JUNE 2004
Volume 28 No. 6


Anesthesiologist named to tech-oriented deanship

David Gaba, professor of anesthesia, has been named to a new position as the associate dean for immersive and simulation-based learning, effective July 1st, Dean Philip Pizzo has announced.

The dean said Gaba will have responsibility for defining how the School of Medicine should use immersive and simulation-based technologies to support clinical, research and educational missions. This will include coordinating the extant programs at the VA Hospital, Department of Surgery, Department of Pediatrics, and SUMMIT. The new decanal position will be under the aegis of Information Resources and Technology, Pizzo said.

Courtesy of Dean Philip Pizzo's newsletter:
http://deansnewsletter.stanford.edu/
archive/05_17_04.html

 


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