Wertheim College of Medicine Founding Dean inducted in prestigious Society of Scholars

MIAMI – Dr. John Rock, Florida International University’s Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs and founding Dean of the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, has been inducted in Johns Hopkins University’s prestigious Society of Scholars.

The society—the first of its kind in the nation—inducts former postdoctoral fellows, postdoctoral degree recipients, house staff and junior or visiting faculty who have served at least a year at Johns Hopkins and have proceeded to distinguishing themselves elsewhere in the fields of physical, biological, medical, social or engineering sciences or in the humanities. This induction brings the number of scholars to 551 members since its inception in 1967.

“It is an honor to be part of such an accomplished group of scientists and thinkers at the top of their respective fields,” said Rock, who was inducted at a ceremony on May 26.

Rock is one of the nation’s foremost reproductive endocrinologists. Following his fellowship in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Johns Hopkins, he established in 1984 the in vitro fertilization program at Johns Hopkins, leading to Maryland’s first birth through this landmark procedure.

In 1991, Rock became director of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore. He was ultimately recruited to chair the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Emory University. In 2002, Rock became chancellor and CEO of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, and in 2007, arrived at FIU to establish FIU’s College of Medicine.

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