Jochen Reiser, MD, PhD, became president of the University of Texas Medical Branch in August 2023. He also serves as CEO of the UTMB Health System, is a professor in the John Sealy School of Medicine and is the John D. Stobo, MD Distinguished Chair. A physician-scientist and executive with a strong interest in higher learning, improving health and quality of life in Texas and beyond, he is committed to advancing UTMB Health’s historic mission in education, research, patient care and innovation.
Dr. Reiser is a member of the world’s oldest National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina and a prominent research leader in the field of kidney disease, with a heavy focus on molecular biology, genetics and immunology. His scientific discoveries have opened new lines of inquiry and significantly advanced new treatment options for renal diseases, some of them in active clinical trial stage.
Dr. Reiser earned his MD and PhD degrees (summa cum laude) from the University of Heidelberg in Germany. He completed postdoctoral and residency training at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. He completed a fellowship in nephrology at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
Prior to joining UTMB Health, Dr. Reiser had served in faculty and leadership roles at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School in Boston.