Program Director
University of North Florida
Shyam Paryani attended the University of Florida, where he received a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering magna cum laude and a Master’s Degree in Nuclear Engineering/Radiation Physics. He also earned a Master’s in Health Administration from the University of North Florida (UNF) in 2002 with a perfect 4.0 GPA.
In his second year of college, Doctor Paryani was admitted early to Medical School in the Junior Honors Program. After graduation from Medical School near the top of his class, and being inducted into the National Honor’s Society of Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA), he traveled west to Houston, Texas for his internship. He received training in Internal Medicine at the University of Texas and M.D. Anderson Hospital. Following this, he kept traveling west and landed in Stanford, California, where he received his training in Radiation Oncology.
Following the completion of his training in 1983, he returned to Jacksonville to join his father and Doctor Walter Scott in practice. He helped found the Florida Radiation Oncology Group (FROG), a large multi-specialty group.
He has served on the UNF Foundation Board, College of Health Dean’s Council and the Health Administration Advisory Board. He is the Founding Chairman of the Health Administration Alumni Board. Dr Paryani was selected as the UNF Distinguished Alumnus in 2007 and the Distinguished Alumnus of the Department of Health Administration in 2017.
He is currently the Director of the EMHA program in Health Administration at UNF and teaches courses in Leadership and Quality Management.
Disclosure information not submitted.
Transition From Hospital and Healthcare Leadership to Academia (80H)
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
3:15pm – 4:15pm CT