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Organizational Chart

College Organizational Chart updated Novembe 2024. Full alt text is below the image.

About this Organizational Chart

This organizational chart dated November 2024, shows Aron Sousa, MD, Dean, at the top of the chart. Reporting directly to him are the following people:

  • Brad Kline, Chief Financial Officer; Karen Weber, Senior Director of Development
  • Mary Shirkey, Senior Director of Development (Interim)
  • Jerry Kooiman, Assistant Dean & Chief External Relations Officer
  • Ade Olomu, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs (Interim)
  • Carol Parker, Associate Dean for Administration
  • Andrea Wendling, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
  • Wanda Lipscomb, Senior Associate Dean for Diversity & Inclusion
  • Narayanan Parameswaran, Senior Associate Dean for Research
  • Mona Hanna, Associate Dean for Public Health
  • Supratik Rayamajhi, Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs
  • Departments, Institutes, Divisions and Programs.

The next tier of the organizational chart represents the subgroups reporting to the individuals listed above:

  • Reporting to Brad Kline, Chief Financial Officer, are Budget/Finance and Contracting.
  • Reporting to Mary Shirkey, Senior Director of Development (Interim), are Development and Alumni Relations.
  • Reporting to Jerry Kooiman, Assistant Dean & Chief External Relations Officer, are Government/Community; Strategic Partnerships; and Communications/Marketing.
  • Reporting to Ade Olomu, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, are Faculty Affairs and Development.
  • Reporting to Carol Parker, Associate Dean for Administration, are Operations, Facilities and IT; Human Resources; and College Administrative Oversight.
  • Reporting to Andrea Wendling, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, are UME, GME, CME, MD/PhD, Graduate Studies, Community Assistant Deans, CHM Academy; Admissions, Curriculum, OMERAD, Student Affairs, Global Health Education.
  • Reporting to Wanda Lipscomb, Senior Associate Dean for Diversity & Inclusion, are Faculty Excellence Advocate and Diversity Initiatives.
  • Reporting to Narayanan Parameswaran, Senior Associate Dean for Research, is the Research Office; Health College Research Support (pre-post awards support); Medical Student Research; Associate Dean for Research Development; Associate Dean for Research Analytics.

Also listed are Steven Kalkanis, Associate Dean, Detroit; and Joshua Kooistra, Associate Dean, Grand Rapids.

Several insets are included to portray additional responsibilities within the Dean’s Office:

The inset for Departments & Institutes includes: Anesthesiology; Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Bioethics and Social Justice (Center for); Charles S. Mott Department of Public Health; Elemental Health Institute; Emergency Medicine; Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Family Medicine; Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering; Institute for Health Policy; Medicine; Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology; Neurology/ Ophthalmology; Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Biology; Orthopedics; Pediatrics & Human Development; Pharmacology & Toxicology; Physiology; Psychiatry; Radiology; Surgery; Translational Neuroscience.

The inset for Divisions & Programing includes: Otolaryngology; Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine; Neurosurgery; Nicholas V. Perricone, M.D., Division of Dermatology; Radiology & Biomedical Imaging; Rehabilitative Medicine.

The inset for Advisory Committees includes: College Advisory Committee; Dean’s Advisory Committee for Diversity; Dean’s Student Advisory Committee; Dean’s Support Staff Advisory Committee; and other academic governance committees.

Leadership