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Rohit Varma, MD, MPH, holder of the Grace and Emery Beardsley Chair in Ophthalmology and director of the USC Eye Institute, was announced as the interim dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC last week in an email from Provost Michael Quick, PhD. Varma, who serves as chair of the Department of Ophthalmology, is professor of ophthalmology and preventive medicine, and was recently elected president of USC Care Medical Group, will be continuing in all his current leadership roles while a nationwide search is underway to identify a new permanent dean for the Keck School.
\nIn his email, Quick stated, \u201cAn accomplished physician-scientist, Dr. Varma is also a dedicated and capable leader and we appreciate his service in this interim role.\u201d
\nVarma earned his medical degree at the University of Delhi, India, and his master of public health degree from Johns Hopkins University.
\nCarmen A. Puliafito, MD, MBA, announced his resignation as dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC last Thursday in an email addressed to faculty, staff and students of the medical school. Puliafito stepped down to \u201creturn to academic ophthalmology and pursue some identified opportunities in health care,\u201d according to the statement.
\nPuliafito had served as dean of the Keck School of Medicine since 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":813,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release","tag-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nVarma named interim dean of the Keck School<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/varma-named-interim-dean-of-the-keck-school\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" 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