Dr. Carol Storey-Johnson, who has been serving as associate dean for curricular affairs and director of the Office of Curriculum Development, has been appointed senior associate dean for education, succeeding Dr. Daniel Alonso, who has stepped down as senior associate dean for academic affairs to pursue other activities for the Medical College.
Dr. Carol Storey-Johnson
"Dr. Storey-Johnson has a special interest in medical education and has served in a number of leadership positions at the Medical College," said Dean Antonio Gotto. "I am very pleased to have her as a member of the senior administrative staff and look forward to working with her in her new capacity."
A graduate of Cornell University Medical College (1977), Dr. Storey-Johnson also did her internship and residency training in medicine at The New York Hospital–Cornell Medical Center. She joined the faculty in 1980 as an instructor in medicine and is currently associate professor of clinical medicine. In the Department of Medicine, she has served as director of the education unit for the Division of General Internal Medicine; director of the primary care internal medicine residency program; and housestaff supervisor for ambulatory care in the Cornell Medical Practice.
As a member of the Medical College's Curriculum Reform Committee (1994–1996), Dr. Storey-Johnson helped design the innovative curriculum introduced in 1996. Following its implementation, she has continued to be active in curriculum development and currently serves as director of the first-year Medicine, Patients and Society course and as director of the Teaching Methods Course for Fourth-Year Medical Students. She has received many awards for teaching, including the Medical College's highest teaching honor, the Elliot Hochstein Teaching Award (1992), which is given by vote of the graduating class.
Dr. Storey-Johnson has also been an active supporter of the Medical College's efforts to foster the enrollment and academic development of underrepresented minority groups at the Medical College. While an undergraduate at Yale, she took advantage of the opportunity to spend two summers at Cornell University Medical College in a program for underrepresented minority college students. "The Medical College was a pioneer in offering a summer enrichment program for minority college students interested in pursuing careers in medicine," said Dr. Storey-Johnson. "These programs are very effective and need to be supported and expanded to help solve the problem of disparities in health care for minorities."