Announcement: Dr. James Calvin re-appointed as Chair/Chief, Department of Medicine

We are pleased to announce Dr. James Calvin has been re-appointed as Chair/Chief, Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University and its teaching hospitals, London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph's Health Care London, effective November 1, 2018 to October 31, 2023.

Dr. Calvin graduated from medical school from Dalhousie University in 1975.  He completed his residency in Internal Medicine and Critical Care in 1980 at Schulich Medicine & Dentistry, Western University.  This was followed by a residency in Cardiology at the University of Ottawa in 1981. In 1983, following post-doctoral training at the Cardiovascular Research Institute as a Medical Research Council Fellow under Dr. Stanton A. Glantz at the University of California in San Francisco, California, he joined the Department of Medicine at the University of Ottawa as an Assistant Professor.

Dr. Calvin was recruited as an Associate Professor to the Department of Medicine at Rush Medical College in Chicago, Illinois in 1991.  He was appointed Herrick Professor of Cardiology Research in 2002.  Dr. Calvin’s previous administrative experience includes Division Chair, Adult Cardiology, Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago (1999-2001), Section Director, Adult Cardiovascular Medicine, Rush University Medical Center (2002-2012), Medical Director, Rush Heart Institute (2002-2005) and Section Director, Clinical Preventative Medicine, Rush University Medical Center (2012-2013).

Dr. Calvin is an internationally renowned scholar with career accomplishments encompassing more than 330 publications and book chapters.  He serves as an external reviewer for the Medical Research Council of Canada, Canadian Heart Foundation, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and the American Health Journal.  In 2012, Dr. Calvin completed a Physician Executive MBA from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.  

Dr. Calvin was the recipient of the Department of Internal Medicine Teaching and Service Award at Rush University Medical Center (1994), the Governor’s Commendation Award, Illinois Chapter, American College of Cardiology (1999-2001) and the Quentin Young Leadership Award, Department of Medicine, Cook County Hospital (2001).

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Calvin on his re-appointment.

 

Davy Cheng, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FCAHS, CCPE
Dean (Acting), Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Distinguished University Professor
& EPICOR Research Chair
Western University, London, Canada

Dr. Robin Walker
Integrated Vice president, Medical
Affairs and Medical Education
London Health Sciences Centre and
St. Joseph's Health Care London