Michael Good
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
SpouseDanette Good
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine
InstitutionsUniversity of Florida

University of Utah

Michael L. Good is an American anesthesiologist and the CEO of University of Utah Health (U of U Health), Executive Dean of the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, and the A. Lorris Betz Senior Vice President of Health Sciences.[1] He served as the interim president of the University of Utah from Feb-Sept. of 2021.[2]

Early life and education

Born and raised in Waterford, Michigan, Good graduated from the University of Michigan with a bachelor's degree in computer and communication sciences.[3] He also earned his medical degree from Michigan and then moved to Gainesville in 1984 to complete residency training in anesthesiology and a research fellowship at University of Florida, where he joined the College of Medicine faculty in 1988.

Career

In the 1980s, Good led a team of physicians and engineers that invented the Human Patient Simulator, previously called the Gainesville Anesthesia Simulator, a full-body computer-controlled mannequin simulator.[4] In 1994, he became the chief of anesthesiology at the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center in Gainesville, Florida, and in 1998, chief of staff and system medical director for the North Florida South Georgia Veterans Health System. In 2005, he was named associate dean for clinical affairs and chief of staff for UF Health Shands Hospital and Shands AGH. Good served as the ninth Dean of the University of Florida College of Medicine[5] from 2008-2018. During his tenure as medical school dean at Florida he built new facilities that helped to grow ambulatory practice visits, hospital admissions, surgical procedures and emergency department visits by 70 percent or more; grew annual NIH grant funding by 67 percent; and modernized medical education at UF with a new, state-of-the-art medical education facility, the George T. Harrell Medical Education Building.[6]

University of Utah Health

At U of U Health, Good works to assure the professional and educational success of more than 20,000 faculty, staff and students[7] who make U of U Health one of the nation's premier centers of academic health sciences.

From 2018-2021, Good led the health system to develop a five-year strategy[8] and played a critical role in leading Utah to be positioned as a national model in mental health care;[9] created a partnership to develop an innovative medical education focusing on population health;[10] secured a transformational gift for medical education and scientific research;[11] began reforms to medical education;[12] and led the health system's charge to declare systemic racism as a public health crisis.[13]

Boards and Taskforces

Good is chair-elect of the Association of Academic Health Centers (AAHC) board of directors,[14] a member of the American and Utah Medical Associations, and the American and Utah Societies of Anesthesiologists. In addition to AAHC, he currently serves on the Council of Deans of the Association of American Medical Colleges and the board of directors for University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics

During the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, he served on Utah's Public Health and Economic Emergency Commission, and he chaired the commission's Medical Advisory Subcommittee.[15]

References

  1. "The University of Utah named a new health sciences leader to replace Vivian Lee, the controversial School of Medicine dean who resigned last year". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  2. Tanner, Courtney (19 February 2021). "Interim president named to lead University of Utah after Ruth Watkins' departure". sltrib.com. The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  3. Tanner, Courtney (June 27, 2018). "The University of Utah named a new health sciences leader to replace Vivian Lee, the controversial School of Medicine dean who resigned last year". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  4. Mahoney, Bryan; Minehart, Rebecca D.; Pian-Smith, May C. M., eds. (December 17, 2019). Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Anesthesiology. Springer International Publishing. p. 118. ISBN 9783030268497. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  5. Gainesville Sun article about Good named dean
  6. "Sharing Announcement from Dr. Michael L. Good » Administrative Memo » University of Florida". administrativememo.ufl.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  7. "Steps Toward a Common Vision". uofuhealth.utah.edu. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  8. "Strategy Refresh 2020-2025 | University of Utah Health". uofuhealth.utah.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  9. "Here's what the University of Utah's medical school will do with a historic $110 million donation — and how it could help patients across the state". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  10. Health, University of Utah (2021-05-25). "U of U Health and Intermountain Healthcare are partnering to create more inclusive training for medical students". Deseret News. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  11. Tucker, Hank. "Eccles Family Behind Utah Banking Fortune Donates $110 Million To University Of Utah's Medical School". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  12. "MedEdMorphosis | University of Utah Health". uofuhealth.utah.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  13. "Systemic Racism is a Public Health Crisis". healthcare.utah.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  14. "Board and Steering Committee". www.aahcdc.org. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  15. Roche, Lisa Riley (2020-04-17). "New commission created by Legislature to recommend starting to reopen state by May 1". Deseret News. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
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