Maryjean Schenk, M.D., M.P.H., M.S.
Vice Dean of Medical Education and Professor
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences
mschenk@med.wayne.edu
Departmental Role
Dr. Schenk is the Vice Dean of Medical Education at the School of Medicine. She is board certified in Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine (Occupational and Environmental Medicine). Dr. Schenk chaired the Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences from 1998 through April, 2010, when she was promoted to Vice Dean. Dr. Schenk is a Gold Humanism Honor Society Tow awardee and has been a teacher, advisor, and mentor to medical students and family medicine and preventive medicine residents for over 18 years.
Education
M.P.H - University of Michigan, 1985
M. S.- Occupational Health University of Michigan 1993
M.D. - Wayne State University 1983
B.S. - Grand Valley State University, 1977
Training:
Residency - Family Medicine Wayne State University, Grand Rapids Family Medicine Residency, 1986
Fellowship - Occupational and Environmental Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1991
Fellowship - Medical Education Research, Association of American Medical Colleges, 1998
Certifications: American Board of Family Medicine, American Board of Preventive Medicine
Background:
Dr. Schenk was a U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) National Health Service Corps member serving in rural Virginia from 1986-1990. She provided full scope family practice to impoverished communities and also served as the PHS regional medical director. She received the PHS regional administrator award in recognition of her efforts to improve the health and well being of this diverse community. Dr. Schenk joined the faculty of the Wayne State University School of Medicine in 1991 and is a Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences and the Karmanos Cancer Center. She has taught medical residents and students for over 17 years and public health students for 5 years. Dr. Schenk has developed and implemented innovative medical education programs and is currently the director of the Rural Medicine and dual MD/MPH programs. Dr. Schenk was selected by the medical students as the inaugural faculty awardee for the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine award in 2006.
Research interests:
Dr. Schenk’s teaching is in the areas of primary care, healthcare delivery models, health policy, primary care health professional workforce development, and leadership in academic medicine. She is also a cancer epidemiologist and is interested in environmental and occupational exposures and cancer outcomes. She has had numerous funded medical education programs and cancer research projects and has published numerous manuscripts in these areas. Dr. Schenk is a national board member of the American Cancer Society.
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