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Endowed Chairs & Professorships

The following is an alphabetical listing of Baylor College of Medicine endowed chairs and professorships.

Martin S. Adams Endowed Chair

Michael Y. Lee, M.D., M.H.A.

Dr. Bobby Alford Chair in Pediatric Otolaryngology

Anna H. Messner, M.D.

The Albert and Margaret Alkek Foundation Endowed Chair

Gail Eckhardt, M.D.

Margaret M. Alkek Distinguished Chair in Medicine

Hashem B. El-Serag, M.D., M.P.H.

Albert and Margaret Alkek Presidential Endowed Chair in Environmental Health

Cheryl Walker, Ph.D.

Allen, Mosbacher, and Law Chair in Ophthalmology

Douglas D. Koch, M.D.

M.D. Anderson Foundation Chair

Thomas P. Giordano, M.D.

Baylor Ventures Endowed Chair

Adrian Gee, Ph.D.

Charles C. Bell, Jr. Professorship in Cell Biology (I)

Arun Sreekumar, Ph.D.

Charles C. Bell, Jr. Professorship in Cell Biology (II)

Jeffrey M. Rosen, Ph.D.

Charles C. Bell, Jr. Professorship in Structural Biology

Steven J. Ludtke, Ph.D.

The Sarah Campbell Blaffer Chair in Ophthalmology

Michael T. Yen, M.D., B.S.

The Sarah Campbell Blaffer Professorship I

Yingbin Fu, Ph.D.

Dr. Russell J. and Marian K. Blattner Chair

Benjamin Deneen, Ph.D.

Lodwick T. Bolin Chair in Biochemistry I

Jianpeng Ma, Ph.D.

Lodwick T. Bolin Chair in Biochemistry II

Ming Zhou, Ph.D.

Ruth McLean Bowman Bowers Professorship

Jeremy Wilusz, Ph.D.

William R. Brinkley BRASS Chair

Carolyn L. Smith, Ph.D.

The Margarett Root Brown Chair of Ophthalmology

John T. Stout, M.D., Ph.D.

Brown Foundation Endowed Chair

Erich M. Sturgis, M.D.

Brown Foundation Chair in Neuroscience

Andreas S. Tolias, Ph.D.

The Brown Foundation Endowed Professorship in Otolaryngology

Alex Sweeney, M.D.

Brown Foundation Chair in Psychiatry

Robert Boland, M.D.

Brown Foundation Chair Psychiatric Education

Kim-Lan Czelusta, M.D.

The Herman Brown Endowed Chair in Medicine

Hemant Roy, M.D.

Herman Brown Endowed Professorship in Medicine

Jason Mills, M.D., Ph.D.

William T. Butler Endowed Chair for Distinguished Faculty

Richard H. Finnell, Ph.D.

William T. Butler Endowed Chair for Distinguished Faculty

Daniel Hamstra, M.D., Ph.D.

William T. Butler Endowed Chair for Distinguished Faculty

Mohamed Othman, M.D.

William T. Butler Endowed Chair for Distinguished Faculty

Chethan P. Venkatasubba Rao, M.D.

William T. Butler Endowed Chair for Distinguished Faculty

Xiang “Shawn” Zhang, Ph.D.

Effie Marie Cain Chair in Alzheimer’s Disease Research

Josh Shulman, M.D., Ph.D.

Gordon Cain Professorship I

Jianming Xu, Ph.D.

Gordon A. Cain Chair in Nephrology

Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer, M.D., M.P.H.

Mary and Gordon Cain Chair of Internal Medicine in the Winters Center for Heart Failure Research

Biykem Bozkurt, M.D., Ph.D.

Wofford Cain Chair in Molecular and Human Genetics

Richard A. Gibbs, Ph.D.

The Carlton-Smith Chair in Urologic Education

Richard E. Link, M.D.

Nancy Chang, Ph.D., Endowed Professorship in the Department of Molecular Virology & Microbiology

Andrew Rice, Ph.D.

Nancy Chang, Ph.D., Endowed Professorship For The Biology Of Inflammation Center

Farrah Kheradmand, M.D.

Don W. Chapman, M.D., Endowed Chair of Cardiology

Juan C. Plana, M.D.

The Cullen Foundation Endowed Chair

Olivier Lichtarge, M.D., Ph.D.

