Chair
An endowed Chair position is a distinction given to high-performing department leaders and senior faculty members. This honor is a valuable retention and recruitment tool that allows the university to recognize the efforts of current educators and researchers, as well as attract leaders in the health science community. As of September 1, 2023, a $2 million gift is required to establish a Chair endowment.
Below is the current list of endowed chairs:
|
Endowed Chair |
Faculty Holder |
School |
Endowment Established |
|
A.G. McNeese Chair in Pediatric Surgery |
Kevin P. Lally, MD |
McGovern Medical School |
10/7/1982 |
|
Andrew R. Burgess, MD Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery Trauma |
Milton L. Routt, Jr. MD |
McGovern Medical School |
8/17/2015 |
|
Atilla Ertan, MD Chair in Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition |
Nirav C. Thosani, MD |
McGovern Medical School |
1/28/2016 |
|
Atilla Ertan, MD, Chair in Gastroenterology Research |
Vacant |
McGovern Medical School |
8/24/2023 |
|
Atilla Ertan, MD, Chair in Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
Vacant |
McGovern Medical School |
8/24/2023 |
|
Bernice Weingarten Chair in Ophthalmology |
Layla Ghergherehchi, MD |
McGovern Medical School |
11/1/2011 |
|
Bob and Hazel Casey Chair in Biochemistry |
Rodney E. Kellems, PhD |
McGovern Medical School |
1/18/2017 |
|
C. Frank Webber, MD Chair of Family Medicine |
Carlos A. Moreno, MD |
McGovern Medical School |
12/5/1997 |
|
Carmel Bitondo Dyer, MD, Chair in Geriatric and Palliative Medicine |
Jessica L. Lee, MD |
McGovern Medical School |
5/13/2021 |
|
Cecil M. Crigler, MD Chair in Urology |
Steven E. Canfield, MD |
McGovern Medical School |
10/11/1991 |
|
Chair for Precision Health |
Zhongming Zhao, PhD |
School of Biomedical Informatics |
2/21/2017 |
|
Chair in Biomedical Engineering |
Michael A. Jacobs, PhD |
McGovern Medical School |
8/29/2008 |
|
Chair in Dental Informatics |
Muhammad F. Walji, MS, PhD |
School of Dentistry |
1/1/2021 |
|
Cullen Chair in Molecular Medicine |
Qingchun Tong, PhD |
McGovern Medical School |
12/1/2008 |
|
D. Bradley McWilliams Chair |
Hongfang Liu, PhD |
School of Biomedical Informatics |
4/27/2023 |
|
Denton A. Cooley, MD Chair in Surgery |
Richard Andrassy, MD |
McGovern Medical School |
12/4/1986 |
|
Dr. Bernard and Gloria P. Katz Chair in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery |
Mark E. Wong, DDS |
School of Dentistry |
1/13/2014 |
|
Dr. John D. and Carol J. Milam Chair in Pathology |
Nghia D. Nguyen, MD |
McGovern Medical School |
2/7/2018 |
|
Dr. Noranna B. Warner Endowed Chair in the Division of Rheumatology |
Shervin Assassi, MD |
McGovern Medical School |
8/27/2018 |
|
Dr. Thomas D. Cronin Chair in Plastic Surgery |
Matthew R. Greives, MD, FACS |
McGovern Medical School |
10/9/1986 |
|
Edward Randall, III Chair in Internal Medicine |
Philip R. Orlander, MD |
McGovern Medical School |
6/16/1983 |
|
Edward T. Smith, MD Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery |
Walter R. Lowe, MD |
McGovern Medical School |
5/11/1995 |
|
Elizabeth Bidgood Chair in Rheumatology |
Maureen D. Mayes, MD, MPH |
McGovern Medical School |
3/11/1997 |
|
Emmanuel "Manny" G. Melissinos, MD Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery |
Stephen J. Warner, MD, PhD |
McGovern Medical School |
2/14/2019 |
|
Endowed Chair of Mitochondrial Medicine |
Mary Kay Koenig, MD |
McGovern Medical School |
4/19/2010 |
|
Fondren Chair in Cellular Signaling |
Edgar T. Walters, PhD |
McGovern Medical School |
5/20/1997 |
|
Francine J. and Frederick M. Pevow, MD Chair of Internal Medicine |
