Duke Health

Mary Klotman, MD, will step down as dean of the Duke University School of Medicine and executive vice president for health affairs in June 2027, Duke announced. The move opens a high-profile leadership transition at one of the nation's top academic medical centers, with the university expected to begin planning for her successor.

Mary Klotman, Duke University's chief academic health leader, will complete her service in 2027. The announcement from Duke Health signals the end of a long tenure overseeing the university's academic medicine enterprise, with a transition in leadership expected as the date approaches.