The search for the University of Iowa's next vice president for medical affairs and dean of the Carver College of Medicine will be open and community-driven.
Search committee co-chairs

Matthew Howard
Chair and department executive officer; Department of Neurosurgery; John C. VanGilder Chair in Neurosurgery

Edith Parker
Dean, College of Public Health; professor, community and behavioral health
Search committee

Alexander Bassuk
Professor of pediatrics-general neurology and chair, Stead Family Children’s Hospital Department of Pediatrics

Mark Braun
Executive director, Board of Regents, State of Iowa, ex-officio member

Joseph Clamon
Associate vice president for legal affairs, UI Health Care

Jackie Kleppe
Director of outreach and engagement, UI Health Care Marketing and Communications; and Staff Council president

Peter Matthes
Vice president for external relations and senior advisor to the president

Marta Van Beek
C. William Hanke Professor of Dermatology and executive medical director of UI Hospitals & Clinics’ main campus ambulatory clinics

Sherry Bates
President pro tem, Board of Regents, State of Iowa

Keith Carter
Professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences and chair and head of the Department of Ophthalmology

Lyndsay Harshman
Associate professor of pediatrics-nephrology, dialysis and transplantation

Benjamin Linden
Third-year medical student in the Carver College of Medicine and Graduate and Professional Student Government representative

Cheryl Reardon
Chief human resources officer and associate vice president, ex-officio member
Engage with the process
You will have multiple opportunities to engage with the search as it progresses.