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OU College of Medicine Names Three New Department Chairs The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine has named three new chairs of the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, and Department of Anesthesiology. Jim Barrett, M.D., has been appointed chair of the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine. He had been serving interim chair of the department since January 2020; prior to that, he served as vice chair from 2013 to 2020. Barrett joined the OU College of Medicine faculty in 1991 and has served in several capacities, including director of the Primary Care Sports Medicine Program from 1991 to 2005 and director of the Family Medicine Residency Program from 2005 to 2018. He holds the faculty rank of professor and the Edith Kinney Gaylord Presidential Professorship. He has been extensively involved in curriculum development for the department and has mentored numerous students, residents and fellows.
Jim Barrett, M.D.
His dedication to sports medicine and family medicine extends beyond the campus. He is the team physician for the Oklahoma City Thunder NBA team, and he was named NBA Physician of the Year for the 2019-2020 NBA season by the National Basketball Athletic Trainer’s Association. Barrett also serves as the team physician for the Oklahoma City Blue professional basketball team and the Oklahoma Dodgers baseball team. In the past, he served as team physician for Olympics and Paralympics events, the Oklahoma City Blazers hockey team, several Major League Baseball training camps, and numerous other sports events. Raymond Michael Siatkowski, M.D., MBA, has been appointed chair of the Department of Ophthalmology. He will also serve as CEO of the Dean McGee Eye Institute.
Michael Siatkowski, M.D.
Siatkowski has been with the Department of Ophthalmology and the Dean McGee Eye Institute since 1999 and currently holds the faculty rank of professor and serves as Vice Chair for Academic Affairs and Residency Program Director. He holds the David W. Parke II, M.D. Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology and is a David Ross Boyd Professor, the first ophthalmologist at OU to receive that title. He also is an adjunct professor in the Department of Pediatrics. Prior to arriving at the OU College of Medicine, Siatkowski served for seven years at the University of Miami School of Medicine. In his clinical work at the Dean McGee Eye Institute, Siatkowski sees both adult and pediatric patients, focusing on pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus, retinopathy of prematurity, neuro-ophthalmology, and adult strabismus. Siatkowski teaches residents, medical students and graduate students and has received numerous teaching awards throughout his career. He is active in research and has published over 170 peer-reviewed articles, and has served as
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Kenichi Tanaka, M.D.