Cullen Foundation Endowed Chair I

Sameer Sheth, M.D., Ph.D.

Cullen Foundation Endowed Chair II

Mary K. Estes, Ph.D.

Cullen Foundation Endowed Chair III

Joseph S. Coselli, M.D.

Cullen Foundation Endowed Chair IV

Thomas E. Lloyd, M.D., Ph.D.

Cullen Foundation Endowed Chair V

Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby, Ph.D.

The Cullen Foundation Endowed Chair in Molecular Genetics

James R. Lupski, M.D., Ph.D.

The Cullen Foundation Professorship in Molecular Genetics

David L. Nelson, Ph.D.

The Cullen Trust for Health Care Endowed Chair in Immunology

Sandeep K. Agarwal, M.D., Ph.D.

The Cullen Trust for Health Care Endowed Chair

Jeffrey L. Noebels, M.D., Ph.D.

Cullen Trust for Higher Education Academic Chair

Timothy G. Palzkill, Ph.D.

Cullen Trust for Higher Education Dean’s Endowed Chair

Jennifer Christner, M.D.

Cullen Duncan McAshan Endowed Professorship in Cancer Research

Xi Chen, Ph.D.

James R. Davis Chair in Pathology

Graeme Mardon, Ph.D.

The DeBakey Bard Chair in Surgery

Todd K. Rosengart, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Michael E. DeBakey, M.D., Professorship in Pharmacology

Jin Wang, Ph.D.

Dan L. Duncan Chair in Cancer Health Sciences

Helen Heslop, M.D.

Dan L. Duncan Endowed Professorship

Martha P. Mims, M.D., Ph.D.

Dan L. Duncan Endowed Professorship

Mothaffar Fahed Rimawi, M.B., B.S.

Dan L. Duncan Endowed Professorship

Weei-Chin Lin, M.D., Ph.D.

Dan L. Duncan Endowed Professorship

David R. Rowley, Ph.D.

Dan L. Duncan Endowed Professorship

Maria Jibaja-Weiss, Ed.D.

Dan L. Duncan Endowed Professorship

Dean Edwards, Ph.D.

Dan L. Duncan Endowed Professorship

Sharon Plon, Ph.D.

John S. Dunn Chair in Cardiology Research and Education

Yochai Birnbaum, M.D.

John S. Dunn Research Foundation Clinical Professorship in Infectious Diseases Honoring Temple W. Williams, Jr., M.D.

Robert L. Atmar, M.D.

Garabed Eknoyan, M.D., Endowed Professorship in Nephrology

Sankar Dass Navaneethan, M.D.

James and Margaret Elkins Chair in Ophthalmology

Stephen C. Pflugfelder, M.D.

Carolyn F. Elles Professorship

Cintia de Paiva, M.D., Ph.D.

The D.C. and Irene Ellwood Chair in Psychiatry

Wayne Goodman, M.D.

Ralph D. Feigin Chair for Physician-in-Chief

Lara Shekerdemian, M.D.

Ralph D. Feigin, M.D. Endowed Chair

Huda Y. Zoghbi, M.D.

Benjamin Ford Kitchen Professorship in Orthopedics

David Green, M.D.

Friedkin Chair for Research in Sensory System Integration and Space Medicine

Jeffrey P. Sutton, M.D., Ph.D.

Frances K. Friedman & Oscar Friedman, M.D. ’36 Endowed Professorship for Pulmonary Disorders

Kalpalatha K. Guntupalli, M.D.

R. Clarence and Irene H. Fulbright Chair in Pathology

Thomas A. Cooper, M.D.

R. Clarence and Irene H. Fulbright Chair in Pathology II

David B. Corry, M.D.

Robert C. Fyfe Chair in the Huffington Center on Aging

Meng Wang, Ph.D.

Edmond T. Gonzales, Jr., M.D. Chair in Pediatric Urology

Paul Austin, M.D.

S. Donald Greenberg Chair in Pathology

Thomas A. Cooper, M.D.

Linda & John Griffin Endowed Chair

George J. Hutton, M.D.

Linda and John Griffin Endowed Chair

Alan C. Swann, M.D.

Camille and Raymond Hankamer Chair in Ophthalmology

Samuel M. Wu, Ph.D.

Huffington Foundation Endowed Chair in Aging

Hui Zheng, Ph.D.

