Medical School faculty member Rajesh S. Mangrulkar, M.D., has been appointed director of the Center for Interprofessional Education at the University of Michigan. This prestigious appointment was announced in the University Record, and also the Center for IPE website.
The Center for IPE works to transform collaborative health practice through engaged and experiential learning across disciplines and professions. Its reach has grown via curriculum and faculty development, clinical innovation and evaluative research.
Mangrulkar is the Marguerite S. Roll Professor of Medical Education and an associate professor of internal medicine and learning health sciences in the Medical School. He served as associate dean for medical student education for a decade, and he will continue to lead the RISE program for the school.
In addition to his new leadership role with the Center for IPE, he will continue to see patients and teach at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, and he also will serve as one of two new Innovators in Residence in the University's Center for Academic Innovation.