Candidates for medical dean to visit CMU

The Central Michigan University community will have an opportunity to meet with finalists in the nationwide search for the next dean of the Covenant HealthCare College of Medicine at CMU.  Candidates have been invited to campus to meet with a variety of stakeholders. Additional candidates and open forum details will be announced 48 hours prior to each candidate’s visit. 

All members of the CMU community are welcome to attend open forums for each candidate, either in-person or via livestream. Participants can find links for the open forums and participant feedback forms on the Office of the Provost website.  

Michael Busha, MD 

3:15-4:15, Thursday, March 5, Covenant Healthcare College of Medicine Room 1426 

Livestream link 

Dr. Mike Busha currently serves as senior associate dean for Academic Affairs, Chief Academic Officer, and interim co-chair for the Department of Family Medicine at the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine in Kalamazoo.  He has previously served as chair for the Department of Medical Education and associate dean for Educational Affairs, also at WMU.  Prior to this, Dr. Busha held several leadership roles at the Indiana University School of Medicine.  He earned his MBA from George Washington University and his MD from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School.  He completed his residency and an advanced obstetric fellowship in family medicine with health systems in South Carolina. 

The Covenant HealthCare College of Medicine at Central Michigan University was founded in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, in 2010 and was named by Covenant HealthCare in 2025.  The college will soon be moving to its new home in the CMU MyMichigan Health Medical Education building on the MyMichigan Health campus in Saginaw.