The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences on Thursday announced a new vice chancellor and dean for the academic medical center's College of Medicine.
Dr. Pope Moseley will began as dean of UAMS' largest college and as its executive vice chancellor July 15. In that role, he will earn $600,000 annually, plus another $100,000 in deferred compensation for retirement, UAMS spokesman Leslie Taylor said.
Moseley will succeed Dr. G. Richard Smith, who served in the same role for the last two years.
"I am thrilled with Pope's decision to join us as the next dean of the College of Medicine," UAMS Chancellor Dr. Dan Rahn said in a news release. "His background as a physician scientist, his personal leadership style and his administrative experience in academic medicine make him ideally suited to lead the faculty and staff of the college to advance its mission. He also will add significantly to the UAMS leadership team."
Moseley comes from the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, where he worked as a professor and chairman of its department of internal medicine. He has also worked as an associate dean for research and chief of the division of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine at that university.
Smith -- who joined UAMS in 1981 and is the founding director of UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute -- will leave the post March 31. Dr. Richard Turnage, who chairs the department of surgery, will serve as interim until Moseley begins.
In that role, Moseley will be in charge of the college, which has more than 1,100 faculty members, 650 residents and 682 students, the release states. He will also work alongside the vice chancellor for clinical programs, Roxane Townsend, to develop "a forward-looking model for clinical programs."
"My first goal is to learn about the faculty, students, staff and trainees," Moseley said in the release. "It's a wonderful place that is taking a thoughtful and bold approach to redefining the future of medical education, research, patient care and service. I'm eager to participate in the innovative collaboration to advance the new service lines and support the continued development of the research enterprise in Arkansas."
NW News on 02/21/2015