Joseph (Adrian) Tyndall, M.D., M.P.H., FACEP
Director
Joseph Tyndall, MD has served as a member of our Board of Directors since December 2022. Dr. Tyndall is currently the Dean President & CEO of the Homer Stryker School of Medicine of Western Michigan University and has served in this role since March 1, 2026. From July 1, 2021 through December 30, 2025, Dr. Tyndall served as a professor, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean at the Morehouse School of Medicine. From 2008 until his departure from the University of Florida in 2021, Dr. Tyndall served as a professor and chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine. During his tenure at the University of Florida, Dr. Tyndall was appointed interim dean of the College of Medicine from August 2018 to January 2021 and was subsequently appointed to the position of associate vice president for strategic and academic affairs for University of Florida Health before his recruitment to Morehouse School of Medicine. Dr. Tyndall served on the board of directors of University of Florida Health Shands Hospital from 2010 through 2021 and was chair of the Board of Trustees for the University of Florida Health Proton Therapy Institute during his tenure as interim dean. Dr. Tyndall served on the board of directors of the Florida College of Emergency Physicians from 2011 through 2021, serving as the society’s president from 2018 to 2019. He is a former member of the board of directors of Grady Health System in Atlanta, Georgia from 2021 to 2025. Also, he was a trustee and past president of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Foundation, which is emergency medicine’s national foundation supporting education and research in emergency care. Dr. Tyndall is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the emergency medicine residency program at the University of Maryland Medical System, where he served as Chief Resident. Dr. Tyndall received his Master of Science degree in health services management and health policy from Columbia University and his Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from The George Washington University. He is an elected member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society and the Gold Humanism Honor Society. Dr. Tyndall also served on the administrative board of the Council of Deans of the Association of American Medical College from 2022 to 2024. He has published and lectured extensively nationally and internationally in emergency medicine and has active research interests in acute brain injury. He is an editor of the 11th edition of a leading textbook in emergency medicine, Rosen’s Emergency Medicine; Concepts and Clinical Practice. Dr. Tyndall’s qualifications to serve on our Board of Directors include his extensive experience with the field of emergency medicine and trauma care, his knowledge of the healthcare industry, medical systems and hospitals, considerable leadership experience, and deep engagement with topics within health services research, science and medicine.
