Department Heads Council (DHC)

The Department Heads Council is advisory to the dean with respect to research, education, clinical service, budget, strategic planning, and other aspects of the Medical School’s mission and operation, particularly with respect to the allocation of funds for salary increases and for the allocation and expenditure of the various resources of the Medical School. The standing subcommittees of the Department Heads Council are the Basic Science Heads Council (BSHC) and the Clinical Science Heads Council (CSHC).

Council Chair: Jakub Tolar, MD, PhD, Dean of the Medical School, Vice President for Clinical Affairs

Council Members

• Michael H. Wall, MD, FCCM, Department Head, Department of Anesthesiology
• Aaron Goldstrohm, PhD, Department Head, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics
• Detlef Heck, PhD, Department Head, Department of Biomedical Sciences
• Robert Dellavalle, MD, PhD, MSPH, Department Head, Department of Dermatology
• James Miner, Department Head, Department of Emergency Medicine
• Peter M. Nalin, MD, MBA, FAAFP, Department Head, Department of Family Medicine and Biobehavioral Health
• James Pacala, MD, MS, Department Head, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
• Tom Hays, PhD, Department Head, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development
• Joseph M. Metzger, PhD., Department Head, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology
• Leo Furcht, MD, Department Head, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
• Elizabeth Seaquist, MD, Department Head, Department of Medicine
• Ashley Haase, MD, Department Head, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
• Jerrold Vitek, MD, PhD, Department Head, Department of Neurology
• Paul Mermelstein, PhD, Department Head, Department of Neuroscience
• Daniel Guillaume, MD, MS, Interim Department Head, Department of Neurosurgery
• John Fischer, MD, FACOG, Department Head, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health
• Silvia Orengo-Nania, MD, Department Head, Department of Opthamology and Visual Neurosciences
• Denis Clohisy, MD, Associate Dean for Surgical and Procedural Specialties and Head, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
• Samir Khariwala, MD, MS, FACS, Department Head, Department of Otolaryngology
• Joseph Neglia, MD, MPH, Department Head, Department of Pediatrics
• Kevin Wickman, PhD, Department Head, Department of Pharmacology
• Sophia Vinogradov, MD, Department Head, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
• Stephanie Terezakis, MD, Department Head, Department of Radiation Oncology
• Charles Dietz, MD, Department Head, Department of Radiology
• Erin Holker, PhD, LP, ABPP-CN, Interim Department Head, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
• Sayeed Ikramuddin, MD, MHA, Department Head, Department of Surgery
• Christopher Warlick, MD, PhD, Department Head, Department of Urology

Department Heads Council Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)