Institute for Academic Medicine Administration

Mauro Ferrari, PhD, is the Chief Commercialization Officer and Executive Vice President of Houston Methodist, and the President of the Houston Methodist Institute for Academic Medicine where he is the Ernest Cockrell Jr. Presidential Distinguished Chair. Ferrari leads enterprise commercializatin strategies as the CCO and as president of the Houston Methodist Institute for Academic Medicine, Ferrari oversees all research and education programs at Houston Methodist. This includes over 630 academic faculty and their research. He also serves as the Senior Associate Dean of the Weill Cornell Medical College, the primary academic affiliate of Houston Methodist and holds Adjunct and Honorary Professorships at many universities around the world.

Timothy B. Boone, MD, PhD, is the Chair of the Urology Department, Co-Director of the Institute for Academic Medicine and a member of the Neurological Institute at Houston Methodist Hospital. He is Professor of Urology at Weill Cornell Medical College and holds appointments as Professor of Urology at Texas A&M College of Medicine and Baylor College of Medicine where he is a Clinical Professor of Urology.

Mr. Jones is responsible for academic administrative functions, including governance, communications, financial services, grants and contracts, regulatory oversight and research protections. In addition, he oversees the Academic Office for Clinical Trials which provides leadership for clinical trial operations and for regulatory and coordinator support. Jones joined Houston Methodist in 2005 to establish the Research Institute. Prior to his appointment at Houston Methodist, he was the Administrative Director of Biomedical Research at the Nemours Children´s Clinic and Alfred I. du Pont Hospital for Children. 

RESEARCH INSTITUTE

EDUCATION INSTITUTE