Marc Hahn, D.O.
Executive Vice President for Academic and Medical Affairs
Provost, Dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine
Dr. Hahn began serving as executive vice president for academic and medical affairs, provost and dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine in October 2012. Dr. Hahn came to KCUMB from the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine, where he has served as senior vice president for health affairs and dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine since 2009. He also served on the UNE faculty as a professor of anesthesiology.
Prior to his tenure at UNE, Dr. Hahn served as senior vice president for health affairs at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Ft. Worth and dean of the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Dr. Hahn’s career in academia is preceded by extensive clinical practice that began at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., as an anesthesiology intern and resident. He completed a fellowship in pain management at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., and later became chief of pain management service at Walter Reed. He eventually served as chief of the Pain Medicine and Palliative Care Division at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pa.
Dr. Hahn has held numerous special appointments, including an inspector for medical school accreditation for the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation, a member of the Institute of Medicine’s Planning Committee for Graduate Medical Education. He also served as anesthesiologist for two U.S. presidents, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
He currently serves as chair of the Board of Deans for the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine and is co-chair for the Blue Ribbon Commission for the Advancement of Osteopathic Medical Education.
A graduate of Syracuse University with a bachelor of science degree in biology, Dr. Hahn earned a doctor of osteopathic medicine from Des Moines University. He is board certified in anesthesiology by both the American Board of Anesthesiology and the American Osteopathic Board of Anesthesiology. He also holds sub-specialty board certifications in pain medicine by the American Board of Anesthesiology and the American Board of Pain Medicine
Douglas Rushing, Ph.D.
Dean of the College of Biosciences
A message from the Dean: The master of science in biomedical sciences program in the College of Biosciences welcomed its first students in August 2005. The master of arts in bioethics program began in June 2007.
Both programs are focused on advancing the University’s mission.
Recipients of the M.S. in biomedical sciences will be prepared to do research in the life sciences or enter doctoral programs in the health professions. Those who complete the master of arts in bioethics degree will be able to help address emerging issues that pose challenges to traditional thinking about life and death, challenges that come from advances in medicine and the life sciences.
Ensuring that we meet these goals for our graduates requires faculty who care about students and students who care about learning.
We have both. We have a team of dedicated professionals and associates and highly motivated students, all of whom are committed to the University’s mission. It is my privilege, as Dean of the College of Biosciences, to work with all of them.