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Frey Named Vice President for Health Sciences

Donald Frey, M.D., has been named vice president for health sciences at Creighton University, with oversight responsibility for Creighton’s schools of dentistry, medicine, nursing and pharmacy and health professions. He assumed the post on Aug. 3.

Frey, the Roland L. Kleeberger, M.D., Professor of Family Medicine, most recently served as chair of family medicine at the Creighton School of Medicine, a position he held since 1995.

“Dr. Frey has been an extremely effective and successful leader of Creighton’s Department of Family Medicine for nearly 15 years,” said Creighton President the Rev. John P. Schlegel, S.J. “His knowledge of the national and local health care environment and his research in such pivotal areas as health care policy and the educational mission of academic health centers make him an ideal candidate for this position.”

Frey is a passionate advocate for quality and affordable health care for all U.S. citizens. His teaching interests include rural health care, health policy and reform, medical ethics, and preventive health care and wellness.