Office of the Dean
Welcome from the Dean
The UToledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences is a student-centered, world-class educational institution for those interested in
healthcare and biomedical research. Our highly qualified faculty and integration of
research, education and patient care will prepare you with the knowledge, skills and attitudes for highly competitive
careers.
The College of Medicine and Life Sciences on the Health Science Campus has always been on the cutting edge of advanced technology for educating tomorrow’s researchers, healthcare providers and teachers.
The College of Medicine takes seriously the commitment to biomedical research. The University of Toledo has a research budget of more than $56 million funded from the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Health and other organizations. Increasingly the College of Medicine is collaborating with investigators from other UToledo Colleges such as Engineering, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Health and Human Services, Law and Business on innovative projects.
And not only is the College of Medicine located next to several hospital and specialty clinics, our world-class Simulation Center provides an interactive and formative educational experience for students, residents in graduate medical education training programs, and health-care professionals to hone their personal and emphatic skills, as well as their diagnostic and problem-solving techniques.
Most of all, our easily accessible faculty members are dedicated to providing you with an exceptional educational experience.
We hope that you will visit us. I wish you continued success in the healthcare or biomedical research fields.
Sincerely,
Imran Ali, M.D.
Interim Dean, College of Medicine & Life Sciences
Professor, Department of Neurology
About the Dean
Dr. Imran Ali was appointed as The University of Toledo’s interim dean of the College of Medicine and Life Sciences in July 2024.
Ali joined the faculty of the then Medical College of Ohio in 1996. He has held a number of administrative positions throughout his career, most recently as Clair Martig Endowed Chair in the Department of Neurology, vice dean for undergraduate medical education and the inaugural chair of the Department of Medical Education. He also has served as senior associate dean for academic affairs, associate dean for medical education, professionalism and diversity, and assistant dean for clinical undergraduate medical education.
Ali is a board-certified neurologist who specializes in epilepsy. He serves as director of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Program at ProMedica Toledo Hospital.
Ali earned his medical degree from Aga Khan University in Pakistan and completed residency and an epilepsy/clinical neurophysiology fellowship at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He recently completed the America Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) Council of Deans fellowship in 2022.
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