Leadership

Department Chairs 

• Kolawole S. Okuyemi, MD, MPH    2017 - 2023
• Michael K. Magill, MD    1995 - 2017
• F. Marian Bishop, PhD, MSPH    1984 - 1994
• Charles Hillman Castle, MD    1970-1984

Division Chiefs

• Family Medicine

  • Bernadette Kiraly, MD    2023 - present
  • Jennifer P. Leiser, MD    2008 - 2023
     

• Occupational and Environmental Health

  • Jeremy J. Biggs, MD, MSPH    2020 - present
  • Kurt Hegmann, MD, MPH    2008 - 2020
     

• Physician Assistant Studies

  • Amanda Leigh Elrod, PA-C, MPAS    2021 - present
  • Virginia L. Valentin, DrPH, PA-C    2019 - 2021
  • John C. Houchins, MD    2011 - 2017
  • Trenton Honda, PhD, MMS, PA-C    2017 - 2019
  • Donald M. Pedersen, PhD, PAC    2010 - 2011
  • Directors of Graduate Programs in Physician Assistant Studies Health / MedEx program
    • William M. Wilson, PhD    1971 - 1988
       

• Public Health

  • James A. VanDerslice, PhD    2023 - present
  • Steven Lacey, MS, PhD    2020 - 2023
  • Stephen C. Alder, PhD    2008 - 2018
  • Directors of Graduate Programs in Public Health
    • A. Peter Catinella, MD, MPH    2007 - 2008
    • George L White, Jr, PhD, MSPH    1999 - 2007
    • F. Marian Bishop, PhD, MSPH    1997 - 1999
    • Charles C. Hughes, PhD    1979 - 1997
    • James O. Mason, MD, MPH, DrPH    1978
    • Robert L. Kane, MD    1974 - 1977

Program Directors

• Family Medicine Residency Program

  • Kirsten Stoesser, MD  present
     

• Utah Physician Assistant Program

  • Jared Spackman, MPAS, PA-C    2018 - present
  • Karen Mulitalo, MPAS, PA-C    2014 - 2018
  • Dan J. Crouse, MPAS, PA-C    2010 -2014