Department Chairs
2025 - present
2024
2017 - 2024
1995 - 2017
2016
1994
1984 - 1994
1970 - 1983
John W. Barrett, MD [ Profile ]
John W. Barrett, MD (Interim) [ Profile ]
Kolawole S. Okuyemi, MD, MPH [ Profile ]
Michael K. Magill, MD [ Profile ]
John R. Hoidal, MD (Interim) [ Profile ]
Michael A. Rigdon, PhD (Interim) [ Profile ]
F. Marian Bishop, PhD, MSPH [ d.2003 ]
Charles Hilmon Castle, MD[ d.2016 ]
Department Chiefs & Directors
Division Chiefs of Family & Community Medicine
2023 - present
2008 - 2023
1997 - 2008
1994 - 1997
1989 - 1994
1984 - 1989
1982 - 1984
1970s
1970s
1973
1971 - 1972
Bernadette (Bern) Kiraly, MD [ Profile ]
Division structure dissolved
Stephen (Steve) Ratcliffe, MD, MSPH [ Profile ]
Joseph (Joe) Hess, MD
Larry Lutz, MD (later became Chair of the Dept. of Family and Preventive Medicine at Emory University)
Thomas (Tom) Schwenk, MD [ Profile ] (later became Chair of the Dept. of Family Medicine at the University of Michigan)
John Tudor, MD [ Profile ] (later became President of the American Academy of Family Physicians in 1993)
Elbert Leigh, MD [ d.2015 ]
Dave Feigal, MD [ d.1998 ]
John Geyman, MD [ Profile ] (later became Chair of the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Washington, 1976-1990)
Residency Directors of Family & Community Medicine
2016 - present
2005 - 2015
2002 - 2005
1998 - 2002
1994 - 1998
1989 - 1994
1983 - 1989
1980 - 1982
1978 - 1980
1976 - 1978
Early 1970s
Kirsten Stoesser, MD [ Profile ]
Osman Sanyer, MD [ Retrospective ]
Stephen (Steve) Ratcliffe, MD, MSPH [ Profile ]
Ita Killeen, MD [ Profile ]
Roslyn (Roz) Taylor, MD (d.2019)
Barbara Reed, MD [ Profile ]
Charles (Chuck) Payton, MD
John Tudor, MD [ d.2023 ]
David Sundwall, MD [ Profile ]
Elbert Leigh, MD (d.2015)
Division Chiefs & Program Directors: Public Health
2023 - present
2020 - 2023
2019
2008 - 2018
2007 - 2008
1999 - 2007
1997 - 1999
1979 - 1997
1978
1977 - 1978
1974 - 1977
James (Jim) VanDerslice, PhD [ Profile ]
Steven Lacey, PhD
James (Jim) VanDerslice, PhD [ Profile ]
Stephen C. Alder, PhD [ Profile ]
A. Peter Catinella, MD, MPH (Interim) [ Profile ]
George L. White, Jr., PA-C, PhD, MSPH
F. Marian Bishop, PhD, MSPH (Interim) (d.2003)
Charles C. Hughes, PhD (d.1997)
James O. Mason, MD, DrPH (d.2019) (later became Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and then Deputy Surgeon General of the United States)
Donna L. Olsen, PhD (Interim)
Robert L. Kane, MD (d.2019) (later became Dean of School of Public Health, University of Minnesota)
Division Chiefs: Physician Assistant Studies
2023 - present
2020 - 2023
2019
2008 - 2018
2007 - 2008
1999 - 2007
1997 - 1999
1979 - 1997
1978
1977 - 1978
1974 - 1977
James (Jim) VanDerslice, PhD [ Profile ]
Steven Lacey, PhD
James (Jim) VanDerslice, PhD [ Profile ]
Stephen C. Alder, PhD [ Profile ]
A. Peter Catinella, MD, MPH (Interim) [ Profile ]
George L. White, Jr., PA-C, PhD, MSPH
F. Marian Bishop, PhD, MSPH (Interim) (d.2003)
Charles C. Hughes, PhD (d.1997)
James O. Mason, MD, DrPH (d.2019) (later became Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and then Deputy Surgeon General of the United States)
Donna L. Olsen, PhD (Interim)
Robert L. Kane, MD (d.2019) (later became Dean of School of Public Health, University of Minnesota)
Program Directors: Physician Assistant Program (earlier: MedEx Program)
2024
2018 - 2024
2014 - 2018
2010 - 2014
1988 - 2010
1971 - 1988
The Division of Physician Assistant Studies leaves the Department to become a free-standing division in the School of Medicine
Jared Spackman, PA-C, MPAS [ Profile ]
Karen Mulitalo, PA-C, MPAS [ Profile ]
Dan Crouse, PA-C, MPAS [ Profile ]
Don Pedersen, PA-C, PhD [ Profile ]
William (Bill) Wilson, PhD (d.2010)
Directors of Rocky Mountain Center Occupational and Environmental Health (RMCOEH) and Division Chiefs: Occupational Environmental Health
2024
2021 - 2024
2003
1987 - 2003
1986 - 1987
1983 - 1986
1977 - 1983
RMCOEH and Division of Occupational and Environmental Health leaves the Department to become a free-standing division in the School of Medicine
Jeremy Biggs, MD [ Profile ] (Division Chief)
Kurt Hegmann, MD [ Profile ] (Division Chief 2003-2021; RMCOEH Director 2003-2024)
Royce Moser, MD [ Profile ] (RMCOEH Director)
Mario Botticelli, MD (Pulmonary)
Jeff Lee, PhD (d.1996)
William (Bill) Rom, MD [ Profile ] (Division Chief and RMCOEH Director)
Residency Directors: Occupational Environmental Medicine
2024
2006 - 2024
2004 - 2006
2001 - 2004
1994 - 2001
1990 - 1993
1986 - 1990
1977 - 1986
The Division of Occupational and Environmental Health leaves the Department to become a free-standing division in the School of Medicine
Eric Wood, MD [ Profile ]
Edward (Ed) Holmes, MD [ Profile ]
Kurt Hegmann, MD [ Profile ]
Anthony (Tony) Suruda, MD [ Profile ]
Pat Barrier, MD [ Profile ]
Richard (Dick) Johns, MD (d.2010)
James Lockey, MD [ Profile ]
Directors of the Industrial Hygiene Program
2024
2022 - 2024
2019 - 2022
2017 - 2019
2015 - 2017
2004 - 2014
1990s