Leadership
Department Chairs |
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| 2025 - present | John W. Barrett, MD [ Profile ] |
| 2023 - 2024 | John W. Barrett, MD (Interim) [ Profile ] |
| 2017 - 2023 | Kolawole S. Okuyemi, MD, MPH [ Profile ] |
| 1995 - 2017 | Michael K. Magill, MD [ Profile ] |
| 2016 | John R. Hoidal, MD (Interim) [ Profile ] |
| 1994 | Michael A. Rigdon, PhD (Interim) [ Profile ] |
| 1984 - 1994 | F. Marian Bishop, PhD, MSPH [ d.2003 ] |
| 1970 - 1983 | Charles Hilmon Castle, MD [ d.2016 ] |
Department Chiefs & Directors |
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Division Chiefs of Family & Community Medicine |
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| 2023 - present | Bernadette (Bern) Kiraly, MD [ Profile ] | |
| 2008 - 2023 | Jennifer (Jenny) Leiser, MD [ Retirement ] | |
| 1997 - 2008 | Division structure dissolved | |
| 1994 - 1997 | Stephen (Steve) Ratcliffe, MD, MSPH [ Profile ] | |
| 1989 - 1994 | Joseph (Joe) Hess, MD | |
| 1984 - 1989 | Larry Lutz, MD (later became Chair of the Dept. of Family and Preventive Medicine at Emory University) | |
| 1982 - 1984 | Thomas (Tom) Schwenk, MD [ Profile ] (later became Chair of the Dept. of Family Medicine at the University of Michigan) | |
| 1970s | John Tudor, MD [ Profile ] (later became President of the American Academy of Family Physicians in 1993) | |
| 1970s | Elbert Leigh, MD [ d.2015 ] | |
| 1973 | Dave Feigal, MD [ d.1998 ] | |
| 1971 - 1972 | 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 |
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| 2016 - present | Kirsten Stoesser, MD [ Profile ] | |
| 2005 - 2015 | Sonja Van Hala, MD [ Profile ] | |
| 2002 - 2005 | Osman Sanyer, MD [ Retrospective ] | |
| 1998 - 2002 | Stephen (Steve) Ratcliffe, MD, MSPH [ Profile ] | |
| 1994 - 1998 | Ita Killeen, MD [ Profile ] | |
| 1989 - 1994 | Roslyn (Roz) Taylor, MD (d.2019) | |
| 1983 - 1989 | Barbara Reed, MD [ Profile ] | |
| 1980 - 1982 | Charles (Chuck) Payton, MD | |
| 1978 - 1980 | John Tudor, MD (d.2023) | |
| 1976 - 1978 | David Sundwall, MD [ Profile ] | |
| Early 1970s | Elbert Leigh, MD (d.2015) | |
Division Chiefs & Program Directors: Public Health |
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| 2023 - present | James (Jim) VanDerslice, PhD [ Profile ] | |
| 2020 - 2023 | Steven Lacey, PhD [ Profile ] | |
| 2019 | James (Jim) VanDerslice, PhD (Interim) [ Profile ] | |
| 2008 - 2018 | Stephen C. Alder, PhD [ Profile ] | |
| 2007 - 2008 | A. Peter Catinella, MD, MPH (Interim) [ Profile ] | |
| 1999 - 2007 | George L. White, Jr., PA-C, PhD, MSPH | |
| 1997 - 1999 | F. Marian Bishop, PhD, MSPH (Interim) (d.2003) | |
| 1979 - 1997 | Charles C. Hughes, PhD (d.1997) | |
| 1978 | 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) | |
| 1997 - 1998 | Donna L. Olsen, PhD (Interim) | |
| 1974 - 1977 | Robert L. Kane, MD (d.2019) (later became Dean of School of Public Health, University of Minnesota) | |
Division Chiefs: Physician Assistant Studies |
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| 2024 | The Division of Physician Assistant Studies leaves the Department to become a free-standing division in the School of Medicine | |
| 2022 - 2024 | A. Leigh Elrod, PA-C, PhD [ Profile ] | |
| 2020 - 2022 | Virginia Valentin, PA-C, DrPH [ Profile ] | |
| 2018 - 2020 | Trent Honda, PA-C, PhD [ Profile ] | |
| 2011 - 2017 | John Houchins, MD [ Profile ] | |
| 2010 - 2011 | Don Pedersen, PA-C, PhD [ Profile ] | |
Program Directors: Physician Assistant Program (earlier: MedEx Program) |
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| 2024 | The Division of Physician Assistant Studies leaves the Department to become a free-standing division in the School of Medicine | |
| 2018 - 2024 | Jared Spackman, PA-C, MPAS [ Profile ] | |
| 2014 - 2018 | Karen Mulitalo, PA-C, MPAS [ Profile ] | |
| 2010 - 2014 | Dan Crouse, PA-C, MPAS [ Profile ] | |
| 1988 - 2010 | Don Pedersen, PA-C, PhD [ Profile ] | |
| 1971 - 1988 | William (Bill) Wilson, PhD (d.2010) | |
Directors of Rocky Mountain Center Occupational and Environmental Health (RMCOEH) and
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| 2024 | RMCOEH and Division of Occupational and Environmental Health leaves the Department to become a free-standing division in the School of Medicine. | |
| 2021 - 2024 | Jeremy Biggs, MD [ Profile ] Division Chief | |
| 2003 | Kurt Hegmann, MD [ Profile ] Division Chief 2003-2021; RMCOEH Director 2003-2024 | |
| 1987 - 2003 | Royce Moser, MD (d.2022) RMCOEH Director | |
| 1986 - 1987 | Mario Botticelli, MD (Pulmonary) | |
| 1983 - 1986 | Jeff Lee, PhD (d.1996) | |
| 1977 - 1983 | William (Bill) Rom, MD [ Profile ] Division Chief and RMCOEH Director | |
Residency Directors: Occupational Environmental Medicine |
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| 2024 | The Division of Occupational and Environmental Health leaves the Department to become a free-standing division in the School of Medicine | |
| 2006 - 2024 | Eric Wood, MD [ Profile ] | |
| 2004 - 2006 | Edward (Ed) Holmes, MD [ Profile ] | |
| 2001 - 2004 | Kurt Hegmann, MD [ Profile ] | |
| 1994 - 2001 | Anthony (Tony) Suruda, MD [ Profile ] | |
| 1990 - 1993 | Pat Barrier, MD [ Profile ] | |
| 1986 - 1990 | Richard (Dick) Johns, MD (d.2010) | |
| 1977 - 1986 | James Lockey, MD [ Profile ] | |
Directors of the Industrial Hygiene Program |
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| 2024 | The Division of Occupational and Environmental Health leaves the Department to become a free-standing division in the School of Medicine | |
| 2022 - 2024 | Darrah Sleeth [ Profile ] | |
| 2019 - 2022 | Rachael Jones | |
| 2017 - 2019 | Rod Handy [ Profile ] | |
| 2015 - 2017 | Rodney Larsen [ Profile ] | |
| 2004 - 2014 | Dean Lilquist | |
| 1990s | Jeff Lee (d.1996) | |