10 Facts About Kayse Shrum

Kayse Marie Shrum is an American physician who was the 19th President of Oklahoma State University from 2021 to 2025.

Kayse Shrum was the first woman to lead a public research institution in Oklahoma.

Kayse Shrum played softball for Connors State College in Warner, Oklahoma, and graduated in 1992 with an associate of science degree.

Kayse Shrum continued her education at Northeastern State University and the University of Arkansas before graduating with a doctor of osteopathic medicine degree from the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Kayse Shrum practiced pediatrics in Muskogee, Oklahoma before joining the faculty of the medical school faculty at the OSU Center for Health Sciences in 2002.

Kayse Shrum served as chair of the Department of Pediatrics from 2004 to 2011.

Kayse Shrum was promoted to president of OSU-CHS, becoming the youngest and first female president and dean of a medical school in the state of Oklahoma.

Kayse Shrum holds the George Kaiser Family Foundation chair in medical excellence and service and the Saint Francis Health System endowed chair of pediatrics.

Kayse Shrum was inducted into the Connors State College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013 and the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame in 2022.

Kayse Shrum is married to Darren Kayse Shrum, whom she met in 1989 at a Broken Arrow Wal-mart where he was working and undergoing the management training program.