Dr. Amy Goldberg Named Dean of the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University

Following a national search, Amy J. Goldberg, MD, FACS, has been appointed dean of the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. Dr. Goldberg, the George S. Peters, MD and Louise C. Peters Chair and Professor of Surgery at the Katz School of Medicine and Surgeon-in-Chief of Temple University Health System, has served in this role in an interim capacity for the last 18 months. Dr. Goldberg, a 30-year Temple veteran, was the first woman to serve as Temple’s chair of surgery (2015) and now the first to serve as medical school dean. Multiple media outlets, including the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Business Journal and the Temple News, covered the news.