School of Medicine
The Texas A&M University School of Medicine offers professional and graduate degree programs. The school's mission is to improve the health and well-being of the people of Texas through excellence in education, research and health care delivery. The school's vision is to develop the innovators and leaders in medicine and biomedical research who will transform American medicine in the 21st century.
Areas of Focus
Rural and population health: We’re bringing health care where it’s needed most. Through our keen focus on rural populations and innovative care delivery, we’re eliminating health disparities throughout Texas.
Military medicine: We honor Texas A&M University’s rich military legacy. Through our unique relationship with the military academies and veteran populations, we’re improving the lives of military members and their families.
Innovation: We make the impossible, possible—by creating systems and technologies that address health care’s greatest challenges.
Degree Programs
The School of Medicine offers multiple paths to earning a medical degree:
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Traditional MD, for students who want to practice medicine
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EnMed, (with the Intercollegiate School of Engineering Medicine), for physicians who want to engineer patient solutions
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MD/PhD, for highly motivated students planning careers in academic medicine
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MD Plus, which combines the MD degree with one of five master's programs:
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MBA in conjunction with the Mays Business School
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MPH in conjunction with the School of Public Health
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MS in education of health care professionals
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MS in medical science
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MS in science and technology journalism in conjunction with the School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
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There are also graduate programs for students not interested in earning a medical degree but who are still interested in health care or biomedical research.
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Certificate or MS in education for health care professionals, for those interested in health care teaching or academia
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MS or PhD in medical sciences, for specialized graduate research
Research Opportunities
Research is conducted through both the basic science and clinical departments, as well as specialized research centers and institutes affiliated with the School of Medicine. Focus areas include:
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Brain, Behavior, Psychiatric and Neurologic Disorders
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Biomedical Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
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Cancer, Cell and Developmental Biology
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Cardiovascular, Lymphatic and Metabolic Disease
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Genetic, Genomic and Network Biology
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Infection, Immunity and Inflammation
Administrative Officers
Dean - Amy Waer, MD
Adams, Rae A, Clinical Associate Professor
School of Medicine
MD, Texas A&M University, 2008
Allen, Gregg C, Instructional Associate Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2001
Amrein, Hubert O, Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of Zürich, 1989
Andrews-Polymenis, Helene, Professor
School of Medicine
DVM, Texas A&M University, 2001
PHD, Tufts University, 1999
Arnold, Stacey, Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
EDD, Texas A&M University, 2007
Arora, Srishtee, Instructional Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2017
Bake, Shameena, Research Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of Kerala, 2001
Bankaitis, Vytas A, University Distinguished Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of North Carolina, 1984
Baxter, Douglas, Instructional Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of Texas, 1981
Bayless, Kayla J, Associate Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Texas A&M University, 1999
Bhesaniya, Kalpesh, Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
MD, MGM Medical College, 2007
Blalock, Katherine E, Clinical Associate Professor
School of Medicine
MD, Texas A&M University, 2011
Bondos, Sarah E, Associate Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1998
Borchardt, Craig W, Instructional Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Texas A&M University, 1996
Brandt, Paul C, Associate Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of Kentucky, 1990
Bray, Amanda E, Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
MD, Louisiana State University, 2012
Cannaday, Rania A, Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
MD, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 2014
Cannon, Carolyn L, Associate Professor
School of Medicine
MD, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 1993
PHD, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 1993
Case, Adam, Associate Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of Iowa, 2011
Cate, Bain, Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
MD, University of Texas Health Science Center - Houston, 1985
Chakraborty, Sanjukta, Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Indian Institute of Science BanGalore, 2007
Champion, Katherine A, Instructional Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of California at Berkley, 2012
Chang, Jiang, Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Texas A&M University, 1999
Chapa, Hector, Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
MD, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER, 1996
Chen, Chieh, Research Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Michigan State University, 2013
Chen, Weijung, Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Peking University, 2003
Chen, Zhilei, Associate Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of Illinois, 2006
Chico, Diane E, Instructional Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, 2002
Choi, Keslea Y, Research Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of California at Davis, 1997
Chung, Jim, Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
MD, Texas A&M Health Science Center, 2015
Cirillo, Jeffrey D, Regents Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1992
Cook, Joel, Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
DO, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 2012
Cromer, Walter, Instructional Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Louisiana State University Health Science Center Shreveport, 2011
Dashwood, Roderick, Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of Portsmouth, 1986
Davies, Peter, Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of Miami, 1975
Defigueiredo, Paul J, Associate Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Cornell University, 1997
Derry, Paul, Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Rice University, 2016
Dewsnap, Michael A, Instructional Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Colorado State University, 2019
Dickey, Nancy J, Professor
School of Medicine
