Johns Hopkins University

In 1993 Minor joined the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine as an assistant professor^[2] of laryngology and otology. He became an associate professor in 1997 and a professor in 2001 in the departments of otolaryngology–head and neck surgery, neuroscience, and biomedical engineering.^[7] In 2003 Minor was appointed the Andelot Professor and director (chair) of the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery and otolaryngologist-in-chief at Johns Hopkins Hospital. During his six years as department chair, Minor expanded annual research funding by more than 50 percent and increased clinical activity by more than 30 percent.^[2] During his tenure, the department was ranked number one by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospital rankings by specialties.^[1]

On September 1, 2009^[2] Minor became provost of Johns Hopkins University, making him both chief academic officer and the second-ranking member of the administration.^[2][8] He also served as University Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery from 2009 until 2012,^[7] while remaining a professor in the departments of biomedical engineering and neuroscience.^[7] During his tenure as provost, Minor launched a number of university-wide initiatives, among them the Gateway Sciences Initiative to increase innovation in teaching, and the Doctor of Philosophy Board to encourage quality education on the doctoral level. He helped coordinate the Individualized Health Initiative, which aims to use genetic information to improve health care,^[9] and worked to improve recruitment and retention of faculty.^[10]

Stanford University

Minor has been dean of Stanford University School of Medicine since December 1, 2012.^[11] His role as dean gives him oversight for Stanford Medicine's clinical enterprise (Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital),^[12] and also gives him oversight for Stanford Medicine's clinical enterprise strategy. He also has oversight of the physicians chosen to serve on the faculty and in Stanford Medicine's clinical network.^[12] At Stanford University, Minor also serves by courtesy as a professor of otolaryngology (head and neck surgery), bioengineering, and neurobiology.^[11]

Minor has used his position as Dean to push for Stanford Medicine to focus on "precision health", which is intended to tailor care to patients' individual variations.^[11][13] He has written about precision health in op-eds for publications such as The Wall Street Journal and Forbes. Minor espouses it as both a form of treatment and preventive medicine^[14] that is focused on prediction by accounting for factors such as behavior and socioeconomic conditions.^[15] Working across Stanford Medicine and Stanford University, Minor also oversaw the development and implementation of a new cancer research and care model,^[11][16] and launched an initiative concerning biomedical big data and a health care system with learning capabilities.^[16][17] He was re-appointed the dean in March 2017, to a second five-year term.^[18]

Concerning grants and finances, at Stanford Minor has supported competitive innovation grants that back basic science research, also increasing support for other core areas and resources.^[16][19] In particular, he expanded clinical and patient-centered research,^[20] helped support new educational models,^[21] and supported financial assistance covering students' first four years of Ph.D. training.^[19] He furthermore worked to cut down on financial barriers for students,"^[22] increased faculty development programs and leadership options,^[23] and pushed for programming with diversity and "accountability".^[22][24] Between 2012 and 2016, Stanford credited Minor with helping raise the number underrepresented minority students from 10% of incoming graduate students to 28%.^[18] In 2017, he introduced the Health Trends Report published by Stanford Medicine, with research and reviews on emerging trends in health care.^[25]