Thompson, Tina

Biography

Tina Thompson, Ph.D., serves as the interim dean of the College of Medicine at Central Michigan University, a Division I, doctoral-research institution of higher education located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Thompson also acts as the faculty accreditation lead and, prior to her role as interim dean, she had served as the senior associate dean for academic affairs at the college since 2017.

Thompson has more than 25 years of experience in academic medicine with an extensive focus on curriculum development, evaluation and revision. She has chaired and served on numerous curriculum committees and subcommittees, including the College of Medicine’s comprehensive Objective Structured Clinical Exam task force and on multiple question-writing and review committees for the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) United States Medical Licensing Examination.

As an active member of the Association of American Medical College’s (AAMC) Medical Education Senior Leadership (MESL) group, Thompson works collaboratively with other leaders across the undergraduate and graduate medical education continuum to develop solutions for problems that impact learners across all disciplines. She also serves as the field secretary for the AAMC’s Liaison Committee on Medical Education. Through her work with MESL and the LCME, she has gained a broad understanding of the challenges that exist within medical education and how they will impact programs and accreditation activities in the future.

Before her tenure with CMU, Thompson held the senior associate dean of Academic Affairs role at Mercer University in Savannah, Georgia. While at Mercer, she served on the leadership team that developed, implemented and managed the new four-year medical education campus in Savannah. Thompson was responsible for the recruitment of all faculty and staff and worked with hospital administration partners to expand the class size while overseeing all LCME accreditation requirements. She has direct, practical knowledge of a wide variety of medical school organizational models, including financial and governance structures that exist at LCME accredited institutions.