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About the Dean

Gregory J. Toussaint, M.D.

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Dr. Toussaint joined the Boonshoft School of Medicine in 2005 after a nearly 34-year career with the U.S. Air Force.

As associate dean for clinical skills education and a member of the Department of Pediatrics, Dr. Toussaint is involved with teaching in all four years of the medical school curriculum. Under his leadership, the medical school’s Skills Assessment and Training Center received Wright State’s 2021 President’s Award for Excellence: Outstanding Unit.

Dr. Toussaint previously served as assistant dean and director of admissions in the Office of Student Affairs and Admissions and director of the pediatrics clerkship at the Boonshoft School of Medicine. He also served as medical director for inpatient general pediatrics at Dayton Children’s Hospital. He currently serves as interim dean for the Boonshoft School of Medicine.  

After graduating from the U.S. Air Force Academy, he received his medical degree from Virginia Commonwealth University. He completed a pediatric residency at the Air Force’s Wilford Hall Hospital in San Antonio and a fellowship in general academic pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital.

In addition to positions as a general pediatrician or medical staff chief at Air Force facilities in the United States and overseas, he served three tours as commander of forward-deployed, combat support field hospitals for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.


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