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This page contains a brief overview of the various
organizational structures surrounding the GCRC along with links to the
relevant Organizational Charts for each unit.
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University of Texas System |
UTMB is one of seven health components of the 15-institution University
of Texas System, which is governed by a nine-member Board of Regents
appointed by the governor. UTMB enjoys a unique position among the Texas
health science centers in that it operates its academic and patient care
programs and facilities (and the only state-funded general purpose
hospital and clinics) under a single administrative structure. Having
both hospital and research operations integrated under the President of
the university facilitates the integration of UTMB’s education, research
and patient care programs. This provides a strong synergistic
environment dedicated to clinical research. |
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Office of the UTMB President |
The UTMB President (Dr. John Stobo) heads the Medical Branch
administration (UTMB, Office of the President). He reports to the
University of Texas Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs in Austin. The
Executive Vice President and four Vice Presidents provide leadership in
the areas of research, business and administration, university
advancement (development and fund raising) and community outreach.
Within the academic segment, there is a Dean for each of the four
schools and Directors of the two institutes. A President’s Council,
comprised of the Vice Presidents, Institute Directors, the Chief
Operating Officer of the UTMB Hospitals (who is also Director of Patient
Care Services), the Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Practice and the
Chief Financial Officer, work with the President to map the university’s
course for the future and to address issues that ultimately touch every
patient, student, faculty member and staff member. A UTMB Faculty Senate
shares in the governance of the institution. |
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Office of the Dean, School of Medicine |
Dr. Stanley Lemon, Dean of the School of Medicine (SOM) who is also the
PI of the GCRC grant, reports to the President of UTMB at the same level
as Karen Sexton, RN, PhD, CHE, the Chief Operating Officer of UTMB
Hospitals; and Adrian Perachio, PhD, the Vice President for Research (UTMB,
Office of the President). Thus, hospital and research issues that
affect the GCRC can be addressed directly in the President’s Council.
The School of Medicine is organized along two structural lines: the
Dean’s Office (School of Medicine) and Academic and Research
Entities (School of Medicine, Academic), who report to the Dean
for scholarly and research activities. Thus, the Dean of the SOM is
charged with the overall responsibility for research taking place in the
most research-intensive organizations at UTMB. The UTMB Vice President
for Research directs the institution’s research infrastructure (research
administration and financial offices) and joins with the Dean SOM and
the two SOM Associate Deans for Research (Dr. David Gorenstein and Dr.
Don Powell) for the strategic direction of research in the SOM. The
Schools of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences are developing research
programs and will be appointing Associate Deans for Research in the near
future. The UTMB Vice President for Research will then convene an
advisory panel for research made up of the Associate Deans for Research
of the three schools.
D. W. Powell, MD, the SOM Associate Dean for Research who is concerned
mostly with clinical research, was appointed GCRC Program Director Ad
Interim in April, 2002 and accepted the position of Program Director
July 1,2003. He reports directly to the Dean SOM for GCRC
issues. The GCRC Program Director, the GCRC Administrative Director and
the GCRC Head Nurse also have dotted line relationships with UTMB
Hospitals and appropriate hospital personnel. This serves to integrate
the GCRC into the greater hospital environment and to assure proper
training of GCRC personnel and proper facilities management. |
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UTMB Hospitals |
UTMB Hospitals are comprised of six interconnected hospitals under the
direction of Karen Sexton, RN, PhD, CHE , who is Chief Operating Officer
and Director of Patient Care Services (Hospitals, Clinics, and
Service Lines). Thus both the GCRC inpatient unit and the major
outpatient clinics where GCRC research is accomplished are under her
direction and her responsibility as a JCAHO accredited health care
facility. The GCRC also has a strong research relationship with the
Shriners Hospital for Children. David Herndon, MD, Chief of Staff of the Shriners Hospital
for Children and also a GCRC investigator, facilitates this
close relationship, which includes productive GCRC investigators
involved in studies of metabolism in children with burns, in adults
suffering trauma and in the elderly. In addition, the GCRC DEXA
apparatus is located in the Shriners Hospital for Children and will be administered
along with the Gamma Counter by the Laboratory and Imaging Core. This
map shows the new central location of the main
GCRC inpatient and outpatient unit within the main hospital building for
adult inpatients (John Sealy Towers), the various GCRC outpatient
stations that are located to support active groups of clinical
investigators. |
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UTMB Strategic Plan |
Commitments to education and humanitarian patient care have been UTMB
hallmarks for the past 112 years and they will continue to be so.
However, in the past two decades, UTMB is also effectively committed to
becoming a leader in the development of medical knowledge through
research and to the translation of this knowledge to patient care. The
University operates under its current 2003-2007 Strategic Plan to guide
its actions. UTMB has established five interrelated goals that take
advantage of existing strengths and a unique synergistic environment.
These goals include:
- Provide instruction that prepares students, residents and fellows
in all four schools to meet the evolving health needs of all segments
of our society while instilling in those students a commitment to a
lifetime of learning, an understanding of and a dedication to the
pursuit of scientific knowledge in the service of humankind, an
appreciation of underlying human values and a sensitivity to cultural
differences.
- Conduct research, both within the institution and in collaboration
with other entities, that meets the highest standards of scientific
inquiry as UTMB extends and evaluates knowledge relating to the cause,
prevention and treatment of disease and to the promotion, restoration
and maintenance of health.
- Provide efficient and effective infrastructure support and
ancillary operations that will allow UTMB to conduct all aspects of
its mission and pursue its vision in a manner that is fair to and
supportive of all its employees, conducive to collegiality and
creativity, positive in its social and economic impact on the
community and the state, and efficient and effective.
- Provide health care that combines the latest biomedical knowledge
and technological advances with the skill and wisdom of the finest
practitioners of the healing arts and that serves as a model of
appropriate, effective, assessable, compassionate and culturally
sensitive treatment for and prevention of disease, injury and
disability.
- Provide public service, taking a leadership role in promoting
health among the people of Texas, supporting health care practitioners
by helping them update their skills and knowledge to meet evolving
needs, and encouraging and helping prepare members of disadvantaged
groups to enter health care professions.
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