The New Leader of the Dental School at the University of Minnesota

Judith Buchanan was named interim dean of the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry. Since 2005 she has been a professor at the school and has been serving as associate dean for academic affairs. Before coming to the University of Minnesota, Dr. Buchanan was academic dean at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry.

Dean Buchanan is a graduate of Georgia Southern University. She earned master’s and Ph.D. degrees at the University of Texas and a doctorate in dental medicine from the University of Florida, where she graduated first in her class. She served for 22 years in the National Guard and U.S. Army Reserves, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel.