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Kevin Kunkler, MD

Assistant Dean, Simulation & Clinical Skills and ProfessorMedical Education

Kevin Kunkler, MD

Kevin Kunkler, MD, serves as Assistant Dean, Simulation & Clinical Skills for Alice L. Walton School of Medicine. In this role, he leads the educational simulation and clinical skills operational programs, drives many of the innovative technologies used throughout the curriculum, and bridges the integration between the pre-clerkship and clerkship years. In addition to his Assistant Dean role, Dr. Kunkler is a Founding Professor in the Department of Medical Education.

Bio

Career Highlights:

  • Founding Professor of Medical Education and Executive Director, Simulation Education, Innovation & Research, Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at Texas Christian University

  • Chair/Portfolio Manager, Joint Program Committee under Defense Health Agency at the U.S. Army Medical Research & Materiel Command

  • Sr. Subject Matter Expert, Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command

  • Instructor, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine

  • Vice President and Medical Director, Immersion Medical

  • Partner, Business Management Network

Clinical Practice:

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of General Surgery

Education:

  • MS in Bioscience Regulatory Affairs: Johns Hopkins University

  • MD: Indiana University School of Medicine

  • BA in Arts, Mathematics & Chemistry: Indiana University

Research: