John P. Geisler, MD, MSPharm, FACOG
Dean and Provost
Dr. John P. Geisler is a physician who has focused his career on the advancement of medicine. Trained in gynecologic oncology and functional medicine, he has focused his career on serving others by educating future generations of medical providers. He has published over one hundred and thirty peer-reviewed medical articles and dozens of book chapters. He is the editor of multiple medical journals.
After completing his Bachelor of Arts with High Honors at the University of Michigan, Dr. Geisler completed his Doctor of Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine. His postgraduate training began with a residency in Obstetrics & Gynecology at Loyola University Medical Center, followed by a preliminary medicine residency and a four-year residency in Obstetrics & Gynecology at St. Vincent Hospitals – Indianapolis. He then completed fellowships in Pelvic Surgery and Gynecologic Oncology at the University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics. While educating medical learners and practicing oncology full time, Dr. Geisler earned a Masters in Pharmacoeconomics, Patient Safety, and Health Regulations.
His leadership in academic medicine has progressed from being an instructor and junior faculty, to becoming a course director followed by clerkship director, division director, assistant residency director, and associate Dean. He has been actively involved in developing curriculum for affiliated health programs, interprofessional education, undergraduate medical education, and graduate medical education. He transformed the aged curriculum into new innovative pedagogy that engages modern adult learners using available and new technology. The lecture-based curriculum was changed to problem-based learning and flipped learning for certain projects. He has worked on accreditation for medical schools (LCME), residents and fellows (ACGME), and even physician assistants (ARC-PA). His passion for medical education has ignited a passion in learners that has led to a large increase in the number of students that have returned to teaching other medical learners once they have finished their formal education.
Service to others has been core to his medical career. Medical missions in Africa have been one way in which he has combined medical education and service to others. For over a decade, he has taken U.S. medical learners, to work with physicians from Africa and reach the underserved in both Côte d’Ivoire and Tanzania.
