Bill Nealon, M.D., professor of Surgery, associate Surgeon-in-Chief and associate executive Medical Director of Perioperative Services, is leaving Vanderbilt effective March 31. He’s been at Vanderbilt since 2009.
Nealon will assume the role of executive director of Perioperative Services, professor and Clinical Chief at the Yale-New Haven Hospital.
“While we will miss his contributions to Vanderbilt, we congratulate Dr. Nealon on his new position and wish him great success,” said R. Daniel Beauchamp, M.D., J.C. Foshee Distinguished Professor and chair, Section of Surgical Sciences. Beauchamp is also deputy director, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, and Surgeon-in-Chief, Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
“It is a mark of strength for Vanderbilt University Medical Center when strong academic programs recruit our faculty for important leadership roles such as the one Dr. Nealon will assume at Yale,” said Naji N. Abumrad, M.D., John L. Sawyers Professor of Surgery and chair, Department of Surgery.