Paula M. Termuhlen

Termuhlen earned a B.S. (1985) and a M.D. (1989) from the Saint Louis University.^[1] She conducted a research fellowship at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in 1993.^[1] She completed a general surgery residency in 1995 at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.^[1] In 1998, Termuhlen finished a surgical oncology fellowship at the MD Anderson Cancer Center.^[1]

Termuhlen was a faculty member at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.^[1] She was the director of the general surgery residency at the Boonshoft School of Medicine and the Medical College of Wisconsin.^[1] In 2015, she became the regional dean of the Duluth campus of the University of Minnesota Medical School.^[1] On May 1, 2021, Termuhlen became the Hal B. Jenson M.D. dean and professor of surgery at the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine.^[1] She was president of the Association of Program Directors in Surgery.^[1] She is a member of the Academy of Master Surgeon Educators and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.^[1][2]