Special Advisor to the Dean
​​​​​​​Perelman School of Medicine

Suzanne Rose, MD, MSEd, C’77, GED’78, serves as Special Advisor on Education to the Dean after completing nearly thirty years as an academic dean. Her most recent role was as Senior Vice Dean for Medical Education at the Perelman School of Medicine (PSOM) from 2018-2025. In this role, Dr. Rose oversaw Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) and Continuing Medical Education (CME) with a strong link to Graduate Medical Education (GME).  The focus of the PSOM UME education was on the learner and their future service to science, patients, and our communities.  The approach was one of compassionate education with rigor and high expectations of PSOM learners while providing support and a focus on wellness.  Prior to her arrival in 2018, she was Senior Associate Dean for Education at the University of Connecticut, and she served for 13 years at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in various Associate Dean leadership capacities and previously held positions at Weill Cornell Medical College (1996‐1997) as the director of motility and the second‐year pathophysiology course and at the University of Pittsburgh (1990-1996), where she ran the second‐year GI course and assumed leadership roles in the gastroenterology fellowship programs at Pittsburgh and Cornell. She has served in many leadership roles in the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) including as Education Councillor on the Governing Board.  She convened all six gastroenterology and hepatology societies to create end-of-training entrustable professional activities, co-created the first subspecialty Academy for educators in this country, served as co-director of the AGA Future Leaders Program and was appointed Course Director for the Postgraduate Course (2017).  Dr. Rose was awarded the AGA Distinguished Educator Award (2016) and completed a two‐year term as co‐chair of the Northeast Group on Educational Affairs (NEGEA) of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and served as the chair of the AAMC Group on Educational Affairs. She received the inaugural NEGEA Distinguished Service and Leadership Award in 2015.

Dr. Rose received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Russian language and literature, followed by a master’s degree in education from Penn. She graduated from Case Western University School of Medicine as a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society and completed her internship and residency there. Her GI fellowship, including the chief fellow year, was done at The Cleveland Clinic, OH (the first woman Chief Fellow at CCF).  Dr. Rose completed a Certificate in Executive Coaching from the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania in June 2025.