Downstate president LaRosa steps down, instrumental in LICH agreement
Dr. John LaRosa, president of SUNY Downstate Medical Center — under whose tenure the hospital merged with Long Island College Hospital and took over part of the former Victory Memorial Hospital — will be stepping down after 13 years in the position.
After a year’s leave, LaRosa, a Brooklyn Heights resident, plans to return to his faculty duties and continue his scholastic career in medical education.
Until a new president is selected, Ian Taylor, M.D., Ph.D, dean of Downstate’s College of Medicine and senior vice president for Biomedical Education and Research, has been appointed to serve as officer-in-charge.
Last year, LaRosa presided over a ceremony bringing Long Island College Hospital (now known as University Hospital at Long Island College Hospital) into the Downstate orbit.