Leadership

Francis Achike, MD, PhD

Associate Dean for Diversity & Inclusion
achike@tamu.edu

Hubert Amrein, PhD

Vice Dean for Research
amrein@tamu.edu

Matt Brown

Associate Dean for Finance & Administration 
matt.brown@tamu.edu

Diane Chico, PhD

Interim Head, Department of Medical Education 
chico@tamu.edu

Cristie Columbus, MD

Associate Dean for Dallas Campus 
Campus Dean Representative 
Cristie.Columbus@BSWHealth.org

John Criscione, PhD, MD

Vice Dean for Engineering Medicine 
jccriscione@tamu.edu

Jeremy Gibson, MD

Executive Associate Dean for Academic Affairs 
jegibson@.tamu.edu

Teresa Isbell, PhD

Assistant Dean for Continuous Quality Improvement 
tisbell@tamu.edu

Jeff Kapler, PhD

Head, Department of Molecular & Cellular Medicine
gkapler@tamu.edu

Israel Liberzon, MD

Head, Department of Psychiatry 
liberzon@tamu.edu

Debbie Lynn, MEd

Executive Director for Administration 
dlynn@tamu.edu

Gary McCord, MD

Executive Associate Dean for Admissions & Student Affairs 
g-mccord@tamu.edu

Bill Pieratt, DO

Associate Dean for Bryan/College Station Campus 
Interim Head, Primary Care and Population Health
pieratt@tamu.edu

Ken Ramos, MD, PhD

Assistant Vice Chancellor for Health Services, Texas A&M University System 
Associate Vice President for Health Science Center
Executive Director for Institute of Biosciences & Technology
kramos@tamu.edu

Samba Reddy, PhD

Professor, Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics 
Faculty Advisor Committee Representative
sambareddy@tamu.edu

Mario Rojo del Busto, LLM

Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs 
mrbusto@tamu.edu

Olga Rodriguez

Special Assistant, Clinical representative
olga.rodriguez@tamu.edu

Jim Samuel, PhD

Head, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis & Immunology 
jsamuel@tamu.edu

Farida Sohrabji, PhD

Interim Head, Department of Neuroscience & Experimental Therapeutics
f-sohrabji@tamu.edu

Christina Sumners

Manager, Marketing & Communications
christina.sumners@tamu.edu

Carol Vargas-Bautista, PhD

Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies
carolvargasb@tamu.edu

Amy Waer, MD, FACS

Interim Dean 
waer@tamu.edu

Patti Watson, MD

Head, Department of Humanities in Medicine
pkwatsonmd@tamu.edu

Dave Zawieja, PhD

Head, Department of Medical Physiology 
dcz@tamu.edu