Hunter
08/29/22
The third candidate to become the University of Iowa Vice President for Medical Affairs and dean at the Carver College of Medicine has been announced.
The Iowa Now website reports that Selwyn O. Rogers, Jr. is the Dr. James E. Bowman, Jr. Professor at the University of Chicago, the founding director of the trauma center at University of Chicago Hospitals, executive vice president of community health engagement, and chief of the Section of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. His clinical and research interests focus on understanding the health care needs of underserved populations.
An open forum will be held today from noon to 1 pm at the Medical Education Research Facility on Newton Road. A Zoom option is available; the link is available on the Iowa Now website, now.uiowa.edu.
Over the next two days, Rogers will meet with faculty, staff, students, shared governance and campus leadership. Last week, two other candidates visited campus.
Sandra L. Wong was the first candidate selected. She is the William N and Bessie Allyn Professor of Surgery and chair of the Department of Surgery at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and Dartmouth Health. She also is Professor of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. She is a surgical oncologist and health services researcher with a long record of research funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the American Cancer Society.
The second candidate, Cristen Page, is executive dean of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, where she leads the school’s missions of research, education, and clinical care. She supervises a team of vice deans, chairs, and center directors who work together to set a vision and strategy for the school of medicine. She sits on the UNC Health Board of Directors and UNC Health Executive Council. Her research focuses include rural health workforce and health services.
A fourth candidate will be announced midweek.