Jamail-Abramson Chair in Urology Research

Jeffrey A. Jones, M.D.

Leon Jaworski Professorship in Biomedical Ethics

Amy L. McGuire, Ph.D., J.D.

Marjorie Bintliff Johnson and Raleigh White Johnson, Jr., Chair for Research in Psychiatry

Sanjay J. Mathew, M.D.

George L. Jordan, M.D. Chair of General Surgery

William E. Fisher, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Raymond H. Kaufman, M.D., and Patricia Ann Kaufman Endowed Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Creighton L. Edwards, M.D.

The Richard M. Kleberg, Sr., Chair in Family Medicine

Roger Zoorob, M.D., M.P.H.

Knights Templar Eye Foundation Presidential Chair in Ophthalmology

Wei Lee, Ph.D.

Pat Korell Endowed Professorship in Breast Imaging

Karla Sepulveda, M.D.

Ben F. Love Chair in Cancer Research

Susan M. Rosenberg, Ph.D.

Robert J. Luchi, M.D., Professorship in Geriatric Medicine

George Taffet, M.D.

March of Dimes Chair in Developmental Biology

Hugo J. Bellen, Ph.D., D.V.M.

The L.F. McCollum Chair in Molecular Physiology

Susan L. Hamilton, Ph.D.

McIngvale Family Presidential Chair in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Eric A. Storch, Ph.D.

Clifton R. McMichael Chair in Ophthalmology

Ben Frankfort, Ph.D.

Robert and Janice McNair Endowed Chair in Molecular and Human Genetics

Brendan H. L. Lee, M.D., Ph.D.

Joseph L. Melnick Chair of Virology

Anthony Maresso, Ph.D.

Henry and Emma Meyer Chair in Molecular Genetics

Aleksandar Milosavljevic, Ph.D.

Meyer-DeBakey Chair In Investigative Surgery

George P. Noon, M.D.

The W. A. “Tex” and Deborah Moncrief, Jr., Chair

Biykem Bozkurt, M.D., Ph.D.

Robert L. Moody, Sr., Chair in Pathology

Martin M. Matzuk, M.D., Ph.D.

Kyle and Josephine Morrow Chair in Molecular Virology and Microbiology

Wendy A. Keitel, M.D.

Kyle and Josephine Morrow Chair in Molecular Virology and Microbiology II

Joseph Petrosino, Ph.D.

Kyle and Josephine Morrow Chair in Molecular Virology and Microbiology III

Lynn Zechiedrich, Ph.D.

Kyle and Josephine Morrow Endowed Chair IV

Mary E. Dickinson, Ph.D.

Dr. Walter H. Moursund Professorship in Pathology

J. Clay Goodman, M.D.

Distinguished Chair in Movement Disorders

Joseph Jankovic, M.D.

George P. Noon, M.D., Endowed Chair in Surgery

Gabriel Loor, M.D.

William W. O’Donnell, M.D., and Regina O’Donnell Chair in Family Medicine

Michael Y. Huang, M.D.

The John M. O’Quinn Foundation Chair in Cancer

Pavan R. Reddy, M.D.

Stan and Sue Partee Endowed Chair in Hepatology

Prasun K. Jalal, M.D.

George Peterkin Endowed Chair in Pediatrics

Benjamin Shneider, M.D.

William J. Pokorny, M.D., Professorship in Pediatric Surgery

Timoththy Lee, M.D.

James L. Pool Presidential Endowed Chair in Clinical Pharmacology

James L. Pool, M.D.

James A. Quigley Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neurology

Eli M. Mizrahi, M.D.

Juanita P. Quigley Endowed Chair in Cardiology

Xander Wehrens, M.D.

John W. “Jack” Reid, M.D., ’43 and Josephine L. Reid Endowed Professorship in Surgery

Joseph L. Mills, M.D., F.A.C.S.

The Sid W. Richardson Professorship in Ocular Microbiology

John T. Stout, M.D., Ph.D.

Barbara and Corbin J. Robertson, Jr., Endowed Chair in Psychiatry

Asim Shah, M.D.

Wilhelmina Robertson Distinguished Chair in Neuroscience

Paul Pfaffinger, Ph.D.

Thomas J. Rosenbalm, M.D., Presidential Chair

Cliona Rooney, Ph.D.

