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March 31, 2008

Brown announces new dean of medicine

Brown University has announced that Dr. Edward J. Wing will take over as dean of medicine and biological sciences, replacing Dr. Eli Y. Adashi.

Wing, the chairman of medicine since 1998, will take the helm on July 1.

It is not known why Adashi decided to leave Brown. He began in January 2005, and announced his resignation barely three years later, without an explanation. The university, which had spent nearly three years on the search that led to Adashi’s hiring, then decided to move quickly to replace him, appointing a small committee to find someone from within Brown.

Wing will head an academic division with an annual budget of $129 million, 769 faculty members and 1,200 community-based faculty. He will be responsible for biomedical research and the instruction of medical students and residents, as well as Brown’s relationship with its seven affiliated hospitals. The division is composed of the Warren Alpert Medical School, the Program in Biology and the Program in Public Health.

-- Journal Medical writer Felice Freyer

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