Doug Girod
{{Short description|American educator and physician (born 1958)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Doug Girod
| image = Doug Girod.jpg
| caption = Girod in 2017
| office = 18th Chancellor of the
University of Kansas
| 1blankname = Provost
| 1namedata = Barbara Bichelmeyer
| term_start = July 1, 2017
| term_end =
| predecessor = Bernadette Gray-Little
| successor =
| office2 = 7th Executive Vice Chancellor of the University of Kansas Medical Center
| chancellor2 = Bernadette Gray-Little
| term_start2 = February 1, 2013
| term_end2 = June 30, 2017
| predecessor2 = Barbara F. Atkinson
| successor2 = Robert Simari
| office3 = Executive Dean of the University of Kansas School of Medicine
| status3 = Acting
| term_start3 = February 1, 2013
| term_end3 = March 23, 2014
| predecessor3 = Barbara Atkinson
| successor3 = Robert Simari
| birth_name = Douglas Allan Girod
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|5|5}}
| birth_place = Salem, Oregon, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party =
| spouse = Susan Pirtle
| children = 3
| education = University of California, Davis (BS)
University of California, San Francisco (MD)
| allegiance = {{flag|United States}}
| branch = {{flag|United States Navy}}
| serviceyears = 1982–1997
| rank = Lieutenant Commander
| unit = Navy Reserve
| mawards = Meritorious Service Medal
}}
Douglas Allan Girod (born May 5, 1958) is an American educator, medical doctor, and the 18th chancellor of the University of Kansas.{{cite web |url=http://www.kansan.com/news/incoming-chancellor-doug-girod-hopes-to-improve-ku-s-profile/article_b90da5da-4189-11e7-b7a1-9f83894002fd.html|title=Incoming chancellor Doug Girod hopes to improve KU's profile |first=Angie Baldelomar |last=Baldelomar|date=May 25, 2017 |access-date=August 5, 2017}} Prior to becoming chancellor, he was the University of Kansas Medical Center's executive vice chancellor, a position he had held since February 2013.{{cite press release |last=Shepherd |first=Sara |url=http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2017/may/25/ku-medical-center-leader-doug-girod-named-18th-cha/ |title=KU Medical Center leader Douglas Girod named 18th chancellor of KU |publisher=Ljworld.com |date=May 25, 2017 |access-date=August 5, 2017}} Before being promoted to the executive vice chancellor at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Girod was the senior dean for the School of Medicine while dually serving as a surgeon at the University of Kansas Health System where he began his career in 1994. He is also a veteran of the United States Navy Reserve.{{cite web |url=http://www.kumc.edu/news-listing-page/news-archive/douglas-a-girod-becomes-executive-vice-chancellor-on-feb-1-2013.html|title=Girod named new executive vice chancellor for the University of Kansas Medical Center |website=www.kumc.edu |access-date=August 5, 2017}}
Biography
=Education=
Girod was born and raised in Salem, Oregon. He graduated from the University of California, Davis, with a Bachelor of Science in chemistry, then attended the University of California, San Francisco, for his doctorate of medicine, and completed his residency and an National Institute of Health research fellowship at the University of Washington in Seattle.{{cite web |url=http://www.kansascity.com/news/state/kansas/article152582929.html|title=Head of KU Medical Center tapped as new University of Kansas chancellor|access-date=August 5, 2017}}
=Career=
Beginning in 1982, Girod began his 15-year career in the United States Navy Reserve where he worked at the Naval Hospital Oakland as a surgeon and the Director of Otolaryngology. In 1997, Girod was honorably discharged from the military, ending his career as a Lieutenant Commander.{{cite web|url=http://www.kumc.edu/school-of-medicine/otolaryngology/faculty-and-staff/faculty/douglas-girod.html|title=Douglas A. Girod, M.D., F.A.C.S. |website=www.kumc.edu|access-date=August 5, 2017}} In 1994, Girod left California to become a surgeon at the KU Medical Center.{{cite web |url=http://chancellor.ku.edu/about |title=Chancellor Douglas A. Girod|date=October 26, 2012|access-date=August 5, 2017}} During his time at the KU Medical Center, Girod was a professor, department chair, senior associate dean, interim executive dean, and his most recent post of executive vice chancellor.{{cite web |title=KU selects its next chancellor |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/news/2017/05/25/ku-selects-its-next-chancellor.html|date=May 25, 2017|access-date=August 5, 2017}}
= University of Kansas chancellor =
