University of Kentucky selects College of Medicine dean

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) – A top health care executive in New Jersey has been selected as dean of the University of Kentucky’s College of Medicine.

The university says Dr. Robert DiPaola is expected to assume the job in early spring, pending approval from UK trustees.

DiPaola is director of the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and vice chancellor for cancer programs for Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences.

His selection follows a national search. The announcement was made Monday by UK Provost Tim Tracy and Dr. Michael Karpf, executive vice president for health affairs at UK.

At Rutgers, DiPaola was responsible for all research, clinical and administrative activities of a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. UK says that under his leadership, external research funding increased to more than $100 million annually.

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