Educational Goals and Leadership Heading link
The University of Illinois College of medicine is one of the nation’s largest and most diverse medical schools, consisting of three campuses with differing environments and a shared strategic vision. Students and resident physicians come from all over the world to study, and they represent a wide range of backgrounds and experiences.
The College of Medicine is committed to continuously updating its educational strategies. Our current educational goals focus on the following:
- Providing a first-rate education for a diverse body of graduate and medical students and trainees
- Modernizing the physical learning spaces to provide the best possible educational environment, and
- Improving student achievement, competence and leadership skills, while easing the burden of rising educational costs
While our students are spread across three campuses, our core College-wide leadership embraces these, a unified mission and overarching goals.
Profiles Heading link
Raymond H. Curry, MD, FACP
Dr. Raymond H. Curry, MD, FACP
Senior Associate Dean for Educational Affairs
Raymond H. Curry, MD, FACP is Senior Associate Dean for Educational Affairs at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, and Professor of Medicine and Medical Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. As chief academic officer at the nation’s largest medical school, he oversees educational programs across the school’s three campuses in Chicago, Peoria, and Rockford.
Dr. Kathleen Kashima
Dr. Kathleen Kashima
Senior Associate Dean of Students
Kathleen Kashima, PhD is Senior Associate Dean of Students and oversees this function across the College’s three regional sites. Dean Kashima has been a valuable leader at the College of Medicine for 25 years, initially working for student and alumni affairs on the COM Rockford campus, and then recruited in 2006 for her campus-wide role here to lead and coordinate student services for medical students at all UI COM sites.