November 7, 2007

AAMC names new secretary to LCME, VP for accreditation

D. Daniel Hunt, M.D., has been named AAMC secretary to the Liaison Committee on Medical Education. He will also serve as vice president for the Section for LCME and Accreditation Services in the AAMC Division of Medical Education. He is currently vice dean for academic activities at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, in Canada. Dr. Hunt served on seven LCME accreditation site teams between 1996 and 2003. He is active in the Association of Faculty of Medicine of Canada, where he serves on the National Task Force on Aboriginal Health and on the Academic Leadership Group. Dr. Hunt joined the faculty and administration of Northern Ontario School of Medicine in 2004 as chief academic officer for accreditation, campus dean and professor of psychiatry. Prior to moving to Canada, he served in a variety of administrative positions at the University of Washington School of Medicine, where his responsibilities included accreditation issues, academic affairs and curriculum management as well as a faculty appointment as professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences. He will join the AAMC full-time on Sept. 1. For more information, please visit http://www.aamc.org/newsroom/pressrel/2007/070406.htm.

Subscribe to Today@Wayne

Direct to your inbox twice a week