Program Leadership

Alfred Abuhamad, MD
President, Provost, and Dean of the School of Medicine
Mason C. Andrews Professor and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship Program Director

Dr. Alfred Abuhamad

On Aug. 4, 2021, the Board of Visitors appointed Alfred Abuhamad, MD, Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a 29-year veteran of the school, to serve as interim President, Provost and Dean of the School of Medicine effective immediately. On June 20, 2022 he was officially named President, Provost and Dean of the School of Medicine.

Dr. Abuhamad currently serves as Professor and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director of the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship Program. Dr. Abuhamad is the past President of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM), Society of Ultrasound in Medical Education (SUSME), Perinatal Quality Forum (PQF) and the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM). He is also the past-Chair of the Council for Patient Safety in Women’s Health Care. He has published more than 180 peer-reviewed manuscripts, authored six textbooks in fetal echocardiography, ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, first trimester ultrasound and office procedures, and received numerous national and international awards including The 2019 Commonwealth of Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award. He is the recipient of the National Institute of Health RO1 grant to study “Novel Tools for the Noninvasive Evaluation of the Human Placenta”.

Dr. Abuhamad established the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology’s (ISUOG) outreach program and has led several ultrasound training missions to the developing world to include Haiti, Ghana and Somaliland. He is well known internationally for his work in ultrasound, prenatal diagnosis, fetal echocardiography, global outreach and patient safety.