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KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Richard Homan

Richard V. Homan, MD, is President and Provost of Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) in Norfolk,
Virginia, and Dean of the School of Medicine. He joined EVMS in 2012 after holding several senior
leadership positions during 24 years in academic medicine.

Dr. Homan earned his undergraduate degree from Brown University and his medical degree from the
State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine. He completed residency training and was
Chief Resident at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center of Pennsylvania State University in Hershey,
Pennsylvania.

Following his residency, Dr. Homan served two years with the U.S. Public Health Service at the
Whiteriver Indian Health Service Hospital in Arizona. He then launched his academic medical career as
Assistant Residency Director and Medical Director of the Family Practice Residency Program Clinic at the
Williamsport Hospital and Medical Center, an affiliate of the University of Pennsylvania, in Williamsport,
Pennsylvania.

In 1989, Dr. Homan began a 16-year affiliation with the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in
Lubbock, Texas. He took on a series of increasingly responsible roles including Director of the Family
Medicine residency program, Chair of Family Medicine, Chief of Staff, Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs
and Finance, Co-Director of the Sports Medicine fellowship, Dean of the School of Biomedical Sciences,
Founding Director of the Institute of Aging, Dean of the School of Medicine and Vice President for Clinical
Affairs.
Dr. Homan was recruited to the Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia in 2005 as Senior
Vice President for Health Affairs and Annenberg Dean. He was appointed President and Annenberg
Dean of the College of Medicine in 2010.
A licensed medical physician and surgeon, Dr. Homan is a diplomate of the National Board of Medical
Examiners and the American Board of Family Medicine. He also holds certificates of added qualifications
in Geriatric Medicine and Sports Medicine.

He has received more than $9 million in extramural funding for scholarly activities related to the
development of community-based medical education programs, healthy aging, cardiovascular disease
and stroke.
He and his wife, Rita Homan, have three children.