The university announced Monday that Dr. Larry Kaiser will be the new senior executive vice president for health sciences, dean of the School of Medicine and chief executive officer of the Temple University Health System. His appointment will be effective no later than April 1, 2011.

Kaiser, the current president of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, is also a professor of surgery and a professor of cardiothoracic and vascular surgery, according to the university’s official announcement.

Kaiser held positions at the University of Pennsylvania, from 1991 to 2008, and faculty appointments in surgery at the Washington University School of Medicine and Cornell University Medical College.

Kaiser earned a bachelor’s degree and M.D. from from Tulane University.

In November, the School of Medicine’s current dean, Dr. John M. Daly, announced his intent to leave the deanship before 2012.

Can’t wait to see the new School of Medicine’s dean face-to-face? See what he’s been up to at the UT Health Science Center by watching his promotional video below.