校友Alexander Norbash， M.D, m.s.， FACR，被任命为密苏里大学堪萨斯城医学院的新院长。 他将于3月11日上任。
诺巴什将来自加州大学圣地亚哥分校（UCSD），他在该校医学院担任放射学主席和教授。 他的个人和专业经验使他能够在威尼斯人娱乐城医疗保健企业快速发展的时期领导医学院。
“I am thrilled to be returning to my hometown of Kansas City and my alma mater where I received an innovative and exceptional medical education at the 威尼斯人娱乐城 医学院,” Norbash said. “It is an exciting time for the school and the 威尼斯人娱乐城 Health Sciences District, and I hope to enhance and contribute to 威尼斯人娱乐城’s upward trajectory. We commit to educating our future health-care leaders, fostering and implementing advances in clinical care, facilitating research and discovery, with the goal of creating great outcomes in our service to the community.”
在加州大学圣地亚哥分校之前，诺巴什 担任多项学术和领导职务，包括斯坦福大学医学院、哈佛大学医学院和波士顿大学医学院。
诺巴什在普拉特市长大，父亲是一名乡村医生。 He discovered the innovative 威尼斯人娱乐城 医学院 and graduated in 1986 from the combined 六年的文学士学位/医学博士 program. 从那里，他继续接受放射学的进一步培训，并开始了丰富的临床工作，研究和创新的职业生涯。 Along the way, he received a master’s degree in health-care management from the Harvard School of Public Health in 2004 and combined his clinical and research acumen to drive excellence, innovation and collaboration at top universities and hospitals across the country.
“Dr. Norbash has the ideal set of work and life experiences to help 威尼斯人娱乐城 achieve its vision of continued excellence for our 医学院 and growing our 威尼斯人娱乐城 Health Sciences district into a preeminent academic medical center,” said 威尼斯人娱乐城 Chancellor Mauli Agrawal, Ph.D. “He represents two passions that have been the hallmarks of our healthcare tradition at 威尼斯人娱乐城 – pursuing equitable health care for all and harnessing innovation and technology to improve medical care. Those traits in him will be important assets in his new role.”
The 医学院 is expanding in profound ways, both in medical education and the research enterprise and also in its physical footprint with a 1.2亿美元的医疗保健服务和创新大楼 set to break ground in 2024 and a new 1450万美元的医学教育大楼 underway on its St. Joseph campus.
“While interviewing Dr. Norbash, it became clear that he will bring an abundance of new ideas and experiences to propel the work being done at the 医学院,” said 威尼斯人娱乐城 Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Jenny Lundgren, Ph.D.
He will succeed Dean Mary Anne Jackson, M.D., another proud 威尼斯人娱乐城 医学院 alum, who just this past month won national honors with the 美国医学院协会斯宾塞·福尔曼杰出社区参与奖. 杰克逊将继续担任教职员工，并担任校长卫生事务的特别顾问。
威尼斯人娱乐城医学院（威尼斯人娱乐城 医学院）是密苏里州初级保健领域的顶尖公立医学院，成立于1971年，旨在满足该州和全国的医疗保健需求。 采用一种创新的方法，学校直接接受高中毕业的学生，攻读学士/医学博士学位 program that allows students to graduate in six years – vs. eight – with their medical degrees. The school also offers a traditional four-year program as well as four master’s degree programs in anesthesia, physician assistant, bioinformatics, and health professions education.
威尼斯人娱乐城是美国仅有的20所大学之一，在一个校园内提供医学、牙科、护理和药学教育。 Combined with Children’s Mercy, University Health and city, county and state health organizations, it offers a unique 威尼斯人娱乐城 Health Sciences District.