LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The dean of UNLV’s faculty of drugs will step down on Friday, the 8 Information Now Investigators have realized.
Dr. Marc J. Kahn, who took the highest job on the Kirk Kerkorian College of Drugs in April 2020, will return to the varsity’s school, the varsity’s officer in cost mentioned in an announcement Monday.
Kahn’s appointment got here in the course of the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In an announcement written Monday, Kahn mentioned he’ll assume the brand new position of chief of hematology within the division of inner drugs.
“During this transition, I remain committed to contributing to the school in new ways as a member of faculty,” Kahn mentioned within the assertion.
Neither Kahn nor the college supplied a purpose for Kahn’s abrupt departure.
Final month, Dr. Keith Whitfield stepped down as UNLV’s president, claiming he wanted are inclined to his mom and spend extra time along with his grandchildren. 8 Information Now reported, on the time, a rising frustration from the Nevada System of Larger Schooling Board of Regents towards Whitfield, a few of whom appeared to misplaced religion in college president’s management.
NSHE appointed its provost, Dr. Christopher Heavey, to function its officer in cost, whereas it searches for a alternative for Whitfield.
In his assertion about Kahn, Heavy didn’t point out a alternative however mentioned the varsity would “begin the process to identify an interim dean to ensure a smooth leadership transition.”
