Surgery Department Promotes Faculty

07/24/2006

Alan Michael Sadove, MD, James Harbaugh Professor of Surgery, has been named chief of surgery at the Clarian North Medical Center. Dr. Sadove trained in plastic surgery at University of Virginia and completed the prestigious craniofacial surgery fellowship at New York University Medical Center before joining the IUSM faculty in 1983.

Dr. Sadove and his colleagues are credited with making the Riley Hospital craniofacial unit one of the foremost in the world with over 1,800 current patients. He introduced the complex procedures involved in intracranial-extracranial surgery and helped refine them to their present status. He has led the multidisciplinary craniofacial team which has resulted in the development of an ACGME-accredited craniofacial fellowship training program at IUSM.

Dr. Sadove previously served as chief of plastic surgery at Riley Hospital. A member of many important national and international societies, he has served as president of the Ohio Valley Society of Plastic Surgeons, the American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons and the American Cleft Palate Association. He presently is a director of the American Board of Plastic Surgery.