In a unanimous vote, the Oregon Health & Science University Board of Directors selected Shereef Elnahal, M.D., M.B.A., to serve as OHSU’s next president. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

“I am thrilled that OHSU’s brilliant community has entrusted me with this important responsibility,” said Elnahal, M.D., M.B.A. “OHSU is an organization that exudes clinical excellence, servant leadership, and world-changing science. Joining this community will be the honor of my professional life, and I pledge to lead OHSU’s superlative team to even greater milestones of success and impact into the future.” (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

In a unanimous vote, the Oregon Health & Science University Board of Directors today selected Shereef Elnahal, M.D., M.B.A., to serve as OHSU’s next president. He is the sixth president to lead Oregon’s public academic health center since it became an independent organization in 1974. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Skip Bohm leads the Oregon National Primate Research Center. (Courtesy)