David D. McPherson, MD |
McGovern Medical School |
2/26/2018 |
|
Frank M. Yatsu, MD Chair in Neurology |
Sean Savitz, MD |
McGovern Medical School |
1/18/2013 |
|
Fred A. and Dianne F. Garrett Endowed Chair in Orthodontics |
Gregory W. Olson, DDS |
School of Dentistry |
9/23/2011 |
|
Frederic B. Asche Chair in Ophthalmology |
Ruth Heidelberger, MD, PhD |
McGovern Medical School |
9/18/2000 |
|
Guy S. Parcel Chair in Public Health |
Susan Tortolero Emery, PhD |
School of Public Health |
8/29/2008 |
|
Harriet and Joe Foster Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience |
Linda Ewing-Cobbs, PhD |
McGovern Medical School |
6/23/2011 |
|
Harvey S. Rosenberg, MD, Chair in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine |
Vacant |
McGovern Medical School |
2/12/1987 |
|
Herbert L. and Margaret W. DuPont Chair in Biomedical Sciences |
Michael Lorenz, PhD |
McGovern Medical School |
5/30/2005 |
|
Herbert L. and Margaret W. DuPont Chair in Infectious Diseases |
Vacant |
School of Public Health |
7/30/2009 |
|
Huffington Foundation Endowed Chair in Nursing Education Leadership |
Diane M. Santa Maria, DrPH, MSN, RN, APHN-BC |
Cizik School of Nursing |
9/30/2011 |
|
Isla Carroll Turner Chair in Gerontological Nursing |
Carolyn Pickering, PhD, RN |
Cizik School of Nursing |
10/7/1982 |
|
Jack H. Mayfield, MD Chair in Surgery |
Lillian S. Kao, MD |
McGovern Medical School |
4/26/2007 |
|
James C. Grotta, MD Chair in Neurological Recovery and Stroke |
Elizabeth Noser, MD |
McGovern Medical School |
3/30/2012 |
|
James T. and Nancy B. Willerson Chair |
David D. McPherson, MD |
McGovern Medical School |
5/10/2001 |
|
Jane Dale Owen Chair in Environmental Health Protection |
Vacant |
School of Public Health |
8/29/2008 |
|
Janice Davis Gordon Chair for Bowel Cancer Research |
Qingyun Liu, PhD |
McGovern Medical School |
8/4/2004 |
|
Jesse H. Jones Chair in Molecular Biology |
Vacant |
McGovern Medical School |
2/12/1997 |
|
Joan and Stanford Alexander Chair in Gerontology |
Holly M. Holmes, MD, MS |
McGovern Medical School |
11/9/2018 |
|
Joe M. Green, Jr. Chair in Ophthalmology |
Stella K. Kim, MD |
McGovern Medical School |
11/29/2004 |
|
John P. McGovern, MD Chair in Medical Humanities |
Nathan Carlin, PhD |
McGovern Medical School |
4/21/2006 |
|
John S. Dunn Chair |
Vacant |
McGovern Medical School |
9/29/2022 |
|
John S. Dunn Chair |
Vacant |
McGovern Medical School |
7/25/2023 |
|
John S. Dunn Chair in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
Vasanthi Jayaraman, PhD |
McGovern Medical School |
9/22/1998 |
|
Joseph C. Gabel, MD Endowed Chair in Anesthesiology |
Changqing Ju, PhD |
McGovern Medical School |
11/26/1997 |
|
June and Virgil Waggoner Chair |
John H. Byrne, PhD |
McGovern Medical School |
6/28/2002 |
|
Kozmetsky Family Chair in Human Genetics |
Eric Boerwinkle, PhD |
McGovern Medical School |
8/2/2004 |
|
Linda K. Finger Chair in Autoimmune and Connective Tissue Diseases |
Filemon K. Tan, MD, PhD |
McGovern Medical School |
12/16/2008 |
| Lorne Bain Chair in Public Health and Medicine | Maria E. Fernandez, PhD | School of Public Health | 5/28/1997 |
| Louis A. Faillace, MD, Chair in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Joy M. Schmitz, PhD | McGovern Medical School | 6/17/2019 |
| Louis A. Faillace, MD, Chair in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Ronald E. Acierno, PhD | McGovern Medical School | 6/18/2019 |
|
Louis A. Faillace, MD, Chair in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences |
Anilkumar Pillai, PhD |
McGovern Medical School |
6/18/2019 |