On May 25, 2017, the Kansas Board of Regents announced Girod as the 18th chancellor of the University of Kansas.{{cite news |url=https://www2.ljworld.com/news/2017/may/25/ku-medical-center-leader-doug-girod-named-18th-cha/ |title=KU Medical Center leader Douglas Girod named 18th chancellor of KU |date=May 25, 2017 |access-date=November 19, 2022}} During his time as chancellor, Girod has increased the university's enrollment,{{cite news |url=https://www.ksnt.com/news/local-news/ku-sets-multiple-enrollment-records/ |title=KU sets multiple enrollment records |date=September 29, 2022 |access-date=November 19, 2022}} established a partnership between Kansas Athletics, the University of Kansas Health System and Lawrence Memorial Health to create Kansas Team Health, a model that provides better care for student athletes and moved all healthcare professionals under the Kansas Health System's payroll.{{cite news |url=https://www.lmh.org/news/2019-news/kansas-athletics-launches-groundbreaking-new-model-for-student-a/ |title=Kansas Athletics launches groundbreaking new model for student-athlete care |date=May 22, 2019 |access-date=November 19, 2022}}
A year into being chancellor, Girod fired athletic director Sheahon Zenger due to a lack of progress in the school's athletic performance.{{cite news |url=https://m.kusports.com/news/2018/may/21/chancellor-girod-fires-ku-atheletics-director-shea/ |title=Chancellor Girod fires KU Athletic Director Sheahon Zenger, citing lack of progress and necessary change in leadership |date=May 21, 2018 |access-date=November 19, 2022}} Almost a month later, Girod hired Jeff Long as the new athletics director, tasking him with fixing the football program.{{cite web |url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/jul/05/jeff-long-hired-ad-kansas-tasked-turning-around-fl/ |title=Jeff Long hired as AD at Kansas, tasked with turning around floundering football program |date=July 5, 2018 |access-date=November 19, 2022}} Long fired David Beaty at the end of the 2018 football season, ending with a 6–42 record at Kansas.{{cite news |url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/kansas-fires-football-coach-david-beaty-who-went-6-39-and-will-finish-season-with-jayhawks/ |title=Kansas fires football coach David Beaty, who went 6-39 and will finish season with Jayhawks |date=November 4, 2018 |access-date=November 19, 2022}} Long then hired Les Miles to improve the football program to a championship-caliber program, however, Miles was fired on March 9, 2021, after accusations from women while he was at LSU.{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kansas-coach-les-miles-out-over-behavior-women-while-lsu-n1260165 |title=Kansas coach Les Miles out over behavior with women while at LSU |date=March 9, 2021 |access-date=November 19, 2022}} The next day, Girod fired Long as the athletics director.{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/31040149/jeff-long-kansas-athletic-director-sources-say |title=Jeff Long out as Kansas athletic director days after school ousted football coach Les Miles |last=Low |first=Chris |date=March 10, 2021 |access-date=November 19, 2022}}
In April 2021, Girod hired Travis Goff as the new athletics director, whose first task was to hire a new football coach.{{cite news|url=https://fox4kc.com/sports/college/ku-hires-travis-goff-as-new-athletic-director/ |title=KU hires Travis Goff as new athletic director|last=Eley|first=Jessica|date=April 5, 2021|access-date=November 7, 2022}} Almost a month later, Goff named Lance Leipold as the next football coach.{{cite web |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/2021/04/30/lance-leipold-named-head-coach-kansas/7410173002/|title=Former UW-Whitewater coach Lance Leipold leaves Buffalo to take on a new rebuilding project|first=Jeff |last=Potrykus|website=Journal Sentinel|date=April 30, 2021 |access-date=November 19, 2022}} Leipold, in just his second season, led the Jayhawks to a 5–0 start for the first time since 2008 and also coached the team to be bowl-eligible for the first time since 2008.{{cite news |url=https://www.kcur.org/sports/2022-10-20/kansas-jayhawks-are-winning-at-football-but-will-coach-lance-leipold-hang-around |title=Kansas Jayhawks are winning at football, but will coach Lance Leipold hang around?|date=October 20, 2022|access-date=November 19, 2022}}
Personal life
Girod is married to Susan Pirtle and they have three children. Girod and his wife live in Lawrence, Kansas.{{cite web |url=http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2017/jun/15/new-ku-chancellors-salary-set-550000-opportunity-e/|title=New KU chancellor's salary set at $550,000, with opportunity to earn more by practicing medicine|website=LJWorld.com|access-date=August 5, 2017}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.chancellor.ku.edu/about/ University of Kansas] profile
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