The Clinical Leadership Council meets monthly and is appointed by the President. Its purpose is to advise the President on clinical, financial, and administrative operations of the physician group practice. The Clinical Leadership Council serves as a forum for strategic planning and increasing patient access to high quality care.
Clinical Leadership Council - Governance Council
The Clinical Leadership Council - Governance Council is composed of physicians in various subspecialties appointed by the President and assists in setting the Clinical Leadership Council agenda and providing strategic input on new clinical initiatives to the President.
- Charles Cox Jr., MD (Co-chair)
Professor, Pediatric Surgery, McGovern Medical School
- Brian Dean, MBA, MPH Co-chair)
Executive Vice President, Health Affairs
- Bela Patel, MD (Co-chair)
Vice Dean, Healthcare Quality, McGovern Medical School
- Sean Blackwell, MD
Chair, Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, McGovern Medical School
- Holger Eltzschig, MD, PhD
Chair, Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, McGovern Medical School
- John Foringer, MD
Chief of Service, Internal Medicine, Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital
- Biswajit Kar, MD
Professor and Chief, Center for Advanced Cardiopulmonary Therapies and Transplantation-Medicine, McGovern Medical School
- Manickam Kumaravel, MD
Vice Chair, Diagnostic Radiology, McGovern Medical School
Assistant Vice President, Community Programs, McGovern Medical School
- Walter Lowe, MD
Chair, Orthopedic Surgery, McGovern Medical School
- Nitin Tandon, MD
Vice President, Strategy and Development, UTHealth Houston Neurosciences
Clinical Leadership Council Membership - Full Council
- Mary Aitken, MD, MPH
Chair, Pediatrics, McGovern Medical School
- Richard J. Andrassy, MD
Senior Vice President, Clinical and Faculty Affairs
- Sean Blackwell, MD
Chair, Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, McGovern Medical School
- Martin Citardi, MD
Chair, Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, McGovern Medical School
- Charles Cox Jr., MD
Professor, Pediatric Surgery, McGovern Medical School
- Brian Dean, MBA, MPH
Executive Vice President, Health Affairs
- Holger Eltzschig, MD, PhD
Chair, Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, McGovern Medical School
- Anthony Estrera, MD
Chair, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, McGovern Medical School
- John Foringer, MD
Chief of Service, Internal Medicine, Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital
- Gerard Francisco, MD
Chair, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, McGovern Medical School
- John Hancock, MA, MB, BChir, PhD, ScD
Senior Vice President, Research Strategy and Innovation
Executive Dean, McGovern Medical School
- Xiaoqian Jiang, PhD
Associate Vice President, Medical AI, McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics
- Susan John, MD
Chair, Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, McGovern Medical School
- Lillian Kao, MD
Professor, Surgery, McGovern Medical School
- Biswajit Kar, MD
Professor and Chief, Center for Advanced Cardiopulmonary Therapies and Transplantation-Medicine, McGovern Medical School
- Tien Ko, MD
Associate Dean for Harris Health Programs, McGovern Medical School
- Manickam Kumaravel, MD
Vice Chair, Diagnostic Radiology, McGovern Medical School
Assistant Vice President, Community Programs, McGovern Medical School
- Kevin Lally, MD, MS
Chair, Pediatric Surgery, McGovern Medical School
- Walter Lowe, MD
Chair, Orthopedic Surgery, McGovern Medical School
- Samuel D. Luber, MD, MPH
Chair ad interim, Emergency Medicine, McGovern Medical School
- Timothy McCulley, MD
Chair, Ophthalmology and Visual Science, McGovern Medical School
- Louise McCullough, MD, PhD
Chair, Neurology, McGovern Medical School
- David McPherson, MD
Chair, Internal Medicine, McGovern Medical School
- Jacques J. Morcos, MD
Chair, Neurosurgery, McGovern Medical School
- Carlos Moreno, MD, MSPH
Chair, Family and Community Medicine, McGovern Medical School
- John Munz, MD
Associate Professor, Orthopedic Surgery, McGovern Medical School
- Thomas Murphy, MD
Associate Dean, Community Affairs and Health Policy, McGovern Medical School
- Bela Patel, MD
Vice Dean, Healthcare Quality, McGovern Medical School
- Ronald Rapini, MD
Chair, Dermatology, McGovern Medical School
- Jorge Salazar, MD
Executive Director, UTHealth Houston Children’s Heart Institute
- Lokesh Shahani, MD, PhD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer, UTHealth Houston Behavioral Sciences Campus
- Jair Soares, MD, PhD
Vice President, Behavioral Sciences
Dean, UTHealth Houston School of Behavioral Health Sciences
Executive Director, UTHealth Houston Behavioral Sciences Campus
- Nitin Tandon, MD
Vice President, Strategy and Development, UTHealth Houston Neurosciences
- Md Amer Wahed, MD
Chair, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, McGovern Medical School
- Erik B. Wilson, MD
Professor, Elective General Surgery, McGovern Medical School
- Mark Wong, DDS
Professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry
- Erin Fox, PhD
Chair, McGovern Medical School Faculty Senate, ex officio
