Mayo Medical School Appoints New Associate Dean

Friday, November 22, 2002

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic announces the appointment of Robert Tiegs, M.D., as associate dean for academic affairs of Mayo Medical School. Dr. Tiegs is a professor of medicine and a member of the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, Nutrition and Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

Dr. Tiegs graduated from Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis., and completed his medical degree and residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He obtained advanced training at the National Taiwan University Hospital in Taipei and Hammersmith Hospital in London, and completed a fellowship in endocrinology at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Tiegs served as a member of the Clinical Skills Assessment Test Development Committee for the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates and the Case Development Task Force for the Standardized Patient Project for the National Board of Medical Examiners. At Mayo Clinic, Dr. Tiegs has directed the subinternship in Internal Medicine, Clinical Skills Assessment Program, Clinical Skills Acquisition Course, Procedures Course and the Visiting Medical Student Clerkship Program. He also has chaired undergraduate education in the Department of Internal Medicine. In 2001, he was appointed as a clinician educator for Mayo Medical School.

Mayo Medical School was established in 1972. Today, more than 2,000 medical, graduate and health science students, residents and fellows annually participate in Mayo Clinic education programs.
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Susan Fargo Prosser
507-284-5005 (days)
507-284-2511(evenings)
email: newsbureau@mayo.edu

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