Wayne A. I. Frederick, Doctor of Medicine, Master of Business Administration, FACS is a Trinidadian-born United States. physician and academic.
Background
Frederick was born in Portuguese of Spain, Trinidad, and is a scholar, surgeon, researcher and administrator. The combination of spending time in hospitals and his mother"s work as a nurse led him to the dream of helping others through medicine.
Career
He was appointed president of Howard University in Washington Doctorate.C, by unanimous vote of the search committee on July 21, 2014. He served as Interim President beginning October 1, 2013, following the resignation of Sidney A. Ribeau. He previously served as Provost and Chief Academic Officer at Howard.
Frederick lives with sickle cell anemia, which greatly shaped his outlook on life.
He previously served as Interim President and as Provost and Chief Academic Officer with oversight of Howard"s 13 schools and colleges as well as its health sciences enterprise. He also received a Masters in Business Administration from Howard University in May of 2011.
In addition to his work as an administrator, faculty member, and surgeon, Frederick has conducted research bridging health disparities with a particular emphasis on cancer outcomes among African Americans and other underrepresented groups. He has served as the principal investigator for major collaborations with the National Cancer Institute, Johns Hopkins University, and local and national minority-serving oncology programs.
He has published peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, abstracts, and editorials.
Frederick is the immediate past Chair of the Surgical Section of the National Medical Association. He has also served as Director of the Drew-Walker Residents Forum of the Surgical Section of the National Medical Association and Vice Chairman of the District of Columbia Board of Medicine. Early academia Frederick enrolled at Howard University as a 16-year-old from Portuguese of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, to pursue his dream of becoming a physician.
He earned a dual Bachelor of Surgery/Doctor of Medicine degree program at 22, and went on to enter a surgical residency at Howard University Hospital.
During his time at Howard University Hospital, he was encouraged and mentored by history making doctors, such as Doctor LaSalle Doctorate. Leffall. He credits Howard University in "..creating an environment that made comfortable." He completed a post-doctoral research fellowship and a surgical oncology fellowship at the University of Texas Doctor of Medicine Anderson Cancer Center and earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Howard’s School of Business.