The University of Kansas Medical Center has announced that Dr. Garold Minns, professor of internal medicine and dean of the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, will transition to the role of dean emeritus. Minns has been dean of the Wichita campus since 2012.
Dr. Laura Tatpati, associate dean for undergraduate medical education in Wichita and clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology, will assume the role of interim dean of the Wichita campus, effective April 15th.
In his new role as dean emeritus, Dr. Minns will serve as a mentor and advisor and will retain his role overseeing KU’s efforts establishing the Wichita Biomedical Campus.
As interim campus dean, Dr. Tatpati will be the designated principal academic officer, overseeing school operations spanning all mission areas on the Wichita campus and reporting to the executive dean. She has managed the administration of the medical education program curriculum on the Wichita campus for the last three years. She has been a faculty member since 2007 and continues her clinical practice as a reproductive endocrinology and infertility specialist at the Center for Reproductive Medicine in Wichita.
