Alpesh N. Amin, MD, Named 2025-2026 Council of Deans Fellow by AAMC

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) recently named Alpesh N. Amin, MD, MBA, a professor of medicine in the UC Irvine School of Medicine, a 2025-2026 Council of Deans (COD) Fellow. The prestigious yearlong fellowship, beginning in September, is designed to cultivate the next generation of leaders in academic medicine.

As a COD Fellow, Amin will engage with senior dean mentors, attend COD meetings, including the Executive Development Seminar for Deans, and complete a capstone leadership project. The announcement was made by the COD Fellowship Committee, chaired by Lawrence Chin, MD, dean of SUNY Upstate Medical University’s Norton College of Medicine. Amin is one of only six fellows chosen from an exceptional pool of 23 applicants nationwide.

“I’m honored to be named an AAMC Council of Deans Fellow,” says Amin. “This fellowship provides an opportunity to strengthen my leadership skills at the enterprise level; appreciate and gain valuable insights regarding top leaders’ perspectives from the campus, school and health system levels; and build meaningful professional connections through networking opportunities. It will also allow me to better understand the evolving national trends in healthcare.”

An internationally recognized leader in hospital medicine, Amin created one of the nation’s first hospitalist programs at the School of Medicine and the UCI Medical Center in 1998. Throughout his career, he has led efforts to improve the quality of care and safety of patients in hospital settings. He has served as a principal investigator, co-investigator and faculty sponsor for clinical trials, registries and research projects focused on clinical topics such as venous thromboembolism, pneumonia, diabetes, heart failure and COVID-19.

Amin served as the Thomas & Mary Cesario Chair of Medicine for 16 years. Under his leadership with a focus on building strong teams, the faculty grew threefold, research grew fivefold, clinical productivity grew eightfold, all department GME and UME programs were without citations and fully accredited, gender and ethnic diversity improved significantly, and he supported the completion of seven endowed chairs. Amin has also served in other campus leadership positions, including interim chair for the Department of Radiological Sciences, president of UC Irvine’s medical staff, and president of the Council of Clinical Chairs. Nationally, he has served as president of the Association of Professors of Medicine. Amin currently serves as associate dean for clinical transformation for UCI Health and UC Irvine School of Medicine, as well as co-director and medical director for the Institute for Precision Health for the College of Health Sciences.

Amin's research interests focus on hospital medicine, anticoagulation, quality of care, systems redesign to improve patient outcomes, using technology to improve care delivery for patients, and innovation in medical education. He has authored or co-authored over 320 peer-reviewed articles in leading medical journals. He also serves as co-editor/co-author of Core Competencies in Hospital Medicine, which is published by the Society of Hospital Medicine, and co-editor of Contemporary Hospitalists’ Guide to Anticoagulation, and OB/GYN Hospital Medicine: Principles and Practice. His work has earned him significant recognition through federally funded, industry-sponsored and foundation-supported awards focused on quality of care, medical education and outcomes research. In 2022, Amin was also recognized as Orange County Physician of the Year by the Orange County Medical Association.