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Upon officially being named Chancellor of The University of Texas System at the August 20 meeting of the Board of Regents, John M. Zerwas, MD, has announced his executive leadership team.  Zerwas served as Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs since 2019 before being named Interim Chancellor on June 1, 2025.

Austin, TX — The University of Texas System Board of Regents has officially named Taylor Eighmy, PhD, as the inaugural president of the new University of Texas at San Antonio, the result of the merger between The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio).  The appointment comes at the end of a year-long process to combine the talents and resources of both institutions into a single large university — one that will elevate UT San Antonio to the nation’s forefront in education, discovery, health care

AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas System Board of Regents has officially appointed John M. Zerwas, MD, as chancellor of The University of Texas System, and James E. Davis as president of The University of Texas at Austin.

Today the UT System Board of Regents named John M. Zerwas, MD as sole finalist for the chancellorship of The University of Texas System and James E. Davis as sole finalist for the presidency at The University of Texas at Austin.