Deans & Department Chairs
Deans of Two-Year Medical School
- Ralph V. Chamberlain, Ph.D. 1906-07
- Byron Cummings, A.M. 1907-09
- G.M. Marshall,Ph.D. (acting) 1910-11
- Charles T. Vorhees, Ph.D. 1911-13
- Dr. Kingsbury (Pres. Of Univ.) (acting) 1913-14
- Dr. Perry Snow 1914-23
- Ralph O. Porter, M.D. 1924-29
- Beryl Burns, M.D. 1929-32
- Lyman L. Daines, Ph.D. 1932-41
Early Departments in the Two-Year Medical School
Anatomy
- Dr. Ephraim G. Gowans, 1907-12
- Dr. John Sundwall, 1912-
- Beryl I. Burns, Ph.D. 1925-29
- Clay Freudenberger, Ph.D., M.D.1929-1944
Bacteriology/Pathology
- L.L. Daines, Ph.D.1931-32
- Orin Ogilvie, M.D. 1932-44
Biochemistry
- Dr. William G. Ebaugh
- Dr.Harold Goldthrope, 1929-43
Materia Medica/Pharmacology
- Dr Ross Anderson. Dept. abandoned in 1928
Physiology/Pharmacology
- Robert W. Fisher, M.D. 1906-12
- Charles Johnson, Ph.D. 1931-44
Deans of the Four-Year Medical School
- Cyril Callister, M.D. 1942-45
- Leo Marshall, M.D. (acting)1945-46
- Richard Young, M.D. 1946-49
- John Z. Bowers, M.D. 1950-55
- Phillip Price, M.D. 1956-62
- Kenneth Castleton, M.D. 1962-68
- Frank Ebaugh, M.D. 1969-71
- Frank Tyler, M.D. (acting)1971-72
- John Dixon, M. D. 1972-76
- Cedric Davern, Ph. D. 1976-77
- Richard Lee, M.D. 1978-84
- Cecil Samuelson, M.D. 1985-88
- Walter Stevens, Ph.D.(acting) 1988-91
- Frank Tyler, M.D. (acting) 1991-93
- Walter Stevens, Ph.D. 1993-98
- John Madsen, M.D. 1998-99
- Lorris Betz, M.D., Ph.D. 1999-2004
- David Bjorkman, M.D.,MPH. 2004-
Departments & Divisions of the Accredited Four-Year Medical School
Basic Sciences
Anatomy
- Chester Swinyard, Ph.D. 1944-49
- Thomas Dougherty, Ph.D. 1949-75
- Webster Gee, Ph.D. (acting) 1975-77
- Marcus Jacobson, M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D. 1977-88
- Richard J. Mullens, Ph.D.1988-92
Changed to Neurobiology and Anatomy 1993
- Thomas Parks, Ph.D. 1992-
Biochemistry
- Leo Samuels, Ph.D. 1943-64
- Sidney Velick, Ph.D. 1964-78
- Hans Rilling, Ph.D. (acting) 1978-85
- Co-chairmen: Martin Rechsteiner, Ph.D. 1985-1998
- Dana Carroll, Ph.D. 1985-
Bacteriology
- Louis Gebhardt, M.D, Ph.D. 1943-1971
Changed to Microbiology
- Lowell Glasgow, M.D. 1971-73
Changed to Cellular, Viral and Molecular Biology
- Don Summers, M.D. 1974-85
Changed to Oncological Sciences
- Ray White, Ph.D. 1994-2000
- Barbara Graves, Ph.D. 2001-
Medical Biophysics and Computing
- Homer Warner, M.D., Ph.D. 1972-1985
Changed to Medical Informatics
- Homer Warner, M.D., Ph.D. 1985-1996
- Reed Gardner, Ph.D. 1996-2006
Changed to Biomedical Informatics
- Chairperson: Joyce Mitchell, Ph.D. 2006-
Human Genetics
- Ray White, Ph.D. 1985-94
- Ray Gesteland, Ph.D. 1985-2000
- Mark Leppert, Ph.D./Mario Capecchi, Ph.D. (co-chairs) 2000-
Pharmacology
- Louis S. Goodman, M.D. 1944-71
- Dixon Woodbury, Ph.D. 1971-86
Dept. of Pharmacology placed in the College of Pharmacy in 1986
Physiology
- Horace Davenport, Ph.D. 1945-56
- Carlton C. Hunt, M.D. 1957-64
- Carlos Eyzaguirre, Ph.D. 1964-88
- Salvatore J. Fidone, Ph.D. 1988-2005
- Ed Dudek, Ph.D. 2005-
Clinical Anesthesiology
Division:
- Scott M. Smith, M.D. 1946-53
- Carter Ballinger, M.D.1954-73
Department:
- William Jordan, M.D. (acting) 1974-76
- K.C. Wong, M.D., Ph.D. 1976-95
- Michael A. Ashburn, M.D. (acting)1995-2000
- Michael K. Cahalan, M.D. 2001-
Dermatology
Division in Dept. of Medicine
- Gerald G. Krueger, M.D. 1972-88
- John Zone, M.D. 1988-96
