Review begins for SMPH dean

A review is under way for Robert Golden, dean of the School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH).

Review committee members include Phillip Certain (review committee chair, dean emeritus, College of Letters & Science); Rhoda Arzoomanian (Comprehensive Cancer Center); Paul Bertics (bimolecular chemistry); Elizabeth Burnside (radiology); Jeffrey Charlson (psychiatry); Norman Drinkwater (oncology); Douglass Henderson (engineering physics); Timothy Kamp (medicine); K. Craig Kent (surgery); Judith Leavitt (medical history and bioethics); Briana Petersen (medical student); Mark Reichelderfer (medicine); Gail Robertson (physiology); and Mark Sager (medicine).

The review process will include interviews with faculty, staff and students, and with external stakeholders of SMPH. The committee also invites written comments from the university community regarding the dean’s leadership and administration. Written comments regarding Golden’s performance should be addressed to committee chair Phillip Certain or to other committee members. Comments or interview requests should be received by March 21.

The university adopted a standard five-year review procedure for deans several years ago. The purpose is to assess each dean’s academic and administrative leadership and performance. The chancellor and provost appoint the members of the review committee.