John R. Raymond, Sr., MD
President and CEO
John R. Raymond, Sr., MD, the Medical College of Wisconsin’s President and CEO, assumed his position as the College’s sixth president on July 1, 2010. He came to the Medical College from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) where he served as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost.
Dr. Raymond was selected by the Medical College’s Trustees to succeed T. Michael Bolger, JD, who retired on June 30, 2010, after serving nearly 20 years as President and CEO. Mr. Bolger is now President Emeritus.
Dr. Raymond served since 2003 as Chief Academic and Research Officer for the public, freestanding Medical University in South Carolina. MUSC is an academic medical center comprised of six health sciences colleges and a university-owned hospital and medical practice with an annual budget exceeding $2 billion. The university conducts more than $200 million in funded research.
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Contact President Raymond:
Medical College of Wisconsin
Office of the President and CEO
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Milwaukee, WI 53226
(414)955-8225
officeofthepresident@mcw.edu
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A practicing nephrologist who plays active roles in clinical care, teaching, and faculty mentorship, Dr. Raymond is also a medical researcher studying the basic mechanisms of kidney cell function. He has published over 100 full-length manuscripts and has received more than $38 million in competitive extramural funding.
He is the recipient of the 2009 Marcy Speer Outstanding Reviewer Award from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Center for Scientific Review, the highest honor for extraordinary commitment to peer review of NIH grant applications. Annually, approximately 16,000 reviewers assist the NIH with scientific evaluations of research grant applications as the NIH invests more than $20 billion in the most promising research grants, paving the path to biomedical breakthroughs that improve public health and save lives.
Dr. Raymond joined the MUSC faculty in 1996 as the Dialysis Clinics Incorporated (DCI) Professor of Medicine. He served as Associate Chief of Staff for Research at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center in Charleston, SC, from 1998 to 2002. Dr. Raymond was MUSC’s Associate Provost for Research from 2001-2006, and was Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost for six months before being named to the position in 2003.
He received his undergraduate and medical degrees with honors from the Ohio State University, and performed his internship, residency, chief residency and nephrology fellowship training at Duke University Medical Center. After completing his training, he joined Duke’s faculty where he rose through the ranks to attain tenure.
Dr. Raymond has served on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Physiology – Renal Physiology, the Journal of Biological Chemistry and Assay Drug Development Technology. He was selected for membership in both the Association of American Physicians and the American Society for Clinical Investigation. Among Dr. Raymond’s many honors are awards for excellence in leadership, research, teaching and clinical care from the Ohio Commission on Aging, Duke University Medical Center, the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, the American Federation for Clinical Research, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.