Demicha D. Rankin MD

Dr. Demicha Rankin, MD, provides strategic direction and leadership for all activities to the Office of Admissions. She is firmly rooted in the medical school’s mission to recruit a highly qualified, diverse body of students to train a physician workforce capable of addressing health care disparities in their embarkment towards healthcare and research. She is also the Vice-Chair for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the Department of Anesthesiology, and has been very involved with the medical center’s antiracism and equity efforts.

Dr. Rankin has highlighted these values in her other roles with The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Since joining the Ohio State faculty in 2010, she has demonstrated great reliability and enthusiasm for resident education, serving as associate director of the Anesthesiology Residency Program. Notably, she served as the first African American female residency program director for the Department of Anesthesiology. The diversity of this program had grown under her leadership and was at one point the third most diverse training program at Ohio State College of Medicine.