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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

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