Associate Dean of Finance and Administration Named
Janet Sabuco, MBA, has been appointed associate dean of Finance and Administration for the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix.
Sabuco will be responsible for annual budgeting, strategic financial planning and further development of the administrative infrastructure necessary for supporting and sustaining the college’s mission.
“Janet has a demonstrated track record of administrative and financial experience in a complex academic health center and we are thrilled to welcome her to the UA,” said Guy Reed, MD, MS, Dean and Valley of the Sun Professor at the college.
Dean Reed said the college is “exceptionally grateful to Judy Apostolik, who has served as executive director of Finance in the College of Medicine – Phoenix since 2016 and has been an invaluable asset to the operations while we have been looking to fill this role.”
Previously, Sabuco was associate chair of Administration and Finance for the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine, the largest clinical department, and represented the department for various health system initiatives.
Prior to joining the University of Utah in 2016, Sabuco was the administrator for the Psychiatry Department at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine. There, she partnered with the department’s chair to double research funding and faculty, increasing the depth and breadth of clinical and educational programs, and building financial stability. Prior to that, she was at the University of Illinois Chicago for a number of years in the departments of Medicine and Psychiatry, as well as the Medical Center in Managed Care Operations.
Sabuco is a member of the Association of American Medical Colleges, on the Council of the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine, National Association of Academic Psychiatry Administrators (NAAPA), and former NAAPA president. She holds a master’s degree in business with a focus in health care administration and marketing from the University of Illinois Chicago.
She will begin full-time on August 13.
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Founded in 2007, the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix inspires and trains exemplary physicians, scientists and leaders to advance its core missions in education, research, clinical care and service to communities across Arizona. The college’s strength lies in our collaborations and partnerships with clinical affiliates, community organizations and industry sponsors. With our primary affiliate, Banner Health, we are recognized as the premier academic medical center in Phoenix. As an anchor institution of the Phoenix Bioscience Core, the college is home to signature research programs in neurosciences, cardiopulmonary diseases, immunology, informatics and metabolism. These focus areas uniquely position us to drive biomedical research and bolster economic development in the region.
As an urban institution with strong roots in rural and tribal health, the college has graduated more than 1,000 physicians and matriculates 130 students each year. Greater than 60% of matriculating students are from Arizona and many continue training at our GME sponsored residency programs, ultimately pursuing local academic and community-based opportunities. While our traditional four-year program continues to thrive, we will launch our recently approved accelerated three-year medical student curriculum with exclusive focus on primary care. This program is designed to further enhance workforce retention needs across Arizona.
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