Robert Moser

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About Robert Moser

Dr. Bob Moser was appointed as the new Dean for the University of Kansas School of Medicine, Salina campus on May 1, 2019. Dr. Bob is a Family Physician with a Certificate of Added Qualification from the American Board of Family Medicine in Geriatrics. He served as Secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment as well as the State Health Officer from January 2011 until December 2014. Dr. Moser’s undergraduate degree was from the KU School of Pharmacy. He completed his residency at Smoky Hill Family Medicine program in Salina and practiced family medicine in his hometown of Tribune, Kansas for 22 years. With progressive partners and supportive communities, he helped develop a rural regional health system covering 3 western Kansas counties that included 3 Rural Health Clinics and 2 Critical Access Hospitals. He left Tribune in 2010 and joined the KU School of Medicine Department of Family and Community Medicine as an associate clinical professor. He was the Director of Rural Health and Outreach but left 5 months later to take the cabinet position for Governor Brownback. Dr. Moser has served as the executive director for the University of Kansas Health System, Care Collaborative, working with over 60 rural counties across Kansas, improving outcomes for time critical diagnoses. He holds an appointment with the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas City as a clinical associate professor in public health practice in the Dept. Of Preventive Medicine and Public Health. He is a past president of the Kansas Academy of Family Physicians and was the Family Physician of the Year in 2006. He has served on numerous committees at the state and national level including the Kansas Rural Policy Commission and the Veterans Affairs Rural Health Advisory Committee. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the Kansas Medical Society and on the Board of Directors for the KAFP Foundation.