我们的院长
Michael B. Hocker, MD, MHS
赌博平台医学院院长
UT健康RGV高级副总裁
传记
Dr. Hocker is an academic medical physician and servant leader. He joined 赌博平台 in 2021 and serves as dean of the 医学院 and senior vice president for UT健康RGV, 学校的临床实习. Outside of his leadership roles at 赌博平台, he is a professor of Emergency 医学 in the 赌博平台医学院’s Department of 手术, where he works with medical students and residents.
Dr. Hocker is a master clinician board-certified in Emergency 医学. He completed his internship at the UC Davis East Bay Surgical Program in Oakland, CA, and his residency training in Emergency 医学 at the University of Massachusetts.
前美国大学.S. 海军飞行外科医生. 霍克毕业于麻省理工学院. 杜兰戈的刘易斯学院, CO, and earned his Doctor of 医学 degree from the University of Colorado 医学院.
As dean at the UTGV 医学院, he oversees all medical education and Research programs in the 里奥格兰德河谷. This work is vital to providing future generations of physicians, 医疗专业人员, and scientists who will contribute life-changing discoveries and treatments to their communities.
在任职期间,博士. Hocker led the 赌博平台医学院 to receive full accreditation from the Liaison Committee on 医学教育 in 2023. This accreditation is significant for the 里奥格兰德河谷 because, 前进, the 医学院 will be allowed to plan for an increase in the number of students it can admit each year and enable the institution to continue to address the shortage of medical providers throughout the region.
In his continued leadership in helping guide the 医学院 to reach new milestones, Dr. Hocker has also played an instrumental role in the 赌博平台医学院’s physician training program being granted continued accreditation from the 认证 Council for 医学Research生教育, charged with evaluating and accrediting 医学Research生教育 (GME) programs across the United States.
在他的领导下, the academic medical institution now oversees and sponsors several residency and fellowship programs in the 里奥格兰德河谷, with more than 500 medical students and residents having graduated as 医疗专业人员.
Dr. Hocker has also led the clinical strategy for developing the new UT健康RGV Cancer and 手术 Center, slated to open to patients in early 2025 as part of the new oncology medical center planned in McAllen, TX. In addition, he is a strong advocate for patient and family-centered, high-quality health care. He has been instrumental in improving the clinical functions of UT健康RGV clinics throughout the 里奥格兰德河谷 – proving that Dr. Hocker is dedicated to transforming how health care is delivered in the border region.
在加入赌博平台之前, he was the senior associate dean and designated institutional official (DIO) of GME at the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) at Augusta University. 在这里,博士. Hocker oversaw 51 residency and fellowship programs in that role and was the vice-chair of Operations for Emergency 医学 and assistant DIO for GME.
在MCG之前, he spent 14 years at Duke University 医学院, where he helped start what is now considered one of the country’s top Emergency 医学 training programs. 博士,. Hocker earned a Master of Health Science in Clinical 领导 from Duke.
早些时候, in 2016, the Duke Division of Emergency 医学 honored his leadership by naming the Michael B. Hocker, MD, Duke Emergency 医学 Division 领导 and Service Award.
He and his family have made the 里奥格兰德河谷 their home, and they love being part of the 赌博平台 community, where they are now closer to his parents, 谁现在住在哈林根, TX.