Following a national search, Dean Giuseppe Colasurdo has announced Dr. David McPherson as the new chair of the Department of Internal Medicine.
Internal Medicine
The Department of Internal Medicine strives to improve the quality of health care through excellence in the education of students, physicians, and the public, the advancement of biomedical knowledge through discovery, integration, and translation to the clinical setting, and the provision of comprehensive, compassionate, and accessible patient care.
Education
Our goal is to develop physicians who approach medicine with compassion, professionalism, and intellectual discipline... (more)
Research
The research programs of the Department of Internal Medicine are fueled by the desire to improve our understanding of human health and disease and to develop innovative means to prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases.
Patient Care
The Department's clinical services span the continuum of primary care to subspecialty care and even intensive care medicine monitored from remote sites.
Meet the Chair
David D. McPherson, M.D.
Dr. David D. McPherson is Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine, Professor and Director of the Division of Cardiology, Executive Director – Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences, and Medical Director of the Heart and Vascular Institute at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
Divisions
- Cardiovascular Medicine
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
- Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
- General Internal Medicine
- Geriatric Medicine
- Hematology
- Infectious Diseases
- Medical Genetics
- Nanomedicine
- Oncology
- Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
- Renal Diseases and Hypertension
- Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics
