The following lists record University of Pittsburgh faculty members’ appointments to distinguished status.
Updated September 1, 2023
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Faculty Member
Appointment, Year Appointed
- Distinguished University Professors
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Dr. Donald S. Burke
Distinguished University Professor of Health Science and Policy, 2011Dr. Seymour Drescher
Distinguished University Professor of History, 1986Dr. G. Bard Ermentrout
Distinguished University Professor of Computational Biology, 2003Dr. 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, 2006Dr. John Markoff
Distinguished University Professor of Sociology, 2006Dr. John H. McDowell
Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy, 1988Dr. Charles A. Perfetti
Distinguished University Professor of Psychology, 2001Dr. Evelyn Rawski
Distinguished University Professor of History, 1996Dr. Nicholas Rescher
Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy, 1970Dr. Lauren B. Resnick
Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science, 2006Dr. Jean-François Richard
Distinguished University Professor of Economics, 1998Dr. Thomas Saaty
Distinguished University Professor of Business Administration, 1979Dr. Kenneth F. Schaffner
Distinguished University Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, 2006Dr. Edward M. Stricker
Distinguished University Professor of Neuroscience, 1986Dr. Peter Wipf
Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry, 2004Dr. Savio L.Y. Woo
Distinguished University Professor of Bioengineering, 2007 - Distinguished Professors
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Dr. Colin F. Allen
Distinguished Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, 2017Dr. George Reid Andrews
Distinguished Professor of History, 2008Dr. Derek C. Angus
Distinguished Professor of Critical Care Medicine, 2013Dr. Sanford A. Asher
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, 2006Dr. Tia-Lynn Ashman
Distinguished Professor of Evolution and Ecology, 2016Dr. Ivet Bahar
Distinguished Professor of Computational and Systems Biology, 2013Dr. Anna C. Balazs
Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, 2005Dr. Robert Batterman
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, 2019Dr. Michael J. Becich
Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Informatics, 2015Dr. Wendie Berg
Distinguished Professor of Radiology, 2023Dr. John R. Beverley
Distinguished Professor of Hispanic Languages and Literatures, 2009Dr. Timothy R. Billiar
Distinguished Professor of Surgery, 2011Dr. Boris Birmaher
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, 2019Dr. Kathleen M. Blee
Distinguished Professor of Sociology, 2007Dr. Michael Boninger
Distinguished Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2023Dr. Harvey S. Borovetz
Distinguished Professor of Bioengineering, 2009Dr. Paul A. Bové
Distinguished Professor of English, 2005Dr. Robert Brandom
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, 1998Dr. David Brent
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, 2019Dr. Daniel Buysse
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, 2022Dr. Clifton Callaway
Distinguished Professor of Emergency Medicine, 2023Dr. Jane A. Cauley
Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology, 2016Dr. Yuan Chang
Distinguished Professor of Pathology, 2012Dr. Gregory F. Cooper
Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Informatics, 2019Dr. Rory A. Cooper
Distinguished Professor of Rehabilitation Science and Technology, 2004Dr. Vivian Curran
Distinguished Professor of Law, 2016Dr. William C. de Groat
Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, 2009Dr. Nancy E. Davidson
Distinguished Professor of Medicine, 2013Dr. Terence Dermody
Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, 2019Dr. Dimiter Dimitrov
Distinguished Professor of Medicine, 2022Dr. Robert D. Drennan
Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, 2006Dr. Michael Fine
Distinguished Professor of Medicine, 2022Dr. Toren Finkel
Distinguished Professor of Medicine, 2021Dr. Olivera J. Finn
Distinguished Professor of Immunology, 2009Dr. Lucy Fischer
Distinguished Professor of English, 2007Dr. Joanne Flynn
Distinguished Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, 2019Dr. Ellen Frank
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, 2008Dr. Bruce A Freeman
Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, 2017Dr. Robert Friedlander
Distinguished Professor of Neurological Surgery, 2021Dr. Giovanni Galdi
Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, 2018Dr. Peyman Givi
Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, 2015Dr. Mark T. Gladwin
Distinguished Professor of Medicine, 2014Dr. Joseph Glorioso
Distinguished Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, 2023Dr. Anthony Grace
Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience, 2010Dr. Jennifer Grandis
Distinguished Professor of Otolaryngology, 2012Dr. Angela M. Gronenborn
Distinguished Professor of Structural Biology, 2011Dr. Anil K. Gupta
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, 2000Dr. Tao Han
Distinguished Professor of High Energy Physics, 2014Dr. Roger Hendrix
Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences, 2009Dr. Edwin Jackson
Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, 2022Dr. John M. Jakicic
Distinguished Professor of Health and Physical Activity, 2016Dr. Kenneth D. Jordan
Distinguished Professor of Computational Chemistry, 2007Dr. John Kellum
Distinguished Professor of Critical Care Medicine, 2021Dr. Thomas Kleyman
Distinguished Professor of Medicine, 2021Dr. William E. Klunk
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, 2011Dr. Patrick Kochanek
Distinguished Professor of Critical Care Medicine, 2019Dr. Renate Kosinski
Distinguished Professor of French and Italian Language and LiteratureDr. Maria Kovacs
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, 2010Dr. David J. Kupfer
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, 2015Dr. Fadi Lakkis
Distinguished Professor of Transplantation Biology, 2019Dr. Jeanne Laskas
Distinguished Professor of English, 2018Dr. Jeremy Levy
