The Medical College of Wisconsin announced Tuesday Dr. Shekar N. Kurpad has been unanimously appointed as the institution’s seventh president and chief executive officer.
He will take the role on officially on July 1. Kurpad currently serves as a professor of neurosurgery and the senior associate dean for neuroscience at the MCW School of Medicine and is founding director of the Wisconsin Institute of NeuroScience.
Kurpad succeeds John R. Raymond, Sr., who has been president and CEO since 2010.
Raymond will become a member of the MCW faculty of the School of Medicine and assist with Kurpad’s transition into his new role.
“Dr. Kurpad was selected following a comprehensive national search and brings a proven record of leadership, innovation and impact,” John Donofrio, chair of the MCW Board of Trustees, said in a statement. “He is uniquely positioned to guide MCW forward, building on our strong foundation, while advancing academic medicine through our patient care, research, education and community engagement missions.”
