Lloyd B. Minor, MD, became dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine on December 1, 2012. The oldest medical school in the West, Stanford consistently ranks among the top U.S. medical schools with faculty members who secure the highest amount of research funding per investigator in the country. As dean, Minor is leading the Campaign for Stanford Medicine, which seeks to advance scientific innovation, clinical excellence, and interactive education at the school and at Stanford Hospital & Clinics and the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. Minor is also a professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery and a professor of Bioengineering and of Neurobiology, by courtesy.