UI names new Carver College of Medicine dean
July 26, 2012
University of Iowa leaders have named Debra A. Schwinn, MD, as the next dean of the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine.
Schwinn currently serves as professor and chair of the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, the Allan J. Treuer Endowed Professor of Anesthesiology, and adjunct professor of Pharmacology and Genome Sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle. Schwinn's appointment will be effective Nov. 1, 2012, pending approval by the Board of Regents, State of Iowa. Donna Hammond, PhD, will continue to serve as acting dean of the UI Carver College of Medicine until Schwinn's arrival. Schwinn succeeds Paul Rothman, MD, who began serving in his new position at Johns Hopkins University on July 1. For more information, click here.