Neurosurgery Department, UF College of Medicine
J. Richard Lister, MD
Special Interests:
Neurosurgical Oncology
Neurovascular Surgery
J. Richard Lister, MD, MBA, was born in Carlinville, Illinois. He graduated with a B.A. from the University of Missouri in 1971 and received his M.D. degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in 1975. In May 2003, he received his M.B.A. degree from the Bradley University Foster College of Business Administration.
Dr. Lister completed his surgical internship at the University of Florida Shands Teaching Hospital in 1976. Dr. Lister continued his graduate education at the University of Florida Shands Teaching Hospital and completed a residency in Neurological Surgery in 1981. He received Board Certification from the American Board of Neurological Surgery in 1983.
In 1981, Dr. Lister joined the faculty of the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria as Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery in the Department of Neurosciences. He was promoted to Clinical Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery in 1990 and Clinical Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery in 1998. He was actively engaged in the practice of Neurological Surgery as a Neurosurgical Oncologist until 2000. In September 2000, he was appointed Associate Dean for Strategic Planning and Development at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria. He was appointed Associate Dean for Research and Economic Development at the College of Medicine in 2004 and was appointed Senior Associate Dean in late 2005. He served as Managing Director from 2002-2006 of Peoria NEXT, a consortium of education, business, and research institutions focused on Discovery, Innovation and Commercialization in support of the Knowledge Economy. From 2003 to 2007 he served as a mayoral appointed commissioner to the Renaissance Park Commission, an urban research and development corridor.
In May of 2006 he was appointed Interim Chairman and Residency Program Director of the UICOMP Department of Neurological Surgery. He held those positions in addition to his Senior Associate Dean appointment until May 2007 when he accepted an appointment as Professor, Associate Residency Program Director and Associate Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Florida. Effective July 1, 2007 he was appointed Chief of the Neurosurgical Service at the NF/SG VHS, January 1, 2008 he was appointed Residency Program Director.
He has served as a member and officer of many community, regional, state and national health care related boards and organizations.
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