Dr. Bill Roper, Dean and CEO, recently announced several key leadership appointments and title changes in the UNC School of Medicine. Two NCAFP family physicians have been appointed to key roles.

Warren P. Newton, MD, MPH, was named Vice Dean for Education and will be the principal education leader for the School of Medicine. He will focus primarily on medical student education, but will also be charged with integrating all of UNCs medical school education activities, including allied health education, continuing medical education, and graduate education in the basic medical sciences.

Allen Daugird, MD, MBA, was named President of UNC Physicians and Associates. He will be the principal leader of the School of Medicine's faculty practice plan. In addition to these appointments,

Dr. Beat Steiner, MPH, was named as an Alumni Distinguished Professor. These professorships are intended to honor mid-career faculty with a track record of substantial leadership in teaching medical students as well as educational innovation. Dr. Steiner is the first family physician to secure this honor. The goal is to help the professors serve as agents of change within the School of Medicine nationally and ambassadors for the School of Medicine, underscoring UNC's commitment to national leadership and innovation in medical education.

The Academy would like to congratulate each of these physicians on these appointments.