Jerry Nadler, currently chief of the University's endocrinology and metabolism department, will be leaving the University in June to fill a position at Eastern Virginia Medical School. According to one University official, the loss could be a blow to research efforts and students.
EVMS Dean and Provost Gerald Pepe said Nadler will become the chair of the school's Department of Internal Medicine.
Nadler said that his decision was made last year and was officially announced in January.
"It was based on a a great opportunity for a promotion to be the chair of medicine at Eastern Virginia," he said. "It's a nice step up; I can continue research and help the department of medicine [at EVMS] reach new levels of excellence."
While at the University, Nadler focused his research on diabetes, and the link between it and heart disease, and was awarded many grants, according to Ariel Gomez, vice president for research and graduate studies.
"Dr. Nadler is a very prominent researcher; he was doing an outstanding job here; he is a great scientist," Gomez said, adding that he is sad to see Nadler leave the University. "It's a great loss for us and a great gain for EVMS."
Pepe noted Nadler's area of research is a great fit for the direction EVMS is going in.
"We are trying to enhance our research at the school, and his expertise is in the areas where we are focusing our research mission," he said. "He really fits the bill on how we can enhance the program and how he can enhance his goals."
Nadler said he is looking forward to having the larger patient base of a more populated city.
"The opportunity of EVMS is it's a much larger city, larger metropolitan area -- much more opportunities for patient-related research," he said, adding he can "take the research from the lab and bring into the clinic."
According to Gomez, many of the research grants Nadler worked on while at the University will become joint ventures between the University and EVMS, with Nadler serving as the connection. He added, however, that losing Nadler as a University employee was a bigger loss than any grant money Nadler may have brought in to the University.
"I am more worried about having lost him, his intellect, his capability to be a magnet for great students and the young investigators he would mentor," Gomez said.
According to Elizabeth Wildman, chief operations officer in the internal medicine department, the new interim head of the endocrinology department will be Alan Dalkin, a professor in the department. A national search for a permanent replacement has begun, she said.
Dalkin said he will not replace Nadler in terms of research, but will handle administrative duties because the department needs to "keep moving forward, getting better at what we do and identifying ways in which we want to grow -- and that will help make the strengths of the division and the future of the division more clear for whoever takes the permanent job"
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