Distinguished University Chair
The Distinguished University Chair is the highest endowed position available and is bestowed to best of the best at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. A mark of great achievement, this honor signifies the valuable contribution made by the leading minds of the health science center.
| Endowed Distinguished University Chair | Faculty Holder | School | Endowment Established |
| C. Harold and Lorine G. Wallace Distinguished University Chair | Brian R. Davis, PhD | McGovern Medical School | 8/29/2008 |
| Dan L Duncan Distinguished University Chair in Pediatrics | Mary E. Aitken, MD, MPH | McGovern Medical School | 8/26/2019 |
| Eunise Hermes Davidson Distinguished University Chair | Robert M. Feldman, MD | McGovern Medical School | 2/1/2022 |
| Graham Distinguished University Chair | Bela Patel, MD | McGovern Medical School | 1/15/2016 |
| Harry E. Bovay, Jr. Distinguished University Chair in Metabolic Disease Research | Mikhail Kolonin, PhD | McGovern Medical School | 7/20/2006 |
| Jack H. Mayfield, MD Distinguished University Chair in Surgery | Richard J. Andrassy, MD | McGovern Medical School | 4/26/2007 |
| John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Distinguished University Chair | Holger K. Eltzschig, MD, PhD | McGovern Medical School | 2/2/2016 |
| John S. Dunn Distinguished University Chair | Vacant | McGovern Medical School | 9/29/2022 |
| John S. Dunn Distinguished University Chair in Ophthalmology | Vacant | McGovern Medical School | 11/29/2004 |
| John S. Dunn Distinguished University Chair in Physiology and Medicine | John F. Hancock, PhD | McGovern Medical School | 11/4/1998 |
| K. Lance Gould Distinguished University Chair in Coronary Pathophysiology | Jagat Narula, MBBS, MD, DM, PhD | McGovern Medical School | 2/17/2023 |
| Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished University Chair in Heart Disease | K. Lance Gould, MD | McGovern Medical School | 3/9/2000 |
| Mary Elizabeth Holdsworth Distinguished University Chair in Metabolic and Inflammatory Disease Research | Peter A. Doris, PhD | McGovern Medical School | 5/30/2005 |
| Richard S. Ruiz, MD, Distinguished University Chair | Timothy J. McCulley, MD | McGovern Medical School | 10/7/2002 |
| Robert A. Welch Distinguished University Chair in Chemistry | Zhiqiang An, PhD | McGovern Medical School | 8/29/2003 |
| William S. Kilroy, Sr. Distinguished University Chair in Pulmonary Disease | (Fellow) Harry Karmouty-Quintana, PhD | McGovern Medical School | 4/4/2003 |