Joseph C. Kolars

Joseph C. Kolars is an American physician who is the Senior Associate Dean for Education and Global Initiatives, the Josiah Macy Jr. Professor of Health Professions Education, and Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School.

Education Kolars attended the University of Minnesota Medical School and graduated in 1982. He completed his residency in internal medicine and fellowship in Gastroenterology at Michigan.

Career Remaining at Michigan after his postgraduate training, Kolars began his career in 1989 as an instructor in the Department of Internal Medicine.

In 1999, he moved to the Mayo Clinic

Between 2007 and 2012, Kolars divided his time between the Mayo Clinic, Michigan, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to work as a consultant on education systems to build human resource capacity for health internationally.

In 2010, he began jointly directing the Joint Institute for Translational and Clinical Research with the Peking University Health Science Center. His research has focused on global health and improving and strengthening education system in low-resource settings. Kolars has also been involved in the National Institutes of Health's Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI).

Kolars serves on the Fogarty International Center Advisory Council at the National Institutes of Health.