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Endowed Distinguished Professorships

Lee and Joe Jamail Distinguished Professorship in the School of Nursing

Jennifer Kawi, PhD, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, CNE
Established May 7, 1997
Cizik School of Nursing

Lee and Joe Jamail Distinguished Professorship in the School of Nursing

Constance M. Johnson, PhD, RN, FAAN
Established May 7, 1997
Cizik School of Nursing

Lee and Joe Jamail Distinguished Professorship in the School of Nursing

Daphne C. Hernandez, PhD, MSEd, FAAB
Established May 7, 1997
Cizik School of Nursing

Michelle Bain Distinguished Professorship in Medicine and Public Health

Jon E. Tyson, MD, MPH
Established May 28, 1997
McGovern Medical School

Nancy B. Willerson Distinguished Professorship in Nursing

Jennifer Beauchamp, PhD, RN, FAAN
Established February 5, 2008
Cizik School of Nursing

Nancy, Clive and Pierce Runnells Distinguished Professorship in Emergency Medicine

Samuel D. Luber, MD, MPH
Established March 11, 2010
McGovern Medical School

Philip L. Nauert, DDS Distinguished Professorship for Health Promotion

To Be Named
Established September 17, 2025
School of Dentistry

Ralph C. Cooley, DDS Distinguished Professorship in Biomaterials

Rade Paravina, DDS, MS, PhD
Established June 10, 2011
School of Dentistry

Raul G. Caffesse, DDS, MS, Dr. Odont. Distinguished Professorship in Periodontics

Nikola Angelov, DDS, MS, PhD
Established November 3, 1995
School of Dentistry

Richard Andrassy, MD Endowed Distinguished Professorship

Lawrence J. Cisek, Jr., MD
Established March 5, 2008
McGovern Medical School

Rochelle and Max Levit Distinguished Professorship in the Neurosciences

Rodrigo F. Morales, PhD
Established March 27, 1997
McGovern Medical School

Roger J. Bulger, MD Distinguished Professorship

Kevin A. Morano, PhD
Established February 11, 1988
General Administration

Roy M. and Phyllis Gough Huffington Distinguished Professorship

Wei Cao, PhD
Established August 30, 1999
McGovern Medical School

Sally W. Vernon, PhD Distinguished Professorship in Social Determinants of Health

Kayo Fujimoto, PhD
Established February 10, 2017
School of Public Health

Stephen Brannan, MD, Distinguished Professorship in Clinical Methodology

L. Elliot Hong, MD
Established February 12, 2025
McGovern Medical School

The Carolyn and William T. Deffebach Distinguished Professorship

Philip C. Johnson, MD, FACP
Established February 26, 2018
McGovern Medical School

The Children's Fund, Inc. Distinguished Professorship in Pediatric Surgery

KuoJen Tsao, MD
Established October 13, 1983
McGovern Medical School

The Jerold B. Katz Family Distinguished Professorship in General Internal Medicine

Philip C. Johnson, MD, FACP
Established March 8, 2018
McGovern Medical School

The Jerry and Maury Rubenstein Foundation Distinguished Professorship in Heart Disease Research

Ashish Kapoor
Established April 7, 2004
McGovern Medical School

The Laurence and Johanna Favrot Distinguished Professorship in Cardiology

Myriam Fornage, PhD
Established March 29, 1996
McGovern Medical School

The Patricia and Ian Butler Endowed Distinguished Professorship in Medical Professionalism

Jonathan Chase Findley, M.D.
Established December 12, 2021
McGovern Medical School

The William N. Finnegan III Distinguished Professorship in the Dental Sciences

John A. Valenza, DDS
Established April 11, 1985
School of Dentistry

UTHealth Houston Distinguished Professorship in Neurotrauma

Jiaqian Wu, PhD
Established August 24, 2023
McGovern Medical School

Victoria Q. Cisneros, DDS, MS, Distinguished Professorship in Restorative Dentistry and Prosthodontics

To Be Named
Established May 20, 2021
School of Dentistry

Walter and Mary Mischer Distinguished Professorship in Molecular Medicine

Xiaodong Cheng, PhD
Established January 7, 1997
McGovern Medical School

William J. Devane Distinguished Professorship

Matthew T. Harting, MD
Established February 7, 2018
McGovern Medical School

Wyatt Ranches Distinguished Professorship in Geriatric and Palliative Medicine

Charles L. Maddow, MD, FACEP
Established August 20, 2019
McGovern Medical School

Wyatt Ranches Distinguished Professorship in Geriatric and Palliative Medicine

Andreea S. Xavier, MD
Established August 21, 2019
McGovern Medical School

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