MD, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 1976
Dubois, Dustin W, Research Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2004
Earnest, David, Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Northwestern University, Evanston, 1984
Edwards, Kristy, Clinical Associate Professor
School of Medicine
MD, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, 1997
Ficht, Allison R, Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Vanderbilt University, 1980
Florez Arango, Jose, Research Associate Professor
School of Medicine
MD, Universidad de Antioquia, 2000
PHD, University of Texas Health Science Center, 2009
Frias Ferreira, Heidy, Instructional Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
MD, Universidad Central del Este San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic, 2007
Friedman, Jennifer Diane, Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
MD, University of California at San Francisco, 1997
Garant Smotherman, Michele, Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
DO, Western University of Health Sciences - College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1988
Geoffroy, Cedric G, Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of Cambridge, 2008
Glaser, Shannon, Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2006
Gomez, Jorge, Research Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of Arizona, 1990
Gregory, Carl A, Associate Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of Manchester, 1999
Griffith III, William, Regents Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, 1980
Guo, Lei, Research Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Xiamen University, China, 2014
Han, Leng, Associate Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Kunming Institute of Zoology, CAS, 2010
Harper, R, Clinical Professor
School of Medicine
MD, University Of Texas Houston Medical School, 1984
Hein, Travis, Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Texas A&M University, 1997
Hettema, John, Professor
School of Medicine
MD, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1997
Hnatek, Joyce P, Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
MD, University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio, 1987
Hook, Axel, Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of Uppsala, Sweden, 1974
Huang, Yun, Associate Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Georgia State University, 2009
Hubbard, John K, Instructional Associate Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Texas A&M University, 1996
Hurdle, Julian, Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of Leeds, 2005
Huston, David P, Professor
School of Medicine
MD, Wake Forest University, 1973
Hyde, Jennifer A, Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2005
Isbell, Teresa, Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, The University of North Texas, 2014
Jinadatha, Chetan, Clinical Associate Professor
School of Medicine
MD, J.J.M. Medical College, 2001
Kapler, Geoffrey, Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Harvard University, 1989
Karpac, Jason S, Associate Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 2007
Kent, Thomas, Professor
School of Medicine
MD, University of Kansas Medical Center, 1979
Kondapaneni, Muralidhar, Research Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of Uath, 2006
Kraft, Dianne, Instructional Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2002
Krause-Castaneda, Julia, Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
MD, Texas Tech University HSC-SOM, 2014
Kuo, Lih, Regents Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1987
Lee, Ryang H, Associate Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Pusan National University, South Korea, 2003
Leibowitz, Julian L, Professor
School of Medicine
MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1975
PHD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1974
Liberzon, Israel, University Distinguished Professor
School of Medicine
MD, Sackler Medical School, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1987
Lichorad, Anna, Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
MD, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 1994
Line, Stephen, Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
DO, Western University of Health Sciences - College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2018
Liu, Fei, Associate Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Fourth Military Medical University, China, 2002
Liu, Wenshe, Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of California at Davis, 2005
Lo, Albert, Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
MD, Tulane University School of Medicine, 1990
Luo, Weijia, Research Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Texas A&M Health Sciences, 2012
Ma, Guolin, Research Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of Science and Technology of China, 2012
Marsh, Laura, Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
MD, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, 2010
Maxwell, Steven A, Associate Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 1985
McCord, Carly, Clinical Associate Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2013
McCord, Gary C, Clinical Professor
School of Medicine
MD, University of Texas Medical Branch, 1983
McGregor, Alistair, Associate Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of Glasgow, 1994
McKnight, Jason R, Clinical Associate Professor
School of Medicine
MD, University of Texas Health Science Center - Houston, 2014
Milman, Robert, Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
MD, Texas A&M University, 1986
Miranda, Rajesh C, Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of Rochester, 1989
Mitchell, Brett, Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Georgia Health Sciences University, 2003
Miyamoto, Tetsuya, Research Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Nagoya University, 2004
Moczygemba, Margarita, Research Associate Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1997
Montgomery, Karienn, Research Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of Florida, 2012
Murray, Ian, Instructional Associate Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1999
Musser, Siegfried M, Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, California Institute of Technology, 1996
Muthuchamy, Mariappan, Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Mudarai Kamaraj University, India, 1991
Neal, Gabriel A, Clinical Associate Professor
School of Medicine
MD, The University of Oklahoma, 2001
Newell Rogers, Martha, Research Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of Colorado, 1987
Nguyen, Elizabeth, Clincal Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
MD, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, 2017
Ontai, Sidney C, Clinical Associate Professor
School of Medicine
MD, University of Hawaii, 1985
Pandita, Tej, Research Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, 1980
Paolini, Michael, Instructional Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
MD, Baylor College of Medicine, 2014
Patrick, Kristin L, Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Yale University, 2008
Peng, Xu, Associate Professor
School of Medicine
MD, The Medical College of Tongji University, 2015
PHD, Pekng University, China, 2000
Peterson, Thomas, Instructional Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, The University of Oklahoma, 1977
Pettigrew, Roderic, Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977
