Interim Dean Stan Gerson's Messages

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April 16, 2025
To our School of Medicine community,
I am writing to share the sad news that Case Western Reserve University longtime professor, endocrinologist and researcher, Douglas Kerr, MD, PhD (MED ‘65, GRS ‘65), died Wednesday, April 2, at the age of 88.
Dr. Kerr dedicated more than 40 years to med...
February 26, 2025
Dear faculty, staff and students,
On behalf of the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, I am delighted to announce the appointment of Xin Qi as interim chair for the Department of Physiology and Biophysics.
Xin, the Jeanette M. and Josep...
February 24, 2025
Dear faculty, staff and students,
On behalf of the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, I want to thank Walter Boron, MD, PhD, for his dedicated service and leadership as chair of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, and to share that he ha...
January 28, 2025
To our School of Medicine community,
I am writing to share the sad news that Case Western Reserve University longtime research scientist Hisashi Fujioka, PhD, died Thursday, Jan. 23, at the age of 75.
Hisashi was the manager of standard electron microscopy (EM)...
January 14, 2025
A note from Stan Gerson and Pamela Davis
To our School of Medicine Community,
We are writing to share the sad news that renowned neurologist and longtime professor Robert Barry Daroff, MD, died Sunday, Jan. 12, at the age of 88.
Bob was a towering figure in th...
January 09, 2025
To our School of Medicine Community,
I am writing to share the sad news that renowned neuroscientist, Case Western Reserve University alumnus and longtime professor Jerry Silver, PhD, died Tuesday, Jan. 7, at the age of 77.
Jerry was a towering figure in the fi...
December 12, 2024
To our School of Medicine community:
I am writing to share the sad news that long time professor and renowned developmental neuroscientist Lynn Landmesser died on Nov. 29. She will be remembered for the generations of neuroscientists she mentored and whose careers she inspired.
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December 05, 2024
Dear faculty, staff and students,
On behalf of the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Congrong “Ron” Yu, PhD, as the new chair for the Department of Neurosciences.
The department’s faculty are known for using state-of-the-art techniques ...
October 22, 2024
Dear faculty, staff and students,
On behalf of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, I am delighted to announce the appointment of Mark Jackson, PhD, MBA, as the new vice dean of graduate education.
Dr. Jackson, professor of pathology, has played a pivotal role in training the next ...
August 28, 2024
To our School of Medicine community,
I am writing to share the sad news that longtime professor Dr. Robert A. Salata died yesterday. Beyond his legacy as a world-renowned infectious diseases physician and researcher at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals (UH)...