departments of obstetrics and gynecology, internal medicine and biochemistry and molecular biology.
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Prior to his tenure at UAMS, Dean Reece was the Abraham Roth Professor and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia. Dean Reece was also a faculty member at Yale University School of Medicine for nearly 10 years. His research focuses on the effects of diabetes during pregnancy, birth defects and prenatal diagnosis.
Originally from Jamaica, Dean Reece received a BS degree (magna cum laude) from Long Island University and an MD from the New York University School of Medicine. He completed an internship and residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Columbia University Medical Center and a postdoctoral fellowship in maternal fetal medicine at Yale University School of Medicine. In 1991, he was recruited to be chair of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at Temple University School of Medicine.
Dean Reece holds a PhD in biochemistry from the University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica, and an MBA from the Fox School of Business and Management at Temple University. He has published 11 books, four monographs and 450 peer-reviewed articles, chapters and abstracts. Dean Reece is also a sought-after lecturer, nationally and internationally, in his areas of expertise.
An expert on the mechanism of diabetes-induced birth defects, Dean Reece and his research group have pioneered the discovery of the dominant biochemical and molecular mechanisms underlying the cause of these birth defects, as well as methods to prevent these anomalies. He and his research team have also developed a technique for early prenatal diagnosis with potential for use in curative fetal therapy.
Dean Reece is a member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences, and he serves on IOM’s Board on Health Sciences Policy, the March of Dimes Scientific Advisory Committee, the Administrative Board of the Association of American Medical Colleges, and the Executive Committee of the National Council of Deans. He has also served on boards at several federal government agencies, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality and multiple committees and councils at the National Institutes of Health. In May 2006, the National Academies’ National Research Council and IOM announced Reece’s appointment to a newly commissioned committee to monitor and revise the Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research. Most recently, Dean Reece became Chair of the Council of Deans for the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) in October 2008.
Dean Reece is married to Sharon Reece, MA, JD, LLM, a visiting associate professor at the University of Maryland School of Law. They have three daughters.
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