The School of Medicine is led by Mary E. Klotman, M.D., Dean and Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs. Dean Klotman works with a leadership team comprising nine vice deans, a chief diversity and a communications officer, as well as department chairs and center and institute directors. Associate and assistant deans also assist the dean with the oversight and management of the School’s 2,200 clinical and basic science faculty, more than 1,600 MD, health professions and PhD students, and approximately 7,000 staff employees.
Leadership and Administration
Dean
Mary E. Klotman, MD
Office Name:
Office of the Dean
Campus mail:
DUMC 2927
Senior Leadership
Scott Gibson
Executive Vice Dean for Administration
L. Ebony Boulware, MD, MPH
Vice Dean for Translational Sciences
Ann Brown, MD, MHS
Vice Dean for Faculty
Edward Buckley, MD
Vice Dean for Education
Colin S. Duckett, PhD
Vice Dean for Basic Science
Adrian Hernandez, MD
Vice Dean for Clinical Research
Billy Newton, Jr.
Vice Dean for Finance
Theodore N. Pappas, MD
Vice Dean for Medical Affairs
Michael Pencina, PhD
Vice Dean for Data Science and Information Technology
Geeta Swamy, MD
Vice Dean and Associate Vice Provost for Scientific Integrity
Jill Boy
Associate Dean and Chief Communications Officer
Stacy Palmer
Associate Dean for Strategic Planning and Chief of Staff
Judy Seidenstein
Associate Dean and Chief Diversity Officer
Associate Deans
Suresh Balu
Associate Dean for Innovation and Partnership
Monte Brown, MD
Associate Dean of Veterans Affairs
Cathleen Colon-Emeric MD, MHSc,
Associate Dean for Research Mentoring
Joanna Downer, PhD
Associate Dean for Research Development
Robert P. Drucker, MD
Associate Dean for Medical Education
Cory Ennis, MS
Associate Dean for Clinical Research Information Systems
W. Gavin Foltz, JD
Associate Dean and Executive Director, Office of Research Contracts
Philip Goodman, MD
Associate Dean for Medical Education
Colleen O'Connor Grochowski, PhD
Associate Dean for Curricular Affairs
Betsy Hames, JM, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
Associate Dean and Chief Human Resources Officer
Caroline Haynes, MD, PhD
Associate Dean for Medical Education, Director, Student Affairs
Catherine Kuhn, MD
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Walter Kwiatek
Chief Academic Information Officer for Duke Health
Stacey R. McCorison, MBA
Associate Dean, Medical Education Administration
John Michnowicz
Associate Dean and Executive Director, Office of Research Administration
Moria Montalbano
Associate Dean, Space Management & Research Resources
Paula Morrison
Associate Dean for Research Software Solutions
Christopher Nicchitta, PhD
Associate Dean for Research Training
Sallie Permar, MD, PhD
Associate Dean for Physician-Scientist Development
Marcella Sarzotti-Kelsoe, PhD
Associate Dean for Advancing Research Practices
Denise Snyder
Associate Dean for Clinical Research
Laurianne Torres
Associate Dean for Planning
Lisa Varani
Associate Dean for Finance
Megan von Isenburg
Associate Dean for Library Services
Delbert R. Wigfall, MD
Associate Dean for Medical Education
Linton Yee, MD
Associate Dean for Admissions