Richard V. Homan, M.D., FAACP, FCPP
Member, Doctivity Health Advisory Board
Richard V. Homan, MD, FAACP, FCPP, is an accomplished academic physician leader and physician executive, board certified in family medicine, geriatric medicine, and sports medicine, with a stellar history of elevating medical school curriculum and effectiveness.
His career in medical leadership includes serving as president, provost, and dean of the school of medicine, chief executive and academic officer, and board chair of the medical group at Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) in Norfolk from 2012 to 2021. During his tenure, the school developed 18 new graduate programs and eight new graduate medical education residency and fellowship programs, increased enrollment by 80 percent to over 1,400 students, and was recognized as a founding member of the American Medical Association’s Accelerating Change in Medical Education.
Dr. Homan championed a successful financial turnaround at EVMS, increasing reserves from $2.7 million to over $55 million, leading a $65 million capital campaign, and obtaining $60 million from the legislature to build a new 120,000-square-foot academic and administrative facility. He initiated a Statewide Hospital Assessment Program that served as the funding source for Medicaid expansion in Virginia and negotiated hospital affiliation agreements increasing annual funding from $4 million to $31 million.
He previously served as president, senior vice president, Annenberg dean, and chief executive officer of Drexel University Physicians and chief executive and academic officer at Drexel University School of Medicine in Philadelphia from 2005 to 2012, and vice president for clinical affairs and dean of the schools of medicine and graduate school of biomedical sciences at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock.
In addition to the Doctivity Health Advisory Board, Dr. Homan’s extensive professional and community service include board memberships at the University of Texas Medical Center, Texas Institute for Healthy Aging, Texas Tech Physician Associates, Texas Department of Criminal Justice Health Board Chair, Hahnemann University Hospital, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Philadelphia Medical Society, founding Chair of the academic deans’ committee of Pennsylvania Medical Society, academic deans’ committee of the Medical Society of Virginia, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) council of deans, and National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) advisory board.