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Houston. During his tenure as president, Willerson oversaw the construction of five major facilities. In 2007, Willerson stepped down from his position as president of the
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston to succeed Cooley as head of the Texas Heart Institute. Following this, he was inducted into the Texas Longhorn Hall of Fame and named the recipient of the 2010 PTV Sciences Star of Texas Healthcare Award. As well, an Endowed Chair position at the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases was named in his honor.
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141:(November 16, 1939 – September 16, 2020) was an American cardiologist. He was the President Emeritus, Director of Cardiology Research, and Co-Director of the Cullen Cardiovascular Research Laboratories at the Texas Heart Institute. Upon moving to Houston in 1989, Willerson created the Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases.
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Willerson was born on
November 16, 1939, in Lampasas, Texas but grew up in San Antonio. He was born to physician parents Darrell and Eleanor Willerson, who sparked his interest in medicine. As a youth, he followed his father on house calls and his mother arranged a meeting with cardiologist
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and collaborate in studies with Cooley. Immediately upon arrival, Willerson stated his goal to establish the
Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases in Houston’s Texas Medical Center. While serving in the role of Chairman, Willerson was named to the
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In 1972, Willerson was recruited to UT Southwestern
Medical School Faculty and Parkland Hospital in Dallas to help build their nascent cardiology programs. He was subsequently encouraged to move to Houston in 1989 to become the Chairman of Internal Medicine at the new
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future of cardiovascular discovery." In 2017, UT named their cardiovascular research center at the
Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences in honor of Willerson. He was also appointed an honorary Editor-in-Chief of the journal
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Conference meet and was a three-year letterman. He graduated from
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