Linda Smelser has been appointed vice president for clinical operations at Nova Southeastern University (NSU).

 

Smelser comes to NSU from the University of Central Florida’s (UCF) College of Medicine where she was director of clinical operations responsible for the development and operation of Pegasus Health – UCF’s first multi-specialty faculty practice. She spent the majority of her career as the administrator for the ambulatory services division of Yale-New Haven Hospital. While at Yale-New Haven Hospital, Smelser opened the Yale-New Haven Gamma Knife Center, the only radiosurgery unit in Connecticut dedicated to the treatment of head and neck conditions; and the Yale-New Haven Eye Laser Center, the first joint venture between Yale-New Haven Hospital and the Yale University School of Medicine.