 In July 2011 Schwenk left Michigan to become dean of the University of Nevada School of Medicine.During his service as Dean, School of Medicine and Vice-President for Health Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, he has focused on restructuring the school as a full four-year campus based in Reno, with a strong outreach to rural Nevada, including a budding regional campus in Elko.He was elected to the Administrative Board of the AAMC Council of Deans, and recently appointed to the Vista Commission on Continuing Certification sponsored by the American Board of Medical Specialties, a national 25-member commission charged with making recommendations about physician continuing certification.