The appointment of Dr. Robert Mentzer as dean of Wayne State 's School of Medicine is discussed in this Web story. Mentzer replaces Robert Frank, the medical school's interim dean during a year-long search for a permanent replacement. He is credited with helping double annual grant funding at the University of Kentucky from $2.5 million to $5.6 million over six years, increasing patient volume and improving hospital quality and efficiency. Mentzer also helped manage construction of a $35 million cardiology and outpatient surgical center that opened in April 2004. A search committee, which included Crain's Publisher Mary Kramer, helped evaluate candidates and make recommendations to the provost.