Featherstone named dean of UCSF School of Dentistry

John Featherstone, M.Sc., Ph.D., has been named dean of the School of Dentistry at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).

In an e-mail message to the campus community on September 5, UCSF Chancellor J. Michael Bishop, M.D., said that Dr. Featherstone, who has been serving as interim dean, would become the next dean pending approval by the UC Board of Regents.

"Dr. Featherstone has been on the UCSF faculty for 13 years, and his exemplary service demonstrates how well-suited he is to serve as the dean on an ongoing basis," Dr. Bishop wrote. "As interim dean, he has demonstrated excellent leadership and management skills, with accomplishments that include selecting and appointing a department chair, establishing the new position of associate dean for clinical affairs as well as restructuring the school administration accordingly, and improving the clinical infrastructure and the financial situation of the predoctoral dental clinics."