Dr. Margaret Faut Callahan is dean and professor of the College of Nursing at Marquette University.  She is responsible for the academic and administrative leadership of the college.  

Prior to coming to Marquette in 2008, Dr. Callahan was professor and chair of adult health nursing at Rush University College of Nursing. She also served as the program director for the nurse anesthesia program and president of the Rush Presbyterian St. Luke’s Alumni Association, member of the board of trustees of Rush University Medical Center, and a member of the board of overseers of Rush University. 

Dr. Callahan has served in various leadership capacities in state and national nursing and nurse anesthesia organizations. She serves as an accreditation reviewer for the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education and the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs. She is the vice chair of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Foundation, a member of the American Colleges of Nursing Finance Committee and a member of the Quality Committee for Aurora Healthcare.

Callahan is a member of the American Nurses Association, American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, and Sigma Theta Tau.  She is an elected fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, the National Academies of Practice and the Institute of Medicine Chicago. Dr. Callahan’s research interests are in the areas of pain management, palliative/end-of-life care, and health policy.