Philip O'Bryan Montgomery, Jr., M.D. Distinguished Presidential Chair in Academic Administration Carolyn P. and Frank M. Ryburn, Jr. Distinguished Chair in Basic Research in Heart Disease
Academic Title:
Professor
Primary Appointment:
Internal Medicine
Secondary Appointment:
Physiology
PERSONAL OVERVIEW
Kern Wildenthal, MD, PhD, became President of The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas in 1986. He had served for six years previously as dean of UT Southwestern Medical School and for four years as graduate school dean, as well as being appointed as Professor of Internal Medicine and Physiology. Dr. Wildenthal received his medical education at UT Southwestern and New York University Medical Center and his research training at UT Southwestern, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and the University of Cambridge in England, where he earned a PhD in cell physiology in 1970. Dr. Wildenthal is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the Association of American Physicians, and numerous other societies. He has chaired the American Section of the International Society for Heart Research; the Science Policy Committee of the Association of Academic Heart Centers; the Basic Science Council and the Science Advisory Committee of the American Heart Association; and the Program Project Research Review Committee of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Dr. Wildenthal has been a visiting professor and conference organizer in more than 20 countries, and has authored 130 scientific papers in basic research and clinical cardiology as well as numerous articles on health and education policy issues. He is an Honorary Fellow of Hughes Hall at the University of Cambridge. Nationally, Dr. Wildenthal serves on a number of advisory boards for research and health policy, and locally he has been a member of numerous civic, arts, and philanthropic boards, including the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Symphony Association, Dallas Opera, Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce, Dallas Citizens Council, Southwestern Medical Foundation, Hoblitzelle Foundation, and the Wendy and Emery Reves Foundation.
