Dear TUN Campus Community:
We are writing to inform you of several changes within the senior leadership of the College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Dr. John Dougherty, Dean of the COM, has submitted his resignation and we have accepted it effective Friday, July 13, 2018. Dr. Dougherty has accepted a unique opportunity to oversee the creation of a new medical school in another state. With his departure, we are appointing key personnel into leadership positions. These include:
· Dr. Paul Kalekas as Interim Dean of the COM;
· Dr. Derek Meeks as Interim Vice Dean of the COM; and
· Dr. Joseph Hardy as Associate Dean for Clinical Education.
Dr. Kalekas and Dr. Meeks positions will be effective July 1 so that they have time to work with Dr. Dougherty to ensure a smooth transition. Drs. Kalekas and Meeks will serve in an interim capacity while we conduct a national search for Dr. Dougherty’s replacement. A search committee for the dean will be formed in the near future.
Dr. Hardy’s appointment is effective immediately, as he assumes the leadership role in overseeing the COM’s clinical education program.
Each of these highly regarded faculty members brings their institutional history and experience together with leadership in the community and medical profession. We are grateful for their willingness to take on these new roles.
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Dougherty on this new professional opportunity and in thanking him for the leadership he’s provided to the COM for nearly three years. Among his many accomplishments as Dean include overseeing the expansion of both the DO and MHS programs, revision of the curriculum, and creation of the new geriatrics fellowship.
We will be welcoming new, expanded classes of students in the coming weeks and have celebrated the opening of new academic spaces including the Tang Center for Clinic Simulation and the Cloobeck Center for Disaster Life Support. We are very enthusiastic about the university’s dynamic future.