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For immediate release: Nov. 4, 2004
Contact:
Jennifer Day
P. 313-577-1429
prognosis@med.wayne.edu

WSU Provost announces School of Medicine Dean Search Committee

Nancy S. Barrett, WSU provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, announced the School of Medicine Dean Search Committee today.

Dr. Gary Abrams, chair of the WSU Department of Ophthalmology, has agreed to chair the search. The following faculty, hospital affiliates and student have agreed to serve:

Richard Cole, executive vice president and chief administrative officer, Detroit Medical Center ;

Joseph Dunbar, chair, WSU Department of Physiology;

Robert N. Frank, professor (with tenure), Department of Ophthalmology;

Chris Gappy, student, School of Medicine ;

David Kessel, professor (with tenure), Department of Pharmacology;

Mary Kramer, associate publisher, Crain’s Detroit Business;

Gwen Mackenzie, executive vice president and chief operating officer, Detroit Medical Center ;

Stephen Migdal, professor (clinician-educator), Department of Internal Medicine;

John C. Ruckdeschel, president and chief executive officer, Karmanos Cancer Institute;

Maryjean Schenk, chair, Department of Family Medicine;

Beverly Schmoll, dean, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences;

Jack Sobel, professor (with tenure), Department of Internal Medicine;

Bonita Stanton, chair, Department of Pediatrics;

Ronald Strickler, OHEP, chair, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Henry Ford Health System; and

Judith Whittum-Hudson, professor (with tenure), Department of Immunology/Microbiology

With more than 1,000 medical students, the WSU School of Medicine is among the nation’s largest institutions of its kind. Together with its clinical partner, the Wayne State University Physician Group, the school is a leader in patient care and medical research in a number of areas, including cancer, genetics, neuroscience and women’s and children’s health.