Deans
William F. Bina III, B.A., M.P.H., M.D.
Dean, School of Medicine
Dr. Bill Bina joined the school of medicine in 1991 and has served in various Family Medicine and Community Medicine departmental roles including director of the Family Practice Residency program, chair of Community Medicine and director of the nationally accredited Master's of Public Health degree program. He served in the school as executive associate dean and interim dean prior to appointment as dean in March 2009. Prior to coming to Mercer, Dr. Bina was director of the Occupational Health and Preventive Medicine Division, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Department of the Navy in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Bina has served in several leadership roles in the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians, including president in 1998-1999. He serves as medical director of the Central Georgia Cancer Coalition, a state certified regional cancer coalition of excellence. Dr. Bina received his B.S. in Nuclear Science from the Naval Academy in Annapolis and his M.D. degree from the University of Nebraska in Omaha. He completed his Family Medicine residency at Naval Regional Medical Center in Camp Pendleton, Calif. Dr. Bina also completed a General Preventive Medicine Residency and an M.P.H. degree at Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health in Baltimore, Md. More>