Presidents of the Health Institutions
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see also: Presidents of the Academic Institutions
UT Southwestern Medical Center - Dr. Daniel K. Podolsky
UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75235-9002
tel: 214/648-2508 fax: 214/648-8690
Dr. Daniel K. Podolsky became president of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in September 2008. He is an internationally renowned physician scientist and has been associated with Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital – where he has served as chief of gastroenterology since 1989 – for his entire career. He previously served as chief academic officer of Partners HealthCare. He is currently on the board of directors and audit committee of GlaxoSmithKline. Podolsky earned his undergraduate degree (summa cum laude) from Harvard College and medical degree from Harvard Medical School.
UT Medical Branch at Galveston - Dr. David L. Callender
UT Medical Branch at Galveston
301 University Boulevard
Administration Building, Suite 604
Galveston, Texas 77555-0129
tel: 409/772-1902 fax: 409/772-5064
Dr. David L. Callender was appointed president of the UT Medical Branch at Galveston in September 2007. Dr. Callender also holds an appointment in otolaryngology and is a head and neck surgeon with a special interest in head and neck cancer. Previously Dr. Callender served as the associate vice chancellor and CEO for the UCLA Hospital System. Prior to that he held numerous administrative positions at the UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
UT Health Science Center at Houston - Dr. Giuseppe N. Colasurdo, president ad interim
UT Health Science Center at Houston
P.O. Box 20036
Houston, Texas 77225
tel: 713/500-3000 fax: 713/500-3026
Dr. Giuseppe N. Colasurdo was named President ad interim of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in April 2011. He was designated dean and H. Wayne Hightower Distinguished Professor in the Medical Sciences of The University of Texas Medical School in September 2007, and will continue to serve in that position during his term as president ad interim. Board certified in Pediatric Pulmonology and licensed to practice medicine in Italy, Texas and Colorado, Dr. Colasurdo remains an active clinical pulmonologist. He is the CEO and president of UT Physicians, the medical practice of The University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
UT Health Science Center at San Antonio - Dr. William L. Henrich
UT Health Science Center at San Antonio
7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, Texas 78284-7834
tel: 210/567-2050 fax: 210/567-2025
Dr. William L. Henrich was named as president of the health science center in June 2009. Henrich has served as vice president for medical affairs and dean of the health science center's School of Medicine since March 2006. He also holds the John P. Howe, III, M.D. Distinguished Chair in Health Policy. Previously, he was chair of medicine and held an endowed professorship at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. He also was physician-in-chief at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center - Dr. John Mendelsohn
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Box 194
Houston, Texas 77030
tel: 713/792-6000 fax: 713/794-2210
Dr. John Mendelsohn was named president of the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center in July 1996. Previously he was chairman of the Department of Medicine at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. He is nationally recognized for integrating basic biomedical research with clinical studies and for organizing collaborative programs between industry and academic institutions.
UT Health Science Center at Tyler - Dr. Kirk Aquilla Calhoun
UT Health Science Center at Tyler
11937 U.S. Hwy. 271
Tyler, Texas 75708
tel: 903/877-7997 fax: 903/877-7759
Dr. Kirk Aquilla Calhoun became president of the UT Health Science Center at Tyler on November 1, 2002. Prior to his appointment, Calhoun was senior vice president and medical director at Parkland Hospital in Dallas. He was also a faculty member and administrator at the UT Medical Branch at Galveston from 1993 to 2000.
