Dr.
Bill Eley Executive
Associate Dean for Medical Education & Student Affairs
Dr.
Bill Eley is a native of Georgia who received an undergraduate degree
in chemistry, an M.D., and the M.P.H. degree, all from Emory University.
After completing his Internal Medicine and Oncology training, he accepted
a position in the Department of Epidemiology at the newly formed Rollins
School of Public Health at Emory University in 1989. His research interests
have focused on differences in survival between African-American and Caucasian
women diagnosed with Breast Cancer, approaching this problem via population
based studies. He has previously worked in clinical oncology at Grady
Memorial Hospital and Crawford Long Hospital, and currently continues
seeing patients with breast cancer at the Winship Cancer Institute and
Emory University Hospital. Dr. Eley has taught medical students clinical
epidemiology for the last 15 years. His service on the Medical School
Admission’s Committee led to his appointment as Associate Dean and
Director of Admissions in 2000. In 2004 he was appointed Executive Associate
Dean for Medical Education and Student Affairs at the Emory University
School of Medicine.
Dr. Eley serves on the University Advising Committee on Teaching, the
Medical School Admissions Committee, the Medical School Executive Curriculum
Committee and Chairs the Fellowship Selection Committee of the International
Union Against Cancer (UICC).