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Deans of the Wake Forest School of Medicine

Wake Forest School of Medicine opened in 1902 in the town of Wake Forest, NC. The medical school moved to Winston-Salem in 1941. Like changes in administration, the school has changed its name several times beginning with:

Wake Forest College Medical School

Wake Forest College School of Medical Sciences

Bowman Gray School of Medicine

Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Wake Forest School of Medicine

One of the most popular queries for Dorothy Carpenter Medical Archives staff is the deans and their tenures. As old as the school is in 2012, it has only had a total of 12 deans with several serving in different time periods and in different roles.

 

	Fred K. Cooke, M.D. Dean. 1902-1905
	Walter S. Rankin, M.D. Dean 1905-1909
	John B. Powers, Jr., M.D. Acting Dean  1909-1910 Dean 1910-1911
	1911-1919  no Medical School Dean
	Thurman D. Kitchin, M.D. Dean 1919-1936
	Coy C. Carpenter, M.D. Dean 1936-1963
	Manson Meads, M.D. Executive Dean 1959-1963 Dean 1963-1971
	Richard Janeway, M.D. Dean 1971-1985
	Fairfield Goodale, M.D. Executive Dean 1984-85 Dean 1985-86
	Richard Janeway, M.D. Executive Dean 1985-1994
	James N. Thompson, M.D. Dean 1994-2001
	C. Douglas Maynard, M.D. Acting Dean 2001
	William B. Applegate, M.D., M.P.H. Dean 2002-2011
	Edward Abraham, M.D. Dean 2011-