CAROLYN MELTZER
Dean
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Carolyn C. Meltzer, MD, is dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the holder of the May S. and John H. Hooval Dean’s Chair in Medicine. Dr. Meltzer is also an internationally recognized neuroradiologist and nuclear physician who has earned numerous awards and recognition for her research and leadership in the area of diversity and inclusion in academic medicine.
Dr. Meltzer has had notable success in advocating for diversity and inclusion in the universities where she has worked and the medical field at large. While she was the chair of the radiology department at Emory University, she established a leadership academy to give mid-career health workers, primarily women and people from underrepresented backgrounds, tools to advance in their professions. As inaugural chair of the Radiological Society of North America’s Committee on Diversity & Inclusion, Meltzer pushed for more funding resources for students from minority backgrounds.