Distinguished Professor of Condensed Matter Physics, 2014Dr. David A. Lewis
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, 2016Dr. Steve Little
Distinguished Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, 2021Dr. Cecilia Lo
Distinguished Professor of Developmental Biology, 2017Dr. Rolf Loeber
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, 2004Dr. Beatriz Luna
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, 2022Dr. L. Dade Lunsford
Distinguished Professor of Neurological Surgery, 2007Dr. Colin MacCabe
Distinguished Professor of English and Film Studies, 2002Dr. Edouard Machery
Distinguished Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, 2016Dr. Mary Marazita
Distinguished Professor of Oral Biology, 2020Dr. Chester A. Mathis
Distinguished Professor of Radiology, 2012Dr. Karen A. Matthews
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, 2009Dr. John Mellors
Distinguished Professor of Medicine, 2019Dr. George Michalopoulos
Distinguished Professor of Pathology, 2012Dr. Sandra Mitchell
Distinguished Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, 2017Dr. Patrick S. Moore
Distinguished Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, 2012Dr. Anne Newman
Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology, 2018Dr. John Norton
Distinguished Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, 2014Dr. Trevor J. Orchard
Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology, 2015Dr. Andrew B. Peitzman
Distinguished Professor of Surgery, 2012Dr. David H. Perlmutter
Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, 2013Dr. Mary Phillips
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, 2022Dr. Ian F. Pollack
Distinguished Professor of Neurological Surgery, 2015Dr. Marcus Rediker
Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History, 2010Dr. Mark Roberts
Distinguished Professor of Health and Policy Management, 2020Dr. Rob Rutenbar
Distinguished Professor of Engineering/Computing and Information, 2021Dr. Yoel Sadovsky
Distinguished Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, 2015Dr. Jose-Alain Sahel
Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology, 2019Dr. Joel S. Schuman
Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology, 2014Dr. Andrew B. Schwartz
Distinguished Professor of Neurobiology, 2014Dr. Steven D. Shapiro
Distinguished Professor of Medicine, 2014Dr. Daniel Shaw
Distinguished Professor of Psychology, 2016Dr. Mark Shlomchik
Distinguished Professor of Immunology, 2019Dr. Sanjeev G. Shroff
Distinguished Professor of Bioengineering, 2012Dr. Chandralekha Singh
Distinguished Professor of Physics, 2021Dr. David Snoke
Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy, 2021Dr. Peter L. Strick
Distinguished Professor of Neurobiology, 2011Dr. Rocky Sung Chi Tuan
Distinguished Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, 2014Dr. D. Lansing Taylor
Distinguished Professor of Computational and Systems Biology, 2017Dr. Angus W. Thomson
Distinguished Professor of Surgery, 2007Dr. Dario Vignali
Distinguished Professor of Immunology, 2021Dr. William Wagner
Distinguished Professor of Surgery, 2019Dr. Simon C. Watkins
Distinguished Professor of Cell Biology, 2014Dr. Jennifer Whiting
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, 2016Dr. Mark Wilson
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, 2015Dr. James F. Woodward
Distinguished Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, 2010Dr. Donald Yealy
Distinguished Professor of Emergency Medicine, 2021 - Distinguished Service Professors
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Dr. Robert M. Arnold
Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine, 2016Dr. Eric J. Beckman
Distinguished Service Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, 2015Dr. Thomas W. Braun
Distinguished Service Professor of Dental Medicine, 2015Dr. Clifford E. Brubaker
Distinguished Service Professor of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, 2014Dr. Ming King Chyu
Distinguished Service Professor of Engineering, 2017Dr. N. John Cooper
Distinguished Service Professor of Chemistry, 2018Dr. Dennis P. Curran
Distinguished Service Professor of Chemistry, 1996Dr. Jacqueline M. Dunbar-Jacob
Distinguished Service Professor of Nursing, 2013Dr. Freddie H. Fu
Distinguished Service Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2010Dr. Alejandro Hoberman
Distinguished Service Professor of Pediatrics, 2021Dr. Jonas T. Johnson
Distinguished Service Professor of Otolaryngology, 2014Dr. Randy P. Juhl
Distinguished Service Professor of Pharmacy, 2008Dr. Wishwa N. Kapoor
Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine, 2013Dr. John Kirkwood
Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Dermatology, 2019Dr. Patricia D. Kroboth
Distinguished Service Professor of Pharmacy, 2015Dr. Scott M. Lephart
Distinguished Service Professor of Sports Medicine and Nutrition, 2013Dr. James V. Maher
Distinguished Service Professor of Physics, 2011Dr. Malcolm R. McNeil
Distinguished Service Professor of Communication Science and Disorders, 2006Dr. Elizabeth Miller
Distinguished Service Professor of Pediatrics, 2022Professor Mark A. Nordenberg
Distinguished Service Professor of Law, 1994Dr. Frits Pil
Distinguished Service Professor, 2022Dr. Steven E. Reis
Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine, 2016Dr. Anne Robertson
Distinguished Service Professor, 2022Dr. Margaret Rosenzweig
Distinguished Service Professor of Acute and Tertiary Care, 2020Dr. Loren H. Roth
Distinguished Service Professor of Psychiatry, 2013Dr. Richard L. Schulz
Distinguished Service Professor of Psychiatry, 2013Dr. Larry J. Shuman
Distinguished Service Professor of Industrial Engineering, 2012Dr. Richard L. Simmons
Distinguished Service Professor of Surgery, 1994Dr. Thomas E. Starzl
Distinguished Service Professor of Health Sciences, 1986Dr. Ann Thompson
Distinguished Service Professor of Critical Care Medicine, 2021Dr. Raman Venkataramanan
Distinguished Service Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2023Dr. Marshall W. Webster
Distinguished Service Professor of Surgery, 2014Dr. 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.