Pope, Robert A, Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, 1992
Powell, Reid, Research Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Texas A&M Health Science Center, 2018
Rajendran, Praveen, Research Associate Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, 2006
Ramos, Kenneth, Professor
School of Medicine
MD, University of Louisville Health Sciences Center, 2011
PHD, The University of Texas at Austin, 1983
Reddy, Doodipala S, Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Panjab University, India, 1998
Reiner, David, Associate Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of Washington, 1996
Rimer, Mendell, Associate Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of Maryland at Baltimore, 1993
Roberman Susan, Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
MD, University of Texas Medical Branch, 1990
Rosa, Robert, Research Professor
School of Medicine
MD, Texas A&M University, 1990
Russell, Gul A, Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Indiana University, 1962
Rutkowski, Joseph, Associate Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, France, 2008
Sachdev, Manju, Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
MD, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1992
Samuel, James E, Regents Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Washington State University, 1986
Schapiro, Michelle A, Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of New England, 1998
Shapiro, Lee, Associate Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 2004
Shetty, Ashok K, Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 1990
Sheynin, Jony Evgeny, Research Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Rutgers, 2014
Shireman, Paula, Professor
School of Medicine
MD, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, 1990
Sicilio, Mark S, Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
MD, Texas A&M University, 1981
Silva, Patrick, Instructional Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Colorado State University, 1999
Singh, Irtisha, Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 2017
Sitcheran, Raquel M, Associate Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of California at San Francisco, 2000
Siwko, Stefan, Instructional Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Stanford University, 2005
Skare, Jon T, Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Washington State University, 1992
Smith, Laura N, Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, George Mason University, 2008
Sohrabji, Farida, Regents Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of Rochester, 1991
Song, Jianxun, Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Third Military Medical University, 1998
Song, Xiaotong, Research Associate Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, 2002
Sopchak, Kelly, Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of Houston, 2013
Srinivasan, Rahul, Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of Pittsburgh, 2006
Stephan, Clifford, Research Associate Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Vanderbilt University, 1988
Stevens, Mark L, Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
MD, University of Texas Health Science Center, 1990
Stickley, Mariah, Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2022
Streusand, William, Clinical Professor
School of Medicine
MD, Baylor College of Medicine, 1980
Tafet, Gustavo, Clinical Associate Professor
School of Medicine
MD, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1989
PHD, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2009
Tejada Oller, Jennifer, Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
MD, San Juan Bautista school of Medicine, 2015
Tesh, Vernon L, Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Emory University, 1988
Threadgill, David, University Distinguished Professor and Regents Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Texas A&M University, 1989
Threadgill, Deborah, Research Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Texas A&M University, 1990
Tong, Carl, Associate Professor
School of Medicine
MD, Texas A&M University, 2002
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2002
Trache, Andreea, Associate Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Institute of Atomic Physics, Romania, 1996
Tsai, Robert, Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, John Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1996
Van Schaik, Erin, Research Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, 2006
Vaughan, David, Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
MD, The University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio, 1990
Verhulst, Bradley, Research Assistant Proffesor
School of Medicine
PHD, Stony Brook University, 2010
Verhulst, Shaunna, Associate Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of California at Los Angeles, 2010
Waer, Amy, Clinical Professor
School of Medicine
MD, University of Arizona, 1992
Wakefield, Karen J, Instructional Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2014
Wang, Fen, Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Clarkson University, 1994
Wang, Hongbin, Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Ohio State University, 1998
Wang, Jun, Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, 1999
Wang, Miranda, Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
MD, Baylor College of Medicine, 2017
Watson, Patricia K, Instructional Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
MD, Texas A&M University, 1981
Watson, Robert O, Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Yale University, 2006
Wei, Zhubo, Research Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Baylor College of Medicine, 2011
Wells, Gregg B, Associate Professor
School of Medicine
MD, The University of Chicago, 1989
PHD, The University of Chicago, 1987
West, Andrew P, Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Yale University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 2011
West, Laura C, Research Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Yale University, 2013
Williamson, Brandon T, Clinical Associate Professor
School of Medicine
MD, Texas A&M University, 2013
Williamson, Meredith L, Clinical Associate Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2014
Wilson, Van G, Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Case Western Reserve University, 1980
Winzer-Serhan, Ursula, Associate Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of Bremen, Germany, 1989
Wu, Xin, Research Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
MD, Nantong Medical College, 1985
Xie, Zhigang, Research Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2001
Xu, Yi, Associate Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 1998
Yadav, Kamlesh, Instructional Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, New York University, 2011
Young, Keith A, Research Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of Texas, 1990
Young, Robin F, Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Vanderbilt University, 1988
Zawieja, David, Regents Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, The Medical College of Wisconsin, 1986
Zhang, Dekai, Associate Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, University of Hong Kong, 1995
Zhang, Ke, Associate Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Kansas State University, 2008
Zhou, Guo Dong, Research Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
MD, Shanghai First Medical College, 1978
Zhou, Yubin, Professor
School of Medicine
PHD, Georgia State University, 2008