|
Lynn and Oscar Wyatt Chair in Metabolic Research |
Erik B. Wilson, MD |
McGovern Medical School |
5/4/2015 |
|
M. David Low Chair in Public Health |
Eric Boerwinkle, PhD |
School of Public Health |
8/31/2004 |
|
Marcus M. Key, MD--Shell Occupational and Environmental Health Endowed Chair |
Vacant |
School of Public Health |
8/7/2013 |
|
Mary W. Kelsey Chair in the Medical Sciences |
Herbert L. DuPont, MD |
McGovern Medical School |
6/16/1983 |
| Memorial Hermann Chair | Hope Northrup, MD | McGovern Medical School | 11/16/2021 |
| Memorial Hermann Chair | Michelle K. McNutt, MD | McGovern Medical School | 11/16/2021 |
| Memorial Hermann Chair | Emily K. Robinson, MD | McGovern Medical School | 11/16/2021 |
| Memorial Hermann Chair | Samuel D. Luber, MD, MPH, FACEP | McGovern Medical School | 11/16/2021 |
| Memorial Hermann Chair | Martin Citardi, MD | McGovern Medical School | 11/16/2021 |
| Memorial Hermann Chair | Manickam "Nicks" Kumaravel, MD | McGovern Medical School | 11/16/2021 |
| Memorial Hermann Chair | Luis Z. Ostrosky, MD | McGovern Medical School | 11/16/2021 |
| Memorial Hermann Chair | Yafen Liang, MD | McGovern Medical School | 11/16/2021 |
| Memorial Hermann Chair | Nahid J. Rianon, MBBS | McGovern Medical School | 11/16/2021 |
| Memorial Hermann Chair | Biswajit Kar, MD | McGovern Medical School | 11/16/2021 |
| Memorial Hermann Chair | Kenneth Mathis, MD | McGovern Medical School | 11/16/2021 |
| Memorial Hermann Chair | Pamela A. Promecene, MD | McGovern Medical School | 11/16/2021 |
| Memorial Hermann Chair | Sean Blackwell, MD | McGovern Medical School | 11/16/2021 |
| Memorial Hermann Chair | Erin E. Furr-Stimming, MD | McGovern Medical School | 11/16/2021 |
| Memorial Hermann Chair | Pen Roc Chen, MD | McGovern Medical School | 11/16/2021 |
|
Milton “Chip” Routt Chair of Spinal Surgery |
Eric Klineberg, MD |
McGovern Medical School |
6/8/2023 |
|
Pat R. Rutherford, Jr. Chair in Psychiatry |
Jair C. Soares, MD |
McGovern Medical School |
2/12/1982 |
|
President George Bush Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine |
Dianna M. Milewicz, MD, PhD |
McGovern Medical School |
9/23/1998 |
|
R. Palmer Beasley, MD and Lu-Yu Hwang, MD Chair |
Charles Darkoh, PhD |
School of Public Health |
12/17/2012 |
|
Rochelle and Max Levit Chair in the Neurosciences |
Sheng Pan, PhD |
McGovern Medical School |
11/27/2002 |
|
Rochelle and Max Levit Chair in Orthopedic Surgery |
John W. Munz, MD |
McGovern Medical School |
8/25/2019 |
|
Roy M. and Phyllis Gough Huffington Chair in Gerontology |
Vacant |
McGovern Medical School |
4/15/1988 |
|
Roy M. and Phyllis Gough Huffington Chair in Neurology |
Jaroslaw Aronowski, PhD |
McGovern Medical School |
4/15/1988 |
|
Samuel E. Karff, DHL Chair in the John P. McGovern, MD Center for Humanities and Ethics |
Nathan Carlin, PhD |
McGovern Medical School |
6/21/2006 |
|
The JLH Foundation Chair in Transplant Prevention |
Bing Yu, PhD |
School of Public Health |
6/24/2021 |
|
The Lois Pfefferbaum Chair in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |
Vacant |
McGovern Medical School |
1/14/2020 |
|
THINK Neurology Chair in Pediatric Tumor Research and Innovation |
David I. Sandberg, MD |
McGovern Medical School |
2/15/2021 |
|
UTHealth Houston Chair in Cardiac Surgery |
Danny Ramzy, MD, PhD, FACC, FRCSC, FACS |
McGovern Medical School |
10/16/2023 |
|
UTHealth Houston Chair in Fetal Intervention |
Vacant |
McGovern Medical School |
8/24/2023 |
|
Wulfe Family Chair in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
Gerard E. Francisco, MD |
McGovern Medical School |
10/30/2018 |