Peter G. Traber, M.D.
Peter G. Traber, M.D. is President and Chief Executive Officer of Baylor College of Medicine and Professor of Medicine, positions he has held since March 2003. Dr. Traber has had a long career in academic medicine involved in patient care, education, and research as well as leadership positions in the pharmaceutical industry.
Prior to joining Baylor, Dr. Traber served as Senior Vice President for Clinical Development & Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer at GlaxoSmithKline where he was responsible for worldwide clinical development programs. Prior to GlaxoSmithKline, Dr. Traber was Chief Executive Officer of the University of Pennsylvania Health System and Interim Dean for the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia. He also served as Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at the school from July 1997 to February 2000. Under his leadership, the Department of Internal Medicine was ranked third in the nation in NIH funding, and had multiple divisions on the U.S. News & World Report annual survey of top medical schools.
Dr. Traber also served as Chief of Gastroenterology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine from 1992 to 1997. Prior to that position he was on the faculty at the University of Michigan School of Medicine in Ann Arbor from 1987 to 1992 where he helped to build the research and clinical enterprise.
Dr. Traber received his M.D. at Wayne State Medical School in Detroit in 1981, and served a residency in internal medicine at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago, where he also did a fellowship in gastroenterology. He completed a fellowship in gastroenterology research at the University of Michigan Medical School, and in 1997, completed the Management Development Program for Physician Executives at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
A respected researcher, Dr. Traber's scientific studies have included work on fundamental regulatory control mechanisms in intestinal biology with the goal of gaining a better understanding of human disease. He is the author of numerous publications on this research and the Senior Editor of the Handbook of Gastroenterology and Associate Editor of the Kelly Textbook of Internal Medicine.
In 1999, Dr. Traber received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Wayne State University School of Medicine. He has medical specialty certification with the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Gastroenterology. He has been actively involved in the American Gastroenterologic Association, and has served as chair for various AGA committees, sections and subsections.
Dr. Traber serves on the Council of Deans of the Association of American Medical Colleges and is a member of both the Association of American Physicians and the Texas Medical Association. In addition, he holds membership in the American Society for Clinical Research, having served on the National Council, and is an honorary member of the Texas Club of Internists.
Dr. Traber is active in the Houston community and is on the Boards of the Alkek Foundation, BCM Technologies, Catholic Charities for the Diocese of Galveston-Houston, the Houston Technology Center, MBM Foundation, St. Luke's Episcopal Health System, Texas Heart Institute, and Tanox, Inc. In addition, he is an Honorary Advisor to the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Houston.
April 2005