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USF Health Names New Head of NeurologyJanuary 30, 2008 @ 10:16 am · Filed under Creative Educational Models, Press Releases



Clifton Gooch, MD

Tampa, FL (Jan. 29, 2008) – After a national search, the University of South Florida has recruited Clifton L. Gooch, MD, from Columbia University to be Chairperson of Neurology.

“Dr. Gooch has a powerful combination of research as well as taking care of patients,” said Stephen K. Klasko, MD, MBA, vice president for USF Health and dean of the College of Medicine. “He has an ideal background for leading the strategic expansion of the clinical and research activities of the Department of Neurology and building collaboration across the strong neurosciences teams at USF.”

At Columbia University, Dr. Gooch serves as a Professor of Clinical Neurology, founder and Director of the Columbia Neuropathy Research Center and also the Director of the Electromyography Laboratory at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. Prior to coming to Columbia he was a member of the faculty at Baylor College of Medicine where he served as Director of the Baylor Neurology Residency Training Program and Director of the Neurology Electromyography Laboratory at the Houston VA Medical Center.

Dr. Gooch has more than 15 years experience in therapeutic clinical trials and neuromuscular physiology, as well as extensive administrative and leadership experience at the institutional and national levels. His research has focused primarily on peripheral neuropathy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) and myasthenia gravis, though his work has also included compressive nerve injury, myopathy and spinal muscular atrophy, among other disorders.

“Under Dean Klasko’s leadership, the USF College of Medicine has become a place where great things are happening quickly. I look forward to joining this exciting era at USF and helping to lead the Department of Neurology into the national forefront of clinical care, research and education,” Dr. Gooch said. He will begin at USF on May 15, 2008.

Dr. Gooch has served as President of the American Academy of Immunotherapy and as a member of the Board of Directors for Columbia Medical Associates. He has served as Editor in Chief of the journal Advances in Immunotherapy and is a current editorial board member for numerous medical journals, including Neurology,(the journal of the American Academy of Neurology). He is currently on the Board of Directors for the principal specialty organization for neuromuscular disease worldwide, the American Association of Electrodiagnostic and Neuromuscular Medicine (AANEM) and has been an invited speaker and faculty for many academic organizations and institutions throughout the country and internationally.

Dr. Gooch completed medical school and residency in Neurology at Baylor College of Medicine, and his fellowship in Neuromuscular Disease at Duke University Medical Center. He holds three board certifications including Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology, and Electrodiagnostic Medicine.

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USF Health is dedicated to creating a model of health care based on understanding the full spectrum of health. It includes the University of South Florida’s colleges of medicine, nursing, and public health; the schools of biomedical sciences as well as physical therapy & rehabilitation sciences; and the USF Physicians Group. With $308 million in research funding last year, USF is one of the nation’s top 63 public research universities and one of Florida’s top three research universities.

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