Toni M. Ganzel

Ganzel is from New Mexico.^[1] Her family lived in Nebraska while her father was stationed at Offutt Air Force Base with the Strategic Air Command.^[2] She received a B.S. and M.D. (1978) from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.^[1] Ganzel completed an otolaryngology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.^[1] In 2000, she earned a M.B.A. focusing on medical group management from the University of St. Thomas.^[1]

Ganzel was a faculty member at the Creighton University School of Medicine.^[1] In 1983, she joined the University of Louisville School of Medicine as an assistant professor of otolaryngology.^[1] From 1989 to 2002, she was chief of otolaryngology at Kosair Children’s Hospital.^[1] She was director of the division of otolyngology at the University of Louisville from 1993 to 2001.^[1] She served as associate dean of student affairs at the medical school from 2001 to 2003 when she was promoted to senior associate dean for students and academic affairs.^[1] She is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.^[3] In March 2012, Ganzel succeeded Edward C. Halperin as the interim dean of the school of medicine.^[3] She was appointed as the 24th dean on June 1, 2013.^[3] She is the first woman to hold the role.^[1] Ganzel retired in June 2023 and was succeeded by interim dean Jeffrey M. Bumpous.^[4][5]