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Judette Louis, MD, M.P.H., has been named dean of Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences Eastern Virginia Medical School at Old Dominion University effective Sept. 2, 2025. She is a widely regarded physician-scientist with extensive leadership experience in an academic health center and is a national leader in her field of maternal-fetal medicine.

These rankings hold strategic value for Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS Medical Group at Old Dominion University and Sentara Norfolk General Hospital as many students, residents, faculty and patients consider them when deciding where to train, practice and receive care.

Cancer specialist Michael Henry, Ph.D., has been appointed as the inaugural chair of the Department of Biomedical & Translational Sciences, effective June 1.

United by their dedication to deliver value-informed, compassionate and appropriate medical care to senior patients, their mission is to shape the next generation of healthcare providers through innovative curricula, experiential learning and patient-centered education.