In July 2005, Dr. Wartman became the 3rd President of the Association of Academic Health Centers, a non-profit association based in Washington, DC that seeks to advance health and well-being through the vigorous leadership of academic health centers. Prior to assuming this position, he was Executive Vice President for Academic and Health Affairs and Dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. Dr. Wartman’s more than 25 year career in academic medicine includes chairing a department of medicine at two institutions and the founding director of a division of general internal medicine.
Dr. Wartman is a board certified internist, sociologist and Master of the American College of Physicians. He received his AB from Cornell University, and his MD and PhD degrees from Johns Hopkins University. He was also a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at Johns Hopkins and a Henry Luce Scholar in Indonesia. Dr. Wartman is currently recognized for his work in the organization and management of academic health centers, where he has taken the lead on critical issues such as the need for alignment among an institution’s schools, research, and education programs. In 2008 he founded AAHC International™, a global organization dedicated to improving health and well-being worldwide. He has received numerous awards and honorary degrees, and is currently a distinguished professor in the Department of Medicine at Georgetown University and an adjunct professor of Medicine at George Washington University, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Pennsylvania.
