A new hire by Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) will be in charge of Northeast Georgia Medical Center’s (NGMC) physician residency program. Dr. Dereck DeLeon will join NGMC on May 6.
As the new Designated Institutional Official (DIO), Dr. DeLeon will be responsible for oversight and administration of all aspects of the Graduate Medical Education (GME) program.
“As I begin this journey, I have a deep respect for the meaningful work that happens here every day – caring for patients, teaching the next generation and striving for continuous improvement,” said Dr. DeLeon.
“Graduate medical education is about more than training physicians; it is about shaping professionals who will carry forward our core values of respectful compassion, passion for excellence, responsible stewardship and deep interdependence in every patient interaction.”
Dr. DeLeon most recently served as Chief Academic Officer for Nuvance Health, leading the organization’s physician residency and fellowship programs which are affiliated with Yale University and serve communities in Connecticut and New York. Prior to that, he held the same role at Cone Health in Greensboro, North Carolina, and he also created the first physician residency program at Kaiser Permanente San Diego.