Distinguished Faculty

The following lists record University of Pittsburgh faculty members’ appointments to distinguished status.

Updated September 1, 2023

Format: 
Faculty Member 
Appointment, Year Appointed

Distinguished University Professors

Dr. Donald S. Burke
Distinguished University Professor of Health Science and Policy, 2011

Dr. Seymour Drescher 
Distinguished University Professor of History, 1986

Dr. G. Bard Ermentrout
Distinguished University Professor of Computational Biology, 2003

Dr. Art Levine
Distinguished University Professor of Health Sciences and Former Dean of the School of Medicine, 2021

Dr. Stephen B. Manuck
Distinguished University Professor of Health Psychology, and Behavioral Medicine, 2006

Dr. John Markoff
Distinguished University Professor of Sociology, 2006

Dr. John H. McDowell
Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy, 1988

Dr. Charles A. Perfetti
Distinguished University Professor of Psychology, 2001

Dr. Evelyn Rawski
Distinguished University Professor of History, 1996

Dr. Nicholas Rescher
Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy, 1970

Dr. Lauren B. Resnick
Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science, 2006

Dr. Jean-François Richard
Distinguished University Professor of Economics, 1998

Dr. Thomas Saaty
Distinguished University Professor of Business Administration, 1979

Dr. Kenneth F. Schaffner
Distinguished University Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, 2006

Dr. Edward M. Stricker
Distinguished University Professor of Neuroscience, 1986

Dr. Peter Wipf
Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry, 2004

Dr. Savio L.Y. Woo
Distinguished University Professor of Bioengineering, 2007

Distinguished Professors

Dr. Colin F. Allen
Distinguished Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, 2017

Dr. George Reid Andrews
Distinguished Professor of History, 2008

Dr. Derek C. Angus
Distinguished Professor of Critical Care Medicine, 2013

Dr. Sanford A. Asher
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, 2006

Dr. Tia-Lynn Ashman
Distinguished Professor of Evolution and Ecology, 2016

Dr. Ivet Bahar
Distinguished Professor of Computational and Systems Biology, 2013

Dr. Anna C. Balazs
Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, 2005

Dr. Robert Batterman
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, 2019

Dr. Michael J. Becich
Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Informatics, 2015

Dr. Wendie Berg
Distinguished Professor of Radiology, 2023

Dr. John R. Beverley
Distinguished Professor of Hispanic Languages and Literatures, 2009

Dr. Timothy R. Billiar
Distinguished Professor of Surgery, 2011

Dr. Boris Birmaher
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, 2019

Dr. Kathleen M. Blee
Distinguished Professor of Sociology, 2007

Dr. Michael Boninger
Distinguished Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2023

Dr. Harvey S. Borovetz
Distinguished Professor of Bioengineering, 2009

Dr. Paul A. Bové
Distinguished Professor of English, 2005

Dr. Robert Brandom
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, 1998

Dr. David Brent
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, 2019

Dr. Daniel Buysse
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, 2022

Dr. Clifton Callaway
Distinguished Professor of Emergency Medicine, 2023

Dr. Jane A. Cauley
Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology, 2016

Dr. Yuan Chang
Distinguished Professor of Pathology, 2012

Dr. Gregory F. Cooper
Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Informatics, 2019

Dr. Rory A. Cooper
Distinguished Professor of Rehabilitation Science and Technology, 2004

Dr. Vivian Curran
Distinguished Professor of Law, 2016

Dr. William C. de Groat
Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, 2009

Dr. Nancy E. Davidson
Distinguished Professor of Medicine, 2013

Dr. Terence Dermody
Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, 2019

Dr. Dimiter Dimitrov
Distinguished Professor of Medicine, 2022

Dr. Robert D. Drennan
Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, 2006

Dr. Michael Fine
Distinguished Professor of Medicine, 2022

Dr. Toren Finkel
Distinguished Professor of Medicine, 2021

Dr. Olivera J. Finn
Distinguished Professor of Immunology, 2009

Dr. Lucy Fischer
Distinguished Professor of English, 2007

Dr. Joanne Flynn
Distinguished Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, 2019

