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Health center director to step down in September Dr. Gerald Fleischli has chosen to become an academic-year physician, and the University is searching for a replacement By Jillian Daley Oregon Daily Emerald Dr. Gerald Fleischli is stepping down Sept. 15 as director of the University Health Center, after holding the position for 11 years. The position Fleischli currently holds is split between his director ship and seeing patients. After Sept. 15, Fleischli will become an academic-year physician only, which means he will only see pa tients, and the health center Will have to find a replacement director before that time. The full-year commitment of the directorship left too little time for private life, Fleischli said. “I wanted to spend more time at home and with my wife, which I could do in an academic position, but that meant 1 had to relinquish the director’s position,” he said. Fleischli was working at the Uni versity of Nebraska before he E moved to Eugene in 1991 to begin the directorship. He said he want ed to be closer to the ocean after liv ing in Nebraska for 21 years. Fleischli received his bachelor’s from MIT, a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Stan ford and his medical degree from Stanford. "(He) is a very capable director and has a wealth of experience in student health and administrative medicine... He’ll bea difficult person to replace” James Jackson health center physician In the 11 years he has worked at the health center, Fleischli served on a statewide task force for student health insurance, creating electron ic medical records and clarifying the health center’s policy on pre enrollment immunizations, Vice President for Student Affairs Anne Leavitt said. However, Fleischli thinks mod estly about his contribution to the health center. “(The changes are) things that happened while I was here,” he said. “It’s all of the other people that do that. I just go to meetings.” Fleischli’s colleagues say he is a valuable asset. “(He) is a very capable director and has a wealth of experience in student health and administrative medicine,” health center physician James Jackson said. “He’ll be a diffi cult person to replace.” Nurse practitioner Anne Mattson concurs. “Not only is he a great human be ing, he’s also an excellent leader,” she said. The University is currently searching nationwide for a new di rector, and a couple of candidates for the position have visited the University. 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For more information, visit our website, <http://uosunxmer.uoregon.edu/SepExp.html>; call us, ( 346-3475, or send ns e-mail, <septexp@darkwmg.uoregon.edu>. ■ Adam Jones Emerald After Sept. 15, Dr. Gerald Fleischli will end his 11 years as health center director and have only patient duties, a move he says will give him more time with his family. “When you’re doing a national search — this is the top health po sition on campus — it’ll take a while,” Leavitt said. If the University Health Center search committee cannot find a re placement by Sept. 15, an interim director will be installed. The successful replacement has to have a specific set of skills for the job. “I think we’re looking for some one similar (to Fleischli),” Jackson said, “who has experience with ad ministrative medicine, and who has enough clinical background as a physician to understand the areas of medicine we deal with here at the health center.” The candidate also has to have a few other qualities important to the University. “We’re looking for someone with experience or interest in working with the„ college-student popula tion,” said Linda King, director of human resources and chairwoman of the search committee. Fleischli said he is looking for ward to tending his holly farm, which is in the sizable backyard of his home, near Creswell. He also has immediate plans to spend more time with his wife. “We’re going to take a cruise for our 40th anniversary at the end of the month,” he said. Contact the reporter atjilliandaley@dailyemeraid.com. 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