Washington, D.C., April 14, 2006 - The AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) announced today that Carol A. Aschenbrener, M.D., will become senior vice president of the association's division of medical education. Dr. Aschenbrener will assume her new duties on July 1, when she will step down from her current position as the AAMC secretariat to the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME).

"The promotion of Carol Aschenbrener to senior vice president of medical education will allow the AAMC to maintain its momentum in transforming medical education," said outgoing AAMC President Jordan J. Cohen, M.D. "Darrell Kirch and I are delighted that the transition will occur on the first day he assumes the presidency of the association."

Dr. Aschenbrener joined the AAMC and LCME in April 2004. She has extensive experience in academic medicine as an educator, executive, and organizational consultant and executive coach. She was a member of the LCME from 1986 to 1992. For 15 years, Dr. Aschenbrener served as a member of the National Board of Medical Examiners, including chairing the entire board and chairing the Composite Committee (which oversees the United States Medical Licensing Examination).

Dr. Aschenbrener earned her medical degree from the school of medicine at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and completed her residency training in pathology at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Following her residency she joined the faculty at Iowa, where she served for almost two decades as professor, associate dean for student affairs and curriculum, and ultimately as executive associate dean of medicine. Dr. Aschenbrener left Iowa to serve as chancellor of the University of Nebraska Medical Center from 1992 to 1996.

Dr. Aschenbrener succeeds Michael E. Whitcomb, M.D., who will retire from his position as senior vice president of the division of medical education on June 30. Dr. Whitcomb will continue to serve as editor of the AAMC's peer-reviewed journal, Academic Medicine.

A search for Dr. Aschenbrener's successor as co-secretariat for the LCME will be launched shortly.

The AAMC announced in November 2005 that Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., will become president of the association on July 1. Dr. Kirch is currently senior vice president for health affairs at the Pennsylvania State University, dean of Penn State College of Medicine, and chief executive officer of Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

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