Looking at the Department of Surgery from the Dean's Office
John Bohnen
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After a highly productive term as Vice Chairman, Education in the Department of
Surgery, John Bohnen has moved on to become Vice Dean, Clinical Affairs, for the
Faculty of Medicine. The position "offers an opportunity to work with great people,
and great people like Bob Byrick and John Wedge did it before me." While he continues
with a busy clinical and teaching schedule, John is now responsible for working
with the chairs of the eight governance organizations implementing the Alternate
Funding Plan (AFP) that is strengthening the academic performance of the faculty
of our medical school. The structure and function of the AFP is discussed in the
Winter 2008 issue of the Spotlight.
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During his term as Vice Chairman of our department, John saw us through two highly
successful accreditations and helped make every surgical program a good place to
work both for residents and faculty. He helped the program directors share the best
practices and applied his long-standing interest and expertise in quality improvement
to the educational mission of the department. He is now applying these strengths
to improving the standards and performance of the entire Faculty of Medicine. He
sees the eight governance organizations that he meets with monthly as a forum for
constant improvement in education. Despite competition, there is fairness and collegiality;
there are also interesting problems that require concrete solutions every week.
In addition to the AFP half of the job, John is responsible for policy and its implementation
on faculty appointments, academic freedom and definitions of academic work. He is
enjoying seeing the Department of Surgery from a different perspective, with insights
gained from exposure to the functions of all of the other departments. "The light
shining from the Department of Surgery has not dimmed; it is a phenomenal department."
M.M
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