Howard University College of Medicine (HUCM)
Dr. Debra Holly Ford is Associate Professor of Surgery and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Howard University College of Medicine (HUCM) in Washington, DC. She is the Head, Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery and the founding Medical/Surgical Director of the Howard University Health Sciences Simulation and Clinical Skills Center (an ACS Accredited Education Institute). Dr. Ford is a two-time graduate of Howard University receiving her Bachelor and Doctor of Medicine degrees. After graduating from Howard University College of Medicine in 1986 as the top-ranking medical student, she successfully completed a general surgery residency at Howard University Hospital (HUH) in 1991 followed by a residency in Colon and Rectal Surgery at the University of Texas and Affiliated Hospitals in Houston, Texas. Dr. Ford is board-certified by the American Board of Surgery and is the first African-American woman to obtain board certification in Colon and Rectal Surgery in the United States and the first African-American woman to become a Fellow of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.
Dr. Ford has been a member of the Howard University College of Medicine faculty since September 1994. She has taught over 2,700 medical students and trained over 150 general surgery residents. She has mentored countless students to careers in surgery. She has received many teaching awards from graduating student and resident classes and has been recognized for her surgical expertise and clinical work. She is clinically active managing patient with conditions of the colon, rectum and anus. Her research areas of interest are surgical education, simulation in healthcare and diseases of the colon, rectum and anus. Dr. Ford has been instrumental in developing and supporting simulation in healthcare curricula across the Howard University Health Sciences Enterprise. She has been involved in curricula reform with integration of modern educational pedagogy into the medical school curriculum. She has developed a mandatory intern readiness course and other surgical specialty skills courses to ease the UGME to GME transition. Dr. Ford is a well-respected surgeon and surgical/medical educator whose academic career has focused on educating and mentoring future physicians, surgeons and surgical educators. For recognition of her commitment and contribution to surgical education, Dr. Ford was inducted as a Member of the American College of Surgeons’ Academy of Master Surgeon Educators in 2021.
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