Dr. Chernow is the Vice Provost for Technology Advancement and the Vice President of Special Programs at the University of Miami (UM) and its Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Chernow is responsible for a number of programs at UM including UM Innovation. UM Innovation includes the Office of Technology Transfer, the Wallace H. Coulter Center for Translational Research, the UM Patent and Copyright Committee and the proposed UM Life Science park.
Dr. Chernow has a long history with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he continues to serve as an Adjunct Professor of Medicine. He was formerly the Vice Dean of Research, Technology and Corporate relations at Hopkins, and was Professor of Medicine, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine. Prior to Hopkins he was an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, serving in clinical, research and educational roles at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Dr. Chernow is a Past-President of the American College of Chest Physicians and is Editor Emeritus of the journal Critical Care Medicine, the official journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Chernow is the author or co-author of numerous manuscript publications, book chapter, editorials, review articles and abstracts. He has received many prestigious awards and has been honored as a master fellow of the American College of Physicians as well as master fellowship in the American College of Chest Physicians.