J. Kevin Dorsey

J. Kevin Dorsey is an American academic administrator and physician serving as interim president of the Southern Illinois University.[2] Dorsey was previously the Dean, Provost and Professor of Internal Medicine of the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.[3]

J. Kevin Dorsey
Interim President of
Southern Illinois University
Assumed office
August 1, 2018
Preceded byRandy Dunn
Dean of the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
In office
August 16, 2002 – July 16, 2018
Preceded byCarl J. Getto
Succeeded byJerry E. Kruse
Personal details
Born1942/1943 (age 77–78)[1]
New York, New York
ResidenceSpringfield, Illinois
Alma materFairfield University (BS)
University of Wisconsin–Madison (PhD)
Southern Illinois University (MD)
ProfessionRheumatologist

Education

Dorsey earned his bachelor's degree at Fairfield University in 1964, and his doctoral degree in physiological chemistry at University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1968. He was a postdoctoral fellow in biology at The Johns Hopkins University from 1970 to 1973. After earning his medical degree at Southern Illinois University in 1978, he completed his internal medicine residency and a two-year fellowship in rheumatology at the University of Iowa in Iowa City in 1981 and 1983.

Career

Dorsey joined the Southern Illinois University at Carbondale faculty as assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry in 1973 and then returned to earn his medical degree at Southern Illinois University in 1978. After additional training, he rejoined the faculty in 1983 when he was named an assistant professor and coordinated clinical teaching activities for first-year medical students. In 1998, Dorsey was named as associate provost for the southern region in Carbondale. For 15 years, he also was a rheumatologist with The Carbondale Clinic.[4] The board of trustees at Southern Illinois University appointed Dorsey dean and provost of the School of Medicine on August 16, 2002. He was appointed interim president of the Southern Illinois University system on July 16, 2018.[5]

Awards

In 1993, Dorsey was the first Southern Illinois University School of Medicine graduate to be named a Distinguished Alumnus.[6] Dorsey was awarded a John Templeton Spirituality in Medicine Curricular Award in 2000.

References
  1. Chesley, Nanacy (August 5, 2002). "SIU Medical School Graduate Selected as Dean of Program". Springfield Bureau. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  2. Olsen, Dean. "Springfield's Dorsey appointed SIU's interim president". The State Journal. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  3. "- SIU School of Medicine". www.siumed.edu. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  4. "- SIU School of Medicine". www.siumed.edu. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  5. Olsen, Dean. "Springfield's Dorsey appointed SIU's interim president". The State Journal. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  6. "Alumni - SIU School of Medicine". www.siumed.edu. Retrieved August 19, 2018.


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