Boca Raton Regional Hospital today announced that Frank D. Vrionis, MD, MPH, PhD, has been appointed the new Director of the organization’s Marcus Neuroscience Institute. He will assume his new duties on October 1st.
Dr. Vrionis’ hiring comes after an extensive national search to secure leadership of the state-of-the-art, $57 million facility. He currently serves as Chief of Neurosurgery at the renowned Moffitt Cancer Center, and Professor of Neurosurgery, Orthopedics and Oncology at the University of South Florida.
A prolific researcher, Dr. Vrionis has authored or co-authored three books on brain and spinal tumors, 150 abstracts and 100 publications in such prestigious peer-reviewed publications as the Journal of Neurosurgery, European Spine Journal and Lancet Oncology.
Dr. Vrionis received his medical degree from the University of Athens School Of Medicine in Athens, Greece, where he graduated second in his class. He performed his residency training in Neurosurgery at Tufts University and completed a fellowship in Skull-Base Surgery at the University of Tennessee.
He holds a Master’s in Public Health from Harvard University and PhD in Brain Tumor Immunology from Duke University – widely regarded as one of the premier brain tumor programs in the world.
“It is extremely gratifying for us to have such an outstanding clinician, academician and researcher as Dr. Vrionis head the team at the Marcus Institute,” said Jerry Fedele, President and CEO at Boca Regional. “His skill set, achievements and qualities are perfectly suited for this important position within our organization.”
Dr. Vrionis is looking forward to the opportunities that lie ahead. “I could not be more enthused about my new role and being a part of a group of such talented professionals we have at the Institute,” he said. “My primary objective is to combine this talent with that we find in other clinicians in the region to create a nexus of care that is unequaled in South Florida.”
Opened in 2014, the Marcus Neuroscience Institute was created through a core gift of $25 million initiated by Bernie Marcus, Chairman of the Marcus Foundation and co-founder and former CEO of The Home Depot, and his wife Billi. The 56,000 square-foot facility houses a 20-bed Neuro Intensive Care and Step-Down Unit, a Post-Anesthesia Care Unit and four dedicated operating rooms. It also presents the most advanced technology available in medicine today – including intra-operative MRI and CT scanners, Flash CT and a Biplane angiography Suite.
SOURCE Boca Raton Regional Hospital
