Dr. Mark Ott talks about how long it will take to open the new school, the ties that took him to Johns Hopkins and Harvard, why a University of Utah graduate is a fit for BYU and God’s role in his life.

BYU University Communications shared a press release Thursday morning announcing Dr. Mark Ott as inaugural dean of BYU’s future medical school.

David Moore, the dean of Brigham Young University's law school, was originally listed as a contributor on Project 2025, which has been called Donald Trump's roadmap for a second term. Then, last month,

BYU announced that Dr. Mark Ott, a surgeon at Intermountain Health, will be the inaugural dean of its new medical school. Learn more about his career.

Brigham Young University has appointed Dustin Matsumori, Intermountain Health’s vice president of corporate development, as managing director of medical school planning for BYU’s new medical school.

There are still a lot of unknowns about BYU’s plans to open a medical school. But no longer among those is who will lead it: Intermountain Health surgeon Mark Ott, who studied at the University of Utah and has worked at Harvard Medical School.