Dr. John J. Reilly Jr. (University of Colorado School of Medicine) <\/p>\n
The University of Colorado has named its next dean of the School of Medicine, Dr. John J. Reilly Jr., former chair of the University of Pittsburgh's department of medicine and a pulmonary expert. <\/p>\n
Reilly will become the new dean and the university's vice chancellor for health affairs on April 1. <\/p>\n
He will succeed Dr. Richard D. Krugman, who is the longest-serving U.S. medical school dean, having been named acting dean in 1990 and appointed to the job in 1992. <\/p>\n
Reilly, who joined Pittsburgh in 2008 after more than 20 years with Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, is a researcher with more than 100 peer-reviewed reports to his credit. He is a co-author of textbook chapters on internal medicine. <\/p>\n
Reilly's areas of interest include genetic and environmental factors in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and the role of specific enzymes in COPD, emphysema and lung cancer. <\/p>\n
Reilly, who will hold the Richard D. Krugman School of Medicine Dean's Endowed Chair, graduated from Harvard Medical School after earning an undergraduate degree in chemistry from Dartmouth College. <\/p>\n
Under Krugman, more than 4,000 physicians, physician assistants, physical therapists and medical scientists earned degrees. <\/p>\n
Krugman announced one year ago he would step down when a successor was hired. <\/p>\n
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