Juliana (Jewel) Kling, M.D., is dean, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine – Arizona Campus

Juliana (Jewel) Kling, M.D. (I ’13, CMR ’14), is the new vice dean of Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and the Suzanne Hanson Poole Dean of Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine – Arizona Campus. She is responsible for undergraduate medical education activities on the Arizona campus and is a facilitator and coordinator of the academic, curricular, and administrative activities and programs in Arizona. 

Dr. Kling is chair of the Division of Women’s Health Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, assistant director of the Center for Women’s Health, and associate chair of Equity, Inclusion and Diversity for the Department of Medicine at the Arizona campus. She joined the staff of Mayo Clinic in 2014 and is a professor of medicine in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.

Dr. Kling completed internal medicine residency at Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education in Arizona, followed by appointment as chief resident in internal medicine. She completed medical school and a master’s in public health at the University of Arizona – Tucson.

Dr. Kling succeeds Michele Halyard, M.D., who served in the role for 13 years including overseeing the opening of the Arizona campus of the medical school. Dr. Halyard retired in June.