Dr. Ellen Frank
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, 2008

Dr. Bruce A Freeman
Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, 2017

Dr. Robert Friedlander
Distinguished Professor of Neurological Surgery, 2021

Dr. Giovanni Galdi
Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, 2018

Dr. Peyman Givi
Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, 2015

Dr. Mark T. Gladwin
Distinguished Professor of Medicine, 2014

Dr. Joseph Glorioso
Distinguished Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, 2023

Dr. Anthony Grace
Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience, 2010

Dr. Jennifer Grandis
Distinguished Professor of Otolaryngology, 2012

Dr. Angela M. Gronenborn
Distinguished Professor of Structural Biology, 2011

Dr. Anil K. Gupta
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, 2000

Dr. Tao Han
Distinguished Professor of High Energy Physics, 2014

Dr. Roger Hendrix
Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences, 2009

Dr. Edwin Jackson 
Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, 2022

Dr. John M. Jakicic
Distinguished Professor of Health and Physical Activity, 2016

Dr. Kenneth D. Jordan
Distinguished Professor of Computational Chemistry, 2007

Dr. John Kellum
Distinguished Professor of Critical Care Medicine, 2021

Dr. Thomas Kleyman
Distinguished Professor of Medicine, 2021

Dr. William E. Klunk
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, 2011

Dr. Patrick Kochanek
Distinguished Professor of Critical Care Medicine, 2019

Dr. Renate Kosinski
Distinguished Professor of French and Italian Language and Literature

Dr. Maria Kovacs
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, 2010

Dr. David J. Kupfer
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, 2015

Dr. Fadi Lakkis
Distinguished Professor of Transplantation Biology, 2019

Dr. Jeanne Laskas
Distinguished Professor of English, 2018

Dr. Jeremy Levy
Distinguished Professor of Condensed Matter Physics, 2014

Dr. David A. Lewis
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, 2016

Dr. Steve Little
Distinguished Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, 2021

Dr. Cecilia Lo
Distinguished Professor of Developmental Biology, 2017

Dr. Rolf Loeber
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, 2004

Dr. Beatriz Luna 
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, 2022

Dr. L. Dade Lunsford
Distinguished Professor of Neurological Surgery, 2007

Dr. Colin MacCabe
Distinguished Professor of English and Film Studies, 2002

Dr. Edouard Machery
Distinguished Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, 2016

Dr. Mary Marazita
Distinguished Professor of Oral Biology, 2020

Dr. Chester A. Mathis
Distinguished Professor of Radiology, 2012

Dr. Karen A. Matthews
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, 2009

Dr. John Mellors
Distinguished Professor of Medicine, 2019

Dr. George Michalopoulos
Distinguished Professor of Pathology, 2012

Dr. Sandra Mitchell
Distinguished Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, 2017

Dr. Patrick S. Moore
Distinguished Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, 2012

Dr. Anne Newman
Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology, 2018

Dr. John Norton
Distinguished Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, 2014

Dr. Trevor J. Orchard
Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology, 2015

Dr. Andrew B. Peitzman
Distinguished Professor of Surgery, 2012

Dr. David H. Perlmutter
Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, 2013

Dr. Mary Phillips
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, 2022

Dr. Ian F. Pollack
Distinguished Professor of Neurological Surgery, 2015

Dr. Marcus Rediker
Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History, 2010

Dr. Mark Roberts
Distinguished Professor of Health and Policy Management, 2020

Dr. Rob Rutenbar
Distinguished Professor of Engineering/Computing and Information, 2021

Dr. Yoel Sadovsky
Distinguished Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, 2015

Dr. Jose-Alain Sahel
Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology, 2019

Dr. Joel S. Schuman
Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology, 2014

Dr. Andrew B. Schwartz
Distinguished Professor of Neurobiology, 2014

Dr. Steven D. Shapiro
Distinguished Professor of Medicine, 2014

Dr. Daniel Shaw
Distinguished Professor of Psychology, 2016

Dr. Mark Shlomchik
Distinguished Professor of Immunology, 2019

Dr. Sanjeev G. Shroff
Distinguished Professor of Bioengineering, 2012

Dr. Chandralekha Singh
Distinguished Professor of Physics, 2021

Dr. David Snoke
Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy, 2021

Dr. Peter L. Strick
Distinguished Professor of Neurobiology, 2011

Dr. Rocky Sung Chi Tuan
Distinguished Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, 2014

