Mike Dean, MD, MBA

Dr. Dean is Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah School of Medicine, where he has worked since 1987. He attended Northwestern University Medical School and performed his pediatric residency and chief residency at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. 

Prior to arrival in Utah, Dr. Dean was an Assistant Professor at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, where he finished his critical care fellowship training in 1981. He received an M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1999. 

In Utah, Dr. Dean has served as Chief of the Division of Critical Care, Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics, Medical Director of the Primary Children’s Medical Center, and the Principal Investigator for numerous EMSC related grants. He has published over 100 publications, and is an editor of the leading textbook in pediatric critical care. He currently is  Professor and Vice Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics, principal investigator of the National EMSC Data Analysis Resource Center and the Intermountain Injury Control Research Center. He has been the medical director of quality assurance activities at Primary Children’s Medical Center since 1992. He lives with his wife, children, computers, and cats in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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