150 Years of Nevada Medicine and more (Second Edition): Nevada's Men and Women Healers

Daugherty, Robert M.: - Dr. Robert M. Daugherty has devoted his career to building programs in medical education. He retired in 2004 as Vice President for Health Sciences at the University of South Florida in Tampa. Before South Florida he served twenty-years as the Dean of the University of Nevada School of Medicine (UNRSOM) where he built statewide educational, research, and clinical enterprises. Dr. Daugherty was recruited to Nevada in 1981 after the school transitioned from a two-year to a four-year program. He recruited nationally renowned clinical and basic sciences chairs, developed a clinical campus in southern Nevada, managed hospital relations with public, private, and Veteran Administration Hospital affiliates, built strong rural outreach programs, and oversaw the development of statewide residency programs.After Dr. Daugherty retired from UNRSOM, the University of South Florida recruited him to become Dean of the College of Medicine and Vice President for Health Sciences, where he oversaw three colleges-Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health-as well as the university's relationships with its major affiliated hospitals.Well-known for his roles in shaping national issues relevant to medical education, Dr. Daugherty served as chairman of the Council of Deans of the Assoc. of Amer. Med. Colleges (aamc), where he spearheaded its leadership development program to prepare academicians to become deans. He was also on the aamc's Advisory Panel on the Mission and Organization of Medical Schools.While involved in the Amer. Med. Assoc. (AMA), Dr. Daugherty served three elected terms on the ama Council on Med. Education, which he chaired in 1998-1999. He served as an UNRSOM representative on the Liaison Committee on Med Education(lcme), which he chaired for two years, and served as the ama's representative to the board of the National Board of Medical Examiners (nbme). In 2002, he served on the Institute of Medicine's Committee on Introducing Behavioral and Social Sciences into Medical School Curricula.With faculty from Nevada and Florida, Dr. Daugherty was active in international efforts to set standards for the quality of medical education and to establish the Council of Rectors for the Central Asian Republics. Their work was funded by the American International Health Alliance through the U.S. Agency for International Development.Dr. Daugherty is a University of Kansas graduate, with an undergraduate major in chemistry, and an MD from its medical school in 1960. He was Associate Dean for Education at Indiana University SOM from 1978-81 and was responsible for medical student education, graduate medical education (residencies) and Continuing Medical Education (CME). He and his deceased wife, Sandra, were honored as the 2004 University of Kansas Medical School Alumni of the Year.