Howard University Names a New Dean of Its College of Medicine

Mark S. Johnson was appointed dean of the College of Medicine at Howard University. When he takes office on August 1, Dr. Johnson will be the college’s 17th dean since its founding in 1868. Dr. Johnson was the founding chair of the department of family medicine at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Previously he taught at Meharry Medical College in Nashville and the University of South Alabama.

A native of Newark, New Jerse,. Dr. Johnson graduated from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He holds a master of public health degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a medical doctorate from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.

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