KU School of Medicine-Wichita

2026 Innovating our Future and Growth Expansion

• Innovating our Future Growth and Expansion
• Looking toward the future
• Tatpati takes the helm and the challenge of growing KUSM-Wichita
• FINDING THE 'PERFECT HOME'
• STRENGTHENING LEARNING, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
• CREATING A MAJOR COMMUNITY-BASED HUB FOR HEALTHCARE LEARNING
• ADDRESSING A CRISIS
• New leaders, lasting legacies
• NEW ASSOCIATE DEANS AND ROLES
• Colleen Loo-Gross, M.D., MPH
• Mark Harrison, M.D.
• Turi McNamee, M.D.
• DEPARTMENT HEADS NEW AND DEPARTING
• DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY & COMMUNITY MEDICINE
• DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SURGERY
• DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
• Caring for Kansas by expanding graduate medical programs
• ADDICTION MEDICINE FELLOWSHIP
• CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY FELLOWSHIP
• GASTROENTEROLOGY FELLOWSHIP
• OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY RESIDENCY | PEDIATRICS RESIDENCY
• Better facilities, better programs
• In model pharmacy, a model for learning and collaboration
• Pharmacy meets patients where they're at – KU's Midtown Clinic
• Growing student body amplifies opportunities for all
• Interprofessional education and less formal collaboration should thrive on new campus
• ANATOMY LAB
• SIMULATION LAB
• STANDARDIZED PATIENT CENTER
• 45 years at KU Wichitamakes Minns ideal 'resource' for successor