Dr. Keith A. Joiner of Yale University has been selected as the new dean of the University of Arizona College of Medicine. He will begin his new duties in March, replacing Dr. Kenneth Ryan, who has served as interim dean since July 2002.

Dr. Joiner brings a unique combination of research, business, administrative, and medical skills to the position. At Yale, he serves as professor of medicine, cell biology, and epidemiology, chief of the section of infectious diseases, associate chairman of the department of medicine at the School of Medicine, and director of the Investigative Medicine Program.

"He is one of the most uniquely qualified people we have seen," said Ray Woosley, UA's vice president for health sciences. "He is not only a competent physician, but he is also a bench scientist, and he has an MBA in health-care administration."

Dr. Joiner graduated from University of Colorado medical school in 1974 and split his residency between McGill University, Montreal, and Dartmouth Medical School. He completed his infectious disease fellowship training at Tufts-New England Medical Center in 1980, and earned a master's degree in health policy and administration from Yale University School of Medicine in 2003. He has won numerous awards, holds two patents, has co-authored more than 200 publications, and is on the editorial boards of four professional journals.

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For more information:

”New med dean: 'lots of work to be done'," Arizona Daily Wildcat, 12/08/2003

”Medical college selects new dean," Arizona Daily Wildcat, 12/05/2003

"New UA medical dean is Yale grad," Tucson Citizen, 12/05/2003

"Dr. Keith A. Joiner Appointed Dean of UA College of Medicine," UANews.org, 12/04/2003