Department:
- John J. Zone, M.D. 1996-
Family and Preventive Medicine
- C. Hilmon Castle, M.D. 1970-84
- Marian Bishop, Ph.D. 1984-94
- Michael K. Magill, M.D. 1994-
Internal Medicine
- Maxwell M. Wintrobe, M.D., Ph.D. 1943-67
- George Cartwright, M.D. 1967-80
- William D. Odell, M.D., Ph.D. 1981-96
- Merle Sande, M.D. 1996-2001
- John Hoidal, M.D. 2001-
Neurology
Division:
- Leonard W. Jarcho, M.D. 1957-59
Department:
- Leonard W. Jarcho, M.D. 1959-82
- J. Richard Baringer, M.D. 1982-2003
- John E. Greenlee, M.D. (acting) 2003-2007
- Stefan-M. Pulst, M.D., Dr. med. 2007
Neurosurgery
Division in Dept. of Surgery
- Peter Lindstrom, M.D. 1955-62
- Theodore Ted Roberts, M.D. 1962-85
- Peter Heilburn, M.D. 1985-92
Department:
- Peter Heilburn, M.D. 1992-2001
- William T. Couldwell, M.D., Ph.D. 2001-
Obstetrics/Gynecology
- A. Louis Dipple, M.D. 1943-44
- Charles E. McLennan, M.D. 1944-47
- Emil Holmstrom, M.D. 1947-58
- Irwin Kaiser, M.D., Ph.D.1959-68
- Morton Stenchever, M.D. 1970-77
- James R. Scott, M.D. 1977-95
- Kirtly Parker Jones, M.D. (acting) 1995-96
- Eli Y. Adashi, M.D.1996-2005
- Mark Gibson, M.D. (acting) 2005-06
- C. Matthew Peterson, M.D. 2006-
Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Division in Dept. of Surgery:
- Henry VanDyk, M.D. 1969-79
- Randall J. Olson, M.D. 1979-82
Department:
- Randall J. Olson, M.D. 1982-
Orthopedics
Division, Dept. of Surgery:
- Sherman S. Coleman, M.D. 1957-81
- Harold K. Dunn, M.D. 1981-95
Department:
- Harold Dunn, M.D. 1995-2005
- Charles L. Saltzman, M.D. 2005-
Pathology
- Francis D. Gunn, M.D., Ph.D. 1945-53
- Richard H. Follis, M.D. 1953-55
- William H. Carnes, M.D. 1956-68
- Ernst J. Eichwald, M.D. 1968-79
- Reginald Mason M.D. 1979-81
- John Matsen M.D. 1982-93
- Carl Kjeldsberg, M.D. 1993-2004
- Peter Jensen, M.D. 2004-
Pediatrics
- John A. Anderson, M.D. 1943-49
- James F. Bosma, M.D. 1950-58
- M. Eugene Lahey, M.D. 1958-72
- Pat Bray, M.D. (acting). 1964-65
- Lowell Glasgow, M.D. 1973-82
- Richard Seigler, M.D. (acting ) 1982-83
- Michael Simmons, M.D. 1983-94
- Michael Dean, M.D. (acting) 1994-96
- Edward Clark, M.D. 1996-
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Division:
- James R. Swenson, M.D. 1965-2002
- John Speed, M.B.B.S. (acting) 2002-03
- Phillip R Bryant, D.O. 2003-05
- John Speed, M.B.B.S. 2005-2006
- Joseph B. Webster, M.D. (acting) 2006-2009
- Elie P. Elovic, M.D. 2009-
Postgraduate Medical Education Division:
- C. Hilmon Castle, M.D. 1959-70
Psychiatry
- Hardin C. Branch, M.D. 1948-70
- Eugene L. Bliss, M.D. 1970-78
- Bernard I. Grosser, M.D. 1978-2006
- William McMahon, M.D. 2007
Public Health & Preventive Medicine- Discontinued 1970.
- H. Leo Marshall, M.D. 1944-50
- Glen Leymaster, M.D. 1950-61
- Elton Newman, M.D. 1961-65
- John R. Ward, M.D. 1965-70
Radiology
- Henry H. Lerner, M.D. 1946-48
- Henry P. Plenk, M.D. 1948-52
- William R. Christensen, M.D. 1952-70
- David Bragg, M.D. 1970-97
- William Orrison, M.D. 1997-2001
- Edwin A. Stevens, M.D. 2001-
Radiation Oncology
- Robert Stewart, M.D. 1994-2001
- Dennis C. Shrieve, M.D., Ph.D. 2001-
Surgery
- Phillip B. Price, M.D. 1943-56
- Walter Burdette, Ph.D., M.D. 1957-64
- Keith Reemstma, M.D. 1966-71
- Frank Moody, M.D. 1972-82
- James L. Parkin, M.D. (acting) 1982-84
- William A. Gay, M.D. 1984-93
- James L. Parkin, M.D. 1993-96
- Edward W. Nelson, M.D. (acting) 1996-2001
- Sean J. Mulvihill, M.D. 2001-