The Alvin Romansky Chair in Biochemistry (II)

B. Venkataram Prasad Ph.D.

Roger D. Rossen Endowed Professorship of Reproductive Pathology

Stephanie A. Pangas, Ph.D.

Fayez Sarofim Chair

Malcolm K. Brenner, M.D., Ph.D.

The Russell and Mary Hugh Scott Chair in Urology

Michael Coburn, M.D.

Martha Ann and Harold M. Selzman, M.D., Endowed Chair in the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research

Christopher Amos, Ph.D., M.S.

Marc J. Shapiro Endowed Chair

Ganesh Rao, M.D.

Dudley and Tina Sharp Chair for Cancer Research

C. K. Osborne, M.D.

Barry Stephen Smith Memorial Endowed Professorship

Benjamin L. Musher, M.D.

Lester and Sue Smith Endowed Chair in Lung Health

Ivan O. Rosas, M.D.

Lester and Sue Smith Endowed Fund for Reproductive Medicine

Larry I. Lipshultz, M.D.

Lester and Sue Smith Endowed Professorship in Lung Health

Francesca Polverino, M.D., Ph.D.

Lester and Sue Smith Endowed Chair in Surgery

Kenneth K. Liao, M.D., Ph.D.

Vivian L. Smith Chair in Regenerative Medicine I

Margaret A. Goodell, Ph.D.

Vivian L. Smith Chair in Regenerative Medicine II

James F. Martin, M.D., Ph.D.

Vivian L. Smith Endowed Chair in Neuroscience (I)

Matthew N. Rasband, Ph.D.

Vivian L. Smith Endowed Chair in Neuroscience (II)

J. David Dickman, Ph.D.

Vivian L. Smith Endowed Chair in Neuroscience (III)

Andrew K. Groves, Ph.D.

Vivian L. Smith Endowed Chair in Neuroscience (IV)

Joanna Jankowsky, Ph.D.

Vivian L. Smith Endowed Professorship in Neuroscience

Javier F. Medina, Ph.D.

Beth and David Swalm Chair in Urologic Oncology

Seth P. Lerner, M.D.

The Thomas C. Thompson Chair in Cell Biology

Bert W. O’Malley, M.D.

William D. Tigertt Chair in Pathology

Michael Ittmann, M.D., Ph.D.

Dalton Tomlin Chair in Medical Ethics and Health Policy

Mary Majumbder, Ph.D., J.D.

Thomas S. Trammell Research Professorship in Child Psychiatry

Chadi Calarge, M.D.

Translational Research and Innovations Endowed Chair

Livia Eberlin, Ph.D.

Jay H. Waggoner Endowed Chair

Thomas R. Kosten, M.D.

E.L. Wagner, M.D., Chair of Internal Medicine

Mark Herman, M.D.

E.L. Wagner, M.D., Chair of Internal Medicine II

Indira Mysorekar, Ph.D.

Stuart A. Wallace Chair in Pathology

Martin M. Matzuk, M.D., Ph.D.

The Robert A. Welch Chair in Chemistry

Theodore G. Wensel, Ph.D.

The Robert A. Welch Chair in Chemistry

Thomas F. Westbrook, Ph.D.

The Robert A. Welch Chair in Science

Damian Young, Ph.D.

John E. and Clara B. Whitmore Chair for the President

Paul Klotman, M.D.

The Olga Keith Wiess Chair of Otorhinolaryngology

Donald T. Donovan, M.D.

The Olga Keith Wiess Chair of Surgery

Alastair Thompson, BSc (Hons), M.B., Ch.B., M.D.

The Olga Keith Wiess Chair of Surgery II

Alastair Thompson, BSc (Hons), M.B., Ch.B., M.D.

The Olga Keith Wiess Chair of Surgery III

Ernest Ramsay Camp, M.D.

The Elise C. Young Chair in Pediatric Oncology

Susan Blaney, M.D.

Beth K. and Stuart C. Yudofsky Chair in Brain Injury Medicine

Ricardo E. Jorge, M.D.

Beth K. and Stuart C. Yudofsky Chair in the Neuropsychiatry of Military Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome

Chadi Abdallah, M.D.

Beth K. and Stuart C. Yudofsky Scholar in Behavioral Neuroscience

Anthony Zoghbi, M.D.