Hugh Mighty

Biography

Dean Hugh E. Mighty MD, MBA, FACOG, received his Bachelor of Science degree from Georgetown University in Washington, DC, and his MD degree from the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Maryland. He completed a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Maryland Medical Center, after which he practiced for three years in an underserved area of Baltimore on behalf of the National Health Service Corp. 

Dean Mighty returned to the University of Maryland, where he completed fellowships in Maternal-Fetal Medicine (University of Maryland Medical Center), and Critical Care (University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center) and was subsequently boarded in Critical Care Obstetrics.

After fellowship training, Dean Mighty served in multiple faculty roles including director of Critical Care Obstetrics at UTMB Galveston and at the University of Maryland Medical Center. In 2000, he was appointed as Interim Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Maryland and was appointed Chairman in 2002. As chairman of the department, he reinstated the fellowship program in Maternal-Fetal-Medicine, trained and mentored over 200 residents and fellows, and recruited both clinical and basic science faculty while rebuilt a financially challenged department.

Since 2001, Dean Mighty has also served in public leadership roles requiring collaborative work with state and federal agencies and legislators to foster improved health care programs and public policy changes for the underserved or those with poor access. From 2001 to 2005 he served as Chairman of the State Commission on Infant Mortality Prevention for the state of Maryland.  He also developed innovative programs such as a statewide telemedicine program to bring high risk obstetrical services to pregnant women in rural areas of Maryland, as well as the Tamar’s Children program that deferred sentences for pregnant women who had minor offenses in exchange for development of job and parenting skills.

In 2010, he accepted the position of Vice Chancellor of Clinical Affairs at the LSU health Sciences Center – Shreveport. In his role as the Vice Chancellor of Clinical Affairs for the LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport he guided the financial and strategic direction of the higher education and hospital enterprise.

Dean Mighty joined Howard University’s College of Medicine in 2015 as the Dean of the College of Medicine and Vice President of Clinical Affairs.  Dean Mighty oversees the College of Medicine’s academic programs and provide oversight for the administrative and financial operation of the College of Medicine.  Dean Mighty also serves as Vice President of Clinical Affairs, having oversight of the relationship between the academic enterprise and the hospital and responsibility for the development and direction of the Faculty Practice Plan.  He is a Professor on the faculty in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology with a specialty in Maternal Fetal Medicine.  

Dean Mighty was appointed to the D.C. Mayor’s Commission on Healthcare Systems’ Transformation and the District of Columbia’s Commission on Health Equity.  Dean Mighty has also been recognized by the Washington Business Journal as a 2020 Minority Business Leader. Dean Mighty brings to Howard University a passion for working to create lasting positive change at both institutional and community levels.