Colleen G. Koch

Colleen Gorman Koch is an American cardiothoracic anesthesiologist and academic administrator serving as the tenth dean of the University of Florida College of Medicine since 2021.

Life
Koch received a M.D. from the University of Cincinnati. She conducted anesthesiology training at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. She completed a M.S. in clinical research design and statistical analysis at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. She earned a M.B.A. from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.

Koch is a cardiothoracic anesthesiologist. she worked at the Cleveland Clinic for 22 years. In 2014, she joined the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine as a professor and chair of the department of anesthesiology and critical care medicine. Koch was the anesthesiologist-in-chief of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. On January 10, 2021, she became the tenth dean of the University of Florida College of Medicine. She is the first woman to serve in the role. Koch is the Folke H. Peterson Dean's Distinguished Professor.