Patrick Bankston
IU School of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, College of Health and Human Services
Expert Bio
Patrick Bankston worked his way through the academic ranks at Indiana University School of Medicine Northwest in Gary, earning the rank of professor of anatomy and cell biology with a joint appointment as professor of pathology and laboratory medicine. His research career was focused on capillary structure and function, and he has publications on those topics with the late Nobel laureate Dr. George Palade.
Bankston has led local health care institutions, including hospitals, community health centers and mental health institutions, in establishing the Northwest Indiana Graduate Medical Education Consortium with the purpose of establishing medical residencies.
He has received numerous awards in recognition for his teaching and scholarship, including the prestigious Trustees’ Teaching Award. He is the founding dean of the College of Health and Human Services in 2008.
Areas of Expertise
Human vascular system, medical education, health education, community health, health care delivery, health care policy.
Other Information
Bankston has a Bachelor of Arts in biology from Hobart College in Geneva, New York, and a Ph.D. in anatomy from the University of Chicago. He has been a faculty member at the IU School of Medicine since 1978.
He was appointed interim assistant dean of what was then called the Northwest Center for Medical Education in 2005 and associate dean in 2006. He helped create the College of Health and Human Services under then-Chancellor Bruce Bergland at IU Northwest and, along with his IU School of Medicine role, became its first dean in 2008.
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