Dr. Ninan comes to the KHSC-KansasCOM from Riverside University Health System (RUHS) in Moreno Valley, California, where he was medical staff president. During his career, he has been involved in medical education in numerous ways from curriculum development and classroom instruction to overseeing residency programs and serving on the national review committee for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. In addition to these contributions to medical school and residency training he is the current president of the American College of Osteopathic Anesthesiologists.

At KHSC-KansasCOM he is the the assistant dean of curriculum innovation and education. He will lead the school's Center for Innovation in Healthcare & Education, which will serve as a repository of information on the latest in health care related breakthroughs as well as oversee an advisory board of leaders in the innovation community to help generate ideas for KHSC-KansasCOM programs.