Leadership Timeline
| Presidents | Admin. Period |
|---|---|
| Giuseppe N. Colasurdo, MD | 2012-present |
| Giuseppe N. Colasurdo, MD, President ad interim | 2011-2012 |
| Larry R. Kaiser, MD, FACS | 2008-2011 |
| James T. Willerson, MD | 2000-2008 |
| M. David Low, MD, PhD | 1989-2000 |
| John C. Ribble, MD, Interim President | 1987-89 |
| Roger J. Bulger, MD | 1978-87 |
| Truman G. Blocker, MD, Acting President | 1977-78 |
| Charles A. Berry, MD | 1974-77 |
| John Victor Olson, DDS, MS, Acting President | 1972-74 |
| School of Dentistry Deans | |
| John Valenza, DDS | 2011-present |
| Dental Branch Deans (name changed to School of Dentistry) | |
| John Valenza, DDS, Interim Dean | 2009-2011 |
| Catherine Flaitz, DDS, MS | 2004-2009 |
| Catherine Flaitz, DDS, MS, Interim Dean | 2002-2004 |
| Ronald Johnson, DDS | 1996-2002 |
| Raul C. Caffesse, DDS, MS, Dean Pro Tem | 1992-96 |
| Don Allen, DDS, MS | 1982-92 |
| John Victor Olson, DDS, MS | 1974-82 |
| Benjamin C. McKinney, DDS, JD, Acting Dean | 1972-74 |
| John Victor Olson, DDS, MS | 1955-72 |
| The University of Texas School of Dentistry Deans (name changed to Dental Branch) | |
| John Victor Olson, DDS, MS | 1952-55 |
| Frederick C. Elliott, DDS | 1943-52 |
| Texas Dental College Deans (name changed to Dental Branch) | |
| Frederick C. Elliott, DDS | 1932-43 |
| Joseph P. Arnold, DDS | 1930-32 |
| Olympio F. Gambati, DDS | 1905-30 |
| MD Anderson UTHealth Houston Graduate School | |
| Sharon Dent, PhD, Dean ad interim | 2022-present |
| Michael Blackburn, PhD | 2020-2022 |
| Michael Blackburn, PhD, and Michelle Barton, PhD | 2017-2020 |
| Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Deans (name changed to MD Anderson UTHealth Houston Graduate School) | |
| Michael Blackburn, PhD, and Michelle Barton, PhD | 2012-2017 |
| George M. Stancel, PhD | 1999-2012 |
| Paul Darlington, PhD, Interim Dean | 1997-1999 |
| R.W. Butcher, PhD | 1979-96 |
| Roger R. Hewitt, PhD, Acting Dean | 1978-79 |
| Margery W. Shaw, MD, Acting Dean | 1977-78 |
| Alfred G. Knudson, MD, PhD | 1970-77 |
| Sumter S. Arnim, DDS, PhD | 1966-70 |
| Paul Weiss, PhD | 1965-66 |
| Grant Taylor, MD, Acting Dean | 1963-65 |
| McGovern Medical School Deans | |
| John Hancock, MA, MB, BChir, PhD, ScD, Executive Dean | 2022-present |
| LaTanya J. Love, MD, Dean of Education | 2022-present |
| Richard J. Andrassy, MD, Executive Dean ad interim | 2020-2022 |
| LaTanya J. Love, MD, Dean of Education ad interim | 2020-2022 |
| Barbara J. Stoll, MD | 2015-2020 |
| Medical School Deans (name changed to McGovern Medical School) | |
| Barbara J. Stoll, MD | 2015 |
| Giuseppe N. Colasurdo, MD | 2007-2015 |
| Jerry S. Wolinsky, MD, Interim Dean | 2006-2007 |
| Stanley G. Schultz, MD | 2004-2006 |
| Stanley G. Schultz, MD, Interim Dean | 2003-2004 |
| L. Maximilian Buja, MD | 1996-2003 |
| Cheves McCord Smythe, MD, Dean Pro Tem | 1995-96 |
| John C. Ribble, MD | 1986-95 |
| C. Frank Webber, MD | 1985 |
| Louis A. Faillace, MD, Acting Dean | 1984-85 |
| Ernst Knobil, PhD | 1981-84 |
| Robert L. Tuttle, MD | 1975-81 |
| Cheves McCord Smythe, MD | 1970-75 |
| School of Biomedical Informatics Deans (formerly School of Health Information Sciences) | |
| Jiajie Zhang, PhD | 2013-present |
| Jiajie Zhang, PhD, Interim Dean | 2012-2013 |
| Jack W. Smith, MD, PhD | 2003-2012 |
| Doris L. Ross, PhD, Dean Pro Tem | 1992-2002 |
| Judith B. Craven, MD, MPH | 1983-92 |
| M. Alton Hodges, DrPH | 1976-83 |
| M. Alton Hodges, DrPH, Acting Dean | 1973-76 |
| Cizik School of Nursing Deans | |
| Diane M. Santa Maria, DrPH, MSN, RN | 2020-present |
| Diane M. Santa Maria, DrPH, MSN, RN, Dean ad interim | 2018-2020 |
| Lorraine Frazier, PhD, RN | 2018 |
| School of Nursing Deans (name changed to Cizik School of Nursing) | |
| Lorraine Frazier, PhD, RN | 2015-2018 |
| Patricia L. Starck, DSN, RN | 1984-2015 |
| Nancy Fasano, MS, RN, Interim Dean | 1983-84 |
| Arlowayne Swort, EdD, RN | 1977-83 |
| Dorothy Otto, MS, RN, Interim Dean | 1975-77 |
| Elizabeth Jones Snyder, MS, RN | 1972-75 |
| School of Public Health Deans | |
| Eric Boerwinkle, PhD | 2016-present |
| Osama Mikhail, PhD | 2014-2015 |
| Roberta B. Ness, MD, MPH | 2008-2014 |
| Guy Parcel, PhD | 2005-2008 |
| R. Palmer Beasley, MD, MS | 1987-2005 |
| Roger J. Bulger, MD, Interim Dean | 1986-87 |
| Reuel A. Stallones, MD, MPH | 1968-86 |
| James H. Sterner, MD, Acting Dean | 1967-68 |
| John R. Hall, MD, Acting Dean | 1967 |