USA Health Names Chair Of Pediatrics

Dr. Gul H. Dadlani, a pediatric cardiologist and an advocate for health pre-screenings for young athletes, has been named chair of the Department of Pediatrics at USA Health and a professor in the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine at the University of South Alabama (USA). Since 2015, Dadlani has served as vice chair of the Cardiac Center and chief of pediatric cardiology at Nemours Children’s Hospital. From 2008 to 2015, he served as chief of pediatric cardiology at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. Dadlani will succeed Dr. David Gremse, who served in the role since 2012, in January 2024. Dadlani has won numerous teaching awards in pediatrics and mentored pediatric residents into careers in general pediatrics and other subspecialties. Since 2017, Dadlani has served on the Pediatric Cardiac Technical Advisory Panel for the Agency for Health Care Administration for the State of Florida. From 2018 until 2020, he was a board member and president of the American Heart Association in Orlando. Dadlani earned undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Buffalo. He completed his pediatric residency at Oishei Children’s Hospital in Buffalo and then a fellowship in pediatric cardiology at the University of Rochester/Golisano Children’s Hospital.