WICHITA, Kan. (AP) _ The University of Kansas School of Medicine has named a new dean for its campus in Wichita.

The school hired H. David Wilson, current dean at the University of North Dakota's School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He plans to begin in Wichita on July 1.

Wilson is a pediatrician with fellowship training in infectious diseases.

Wilson says he wants to focus on creating more doctors for rural areas, including primary care physicians and specialists.

Wilson will replace S. Edwards Dismuke, who resigned as dean last fall.

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