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Paul A. Schoening has been named interim director of the Bernard Becker Medical Library and interim associate dean for academic information management.
Mark E. Frisse, M.D., previously was the library director and associate dean. He now is vice president of Express Scripts Inc.'s clinical services, which interprets pharmacy and medical claims data. Schoening has been the library's director of information and communication systems for the past six years.
"Paul Schoening helped make the library an information and communication powerhouse," said William A. Peck, M.D., executive vice chancellor and dean of the School of Medicine. "His expertise in applying innovative information technologies will assist in expanding the medical school's reach and its place as an invaluable resource for the Medical Center and the St. Louis region."
Schoening's responsibilities as director and associate dean include coordinating medical center communications networks and information management facilities and overseeing medical computing facilities. He also is extensively involved with information management systems planning throughout the medical center and with the analysis and development of biomedical information systems.
Schoening received a bachelor's degree, magna cum laude, in biology and mathematics in 1983 from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. Three years later, he was awarded a master's degree in mathematics from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. In 1996, he received an executive M.B.A. from Washington University.
