EL PASO Texas
The founding dean of the fledgling El Paso campus of the Texas Tech University medical school said he was abruptly fired after he refused to resign.
Dr. Robert Suskind said he wasn’t given a reason for his termination.
“I am very disappointed; it came as a shock. I have no idea why this happened,” said Suskind, who held the job for nine months.
Dr. John Baldwin, president of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, couldn’t be reached for comment on his decision Wednesday.
Baldwin has been the center’s president for three weeks. The position oversees the Lubbock medical school and six other Texas campuses.
Rick Francis, a member of the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents, said Baldwin is “looking for a different skills set.”
