Ivan E. Correa, MD, CMD

Position: Medical Director

Joined UHS: 2024

Dr. Ivan Correa is board certified in family and geriatric medicine. Prior to joining University Health Services, he served as Chief of Staff for the VA Central Western Massachusetts Health Care System and the Atlanta VA Health Care System. In these roles, he oversaw vast integrated healthcare systems focused on research, teaching, ambulatory care, and surgical units, as well as significant behavioral health operations.

He has had academic appointments as Geriatric and Hospice and Palliative Medicine Clinical Assistant Professor at Emory University, the University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine, and University of New Mexico School of Medicine.

His leadership style is characterized by an emphasis on relationship-building, attentive listening, and collaborative approaches. Dr. Correa's journey began as a research microbiologist, contributing to the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Defense before embarking on his medical career.

He holds a bachelor’s degree of science from the University of Puerto Rico, started medical school at the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara, and finished his medical education at New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York. He completed his graduate medical education at the Advent Health System in Orlando Florida (formerly Florida Hospital Orlando).

Dr. Correa’s research and medical interests include caregiver burden in dementia, symptom management in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), end-of-life care, and prevention of polypharmacy in the elderly.