Now in its sixth year, the TIAA-CREF Distinguished Medical Educator Award has annually honored one outstanding individual in the Texas medical community who exemplifies the qualities of leadership, inspiration, guidance, dedication, nurturing and influence in their work and their community. The following individuals have been recognized as Distinguished Medical Educators.

Award Recipients

John Denis McGarry, Ph.D., Distinguished Chair in Diabetes and Metabolic Research
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Distinguished Teaching Professor • Professor Emeritus and Chair Emeritus • Department of Clinical Laboratory Science • The UT Health Science Center at San Antonio
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Chief of Internal Medicine at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital • Director of the Center for Infectious Diseases at the University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston • Vice Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine
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Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
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Surgeon-in-Chief and President Emeritus, founder of the Texas Heart Institute in 1962 • Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery at St Luke’s Episcopal Hospital • Consultant in Cardiovascular Surgery at Texas Children’s Hospital • Clinical Professor of Surgery at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
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Professor of Internal Medicine and the Elizabeth Bidgood Chair in Rheumatology at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
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Professor of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
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(1938 – 2008)
J.S. Abercrombie Professor of Pediatrics and Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the Baylor College of Medicine • Physician-in-Chief for Texas Children’s Hospital
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