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Health Leader Imagine sailing through a storm, the kind where the wind and the waves are so strong it takes every ounce of your strength, skill and judgment just to keep the boat from capsizing. That’s where Dr. Charles (Charly) J. Lockwood is happiest. “I like sailing long distances, and in conditions others might view as less than optimal,” he says. “In fact, I find those conditions exhilarating.” Academic health itself is now navigating through rough waters—what Dr. Lockwood calls “a perfect storm” of pressure across its core missions of education, research and health care. So it’s appropriate that
Dr. Lockwood, the new senior vice president of USF Health and dean of the Morsani College of Medicine, thrives on tackling challenges. “There’s huge tumult and turmoil and we don’t know how it will all play out,” Dr. Lockwood says of today’s health landscape. “On the other hand, what an incredible time to be a doctor. We have imaging and technology that I couldn’t have dreamt of when I started medical school. For example, we can analyze the human genome in 24 hours.” Dr. Lockwood took the helm at USF Health in May, coming here from the Ohio State University College of Medicine, where he was dean. He’s also held leadership positions at Yale University and at New York University. A maternal-fetal medicine specialist, Dr. Lockwood is a national leader in women’s health and also has received international recognition for his research and is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. “The University of South Florida System is thrilled to welcome an individual of Dr. Lockwood’s national standing to lead USF Health as we continue to provide leading-edge health education and care,” says USF System President Judy Genshaft. “Dr. Lockwood is not only an innovative medical educator, but he is an accomplished researcher and entrepreneurial thinker who will be a leader for our region, state and nation.”
“All obstetricians, and perhaps especially highrisk obstetricians, are to a certain extent ‘adrenaline junkies,’” he says. “When the situation is
Dr. Charles J. Lockwood is USF Health’s new leader.
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Dr. Lockwood’s management career has been marked by building new programs and restoring faltering ones. That drive to fix, organize and improve is reflected in his approach to caring for patients as well, he says.