Mary D. Nettleman, M.D., M.S., M.A.C.P., Dean, Sanford School of Medicine, Vice President for Health Affairs

Education

• Undergraduate degree from Ohio University
• Graduate of Vanderbilt University School of Medical
• Residency in internal medicine at Indiana University
• Fellowship in infectious diseases at Indiana University
• Dually boarded in infectious diseases and internal medicine
• Master’s degree in preventive medicine/epidemiology from the University of Iowa
• Master of the American College of Physicians

Career Highlights

• 14th dean of the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine (2012 to present)
• Previously served as the chair of the Department of Medicine at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine (2003 to 2012)
• Associate dean for Primary Care (1997 to 2003) and division chair for General Internal Medicine (1996 to 2003) at Virginia Commonwealth University
• Prior to that, a member of the faculty at the University of Iowa College of Medicine

Service Highlights

• Serves on the Board of the Association of Professors of Medicine
• Nationally-recognized expert in several areas including epidemiologic and health outcomes research
• Currently the principal investigator on a multimillion dollar National Institute of Health grant, “Building Interdisciplinary Research in Women’s Health”
• Primary research focus is women’s health

Honor Highlights

• Member of the Alpha Omega Alpha honorary medical society
• Recipient of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Shepard Award for Excellence in Scientific Achievement
• Repeatedly listed among the “Best Doctors in America”
• Awarded Distinguished Faculty status at Michigan State University