New leadership

Virginia Commonwealth University and VCU Health System recently welcomed Arthur L. Kellermann, M.D., M.P.H. as senior vice president for health sciences at VCU and CEO of VCU Health System.

Virginia Commonwealth University and VCU Health System recently welcomed Arthur L. Kellermann, M.D., M.P.H. as senior vice president for health sciences at VCU and CEO of VCU Health System.

Dr. Art Kellermann | Photo: Jay Paul/Richmond Magazine

Kellermann is leading Virginia’s most comprehensive academic health sciences enterprise, which consists of the schools of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Dentistry; the College of Health Professions; VCU Health System hospitals and outpatient clinics, including VCU Medical Center, which has consistently been ranked the top hospital in the region and serves as the state’s largest safety net hospital; the physician practice plan; the Massey Cancer Center; and Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU.

Most recently, Kellermann served seven years as dean of the F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland, which
 is the leadership academy for military health and the U.S. Public Health Service.

 “I am incredibly honored to be serving the Richmond community and the commonwealth at VCU,” Kellermann said. “I spent most of my career in public hospitals working with the community and have always been interested in positions that allow me to make a difference. As I start my journey with VCU, it feels like I have come home to an institution that understands that all people matter.”

“Art Kellermann is the ideal combination of one of the nation’s top medical academics, as well as an astute and effective administrator. He has a strong record of being an effective leader who can articulate an inspiring vision and put it into action, executing the policies and practices that benefit the institution and its people — patients, students, team members,” said Michael Rao, Ph.D., president of VCU and VCU Health System.

Kellermann is board certified in the fields of internal and emergency medicine. He is a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians and the American College of Physicians.