Dr. D. Lansing Taylor
Distinguished Professor of Computational and Systems Biology, 2017

Dr. Angus W. Thomson
Distinguished Professor of Surgery, 2007

Dr. Dario Vignali
Distinguished Professor of Immunology, 2021

Dr. William Wagner
Distinguished Professor of Surgery, 2019

Dr. Simon C. Watkins
Distinguished Professor of Cell Biology, 2014

Dr. Jennifer Whiting
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, 2016

Dr. Mark Wilson
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, 2015

Dr. James F. Woodward
Distinguished Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, 2010

Dr. Donald Yealy
Distinguished Professor of Emergency Medicine, 2021

Distinguished Service Professors

Dr. Robert M. Arnold
Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine, 2016

Dr. Eric J. Beckman
Distinguished Service Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, 2015

Dr. Thomas W. Braun
Distinguished Service Professor of Dental Medicine, 2015

Dr. Clifford E. Brubaker
Distinguished Service Professor of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, 2014

Dr. Ming King Chyu
Distinguished Service Professor of Engineering, 2017

Dr. N. John Cooper
Distinguished Service Professor of Chemistry, 2018

Dr. Dennis P. Curran
Distinguished Service Professor of Chemistry, 1996

Dr. Jacqueline M. Dunbar-Jacob
Distinguished Service Professor of Nursing, 2013

Dr. Freddie H. Fu
Distinguished Service Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2010

Dr. Alejandro Hoberman
Distinguished Service Professor of Pediatrics, 2021

Dr. Jonas T. Johnson
Distinguished Service Professor of Otolaryngology, 2014

Dr. Randy P. Juhl
Distinguished Service Professor of Pharmacy, 2008

Dr. Wishwa N. Kapoor
Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine, 2013

Dr. John Kirkwood
Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Dermatology, 2019

Dr. Patricia D. Kroboth
Distinguished Service Professor of Pharmacy, 2015

Dr. Scott M. Lephart
Distinguished Service Professor of Sports Medicine and Nutrition, 2013

Dr. James V. Maher
Distinguished Service Professor of Physics, 2011

Dr. Malcolm R. McNeil
Distinguished Service Professor of Communication Science and Disorders, 2006

Dr. Elizabeth Miller
Distinguished Service Professor of Pediatrics, 2022

Professor Mark A. Nordenberg
Distinguished Service Professor of Law, 1994

Dr. Frits Pil
Distinguished Service Professor, 2022 

Dr. Steven E. Reis
Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine, 2016

Dr. Anne Robertson
Distinguished Service Professor, 2022

Dr. Margaret Rosenzweig
Distinguished Service Professor of Acute and Tertiary Care, 2020

Dr. Loren H. Roth
Distinguished Service Professor of Psychiatry, 2013

Dr. Richard L. Schulz
Distinguished Service Professor of Psychiatry, 2013

Dr. Larry J. Shuman
Distinguished Service Professor of Industrial Engineering, 2012

Dr. Richard L. Simmons
Distinguished Service Professor of Surgery, 1994

Dr. Thomas E. Starzl
Distinguished Service Professor of Health Sciences, 1986

Dr. Ann Thompson
Distinguished Service Professor of Critical Care Medicine, 2021

Dr. Raman Venkataramanan
Distinguished Service Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2023

Dr. Marshall W. Webster
Distinguished Service Professor of Surgery, 2014

Dr. Adrianna Zeevi
Distinguished Service Professor of Pathology, 2020

Historically, newly appointed distinguished professors and named/endowed chairs participated in the Provost's Inaugural Lecture Series program, which introduced the newly appointed faculty members, as well as their expertise, to the University community and the city through a faculty lecture and special reception.

Learn more about past Inaugural Lecture Series events or visit Faculty Awards & Recognition to see other faculty recognition channels.