Cree Gaskin, MD, (left) and Nassima Ait-Daoud Tiouririne, MD
The School of Medicine is pleased to announce two new interim department chair appointments. Cree Gaskin, MD, was named Interim Chair of the Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging in August and Nassima Ait-Daoud Tiouririne, MD, was appointed Interim Chair of the Department of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences in September.
Dr. Gaskin is a nationally recognized musculoskeletal radiologist and imaging informaticist who is also widely respected for effective leadership, fairness, and deep knowledge of people and operations. In addition to his passion for patient care through musculoskeletal imaging, he finds helping colleagues through operational and informatics solutions to be among the most satisfying aspects of his career.
Prior to being named Interim Chair, he served UVA for 20+ years in a variety of departmental and institutional roles, including Executive Vice Chair, Vice Chair of Clinical Operations and Informatics, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, and Division Chief of Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention.
Dr. Gaskin will continue to serve as Chief Medical Imaging Information Officer for UVA Health providing strategy and medical oversight of imaging information technology across the UVA Health enterprise. This role helps drive integration and quality for imaging across the system.
In the Department of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences, Nassima Ait-Daoud Tiouririne, MD, was appointed Interim Chair effective September 5. Anita Clayton, MD, who led the department with distinction for nearly two decades, will continue to support the department during this transition.
Dr. Ait-Daoud Tiouririne is a nationally recognized psychiatrist and addiction medicine specialist known for her collaborative leadership and vision for advancing mental health care. She has served UVA in multiple leadership roles, including Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Director of the Center for Leading Edge Addiction Research (CLEAR), and Program Director of the Addiction Medicine Fellowship.
For more than two decades at UVA, she has led numerous clinical, research, and community initiatives. These include expanding addiction treatment services, spearheading innovative outreach such as the Street Medicine SMART program, and implementing harm-reduction strategies like community-based naloxone distribution and vending machines. Her work has bridged academic medicine with community impact while strengthening UVA’s role as a national leader in addiction research and training.
As Interim Chair, Dr. Ait-Daoud Tiouririne will continue to advance the department’s mission across clinical care, education, research, and community engagement, ensuring that faculty, trainees, and staff are well supported during this time of transition.
We look forward to the leadership of these faculty as we seek to achieve our mission to transform health and inspire hope for our patients and their families.