Raymond S. Greenberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Affiliate Faculty, Department of Population Health
About
Raymond S. Greenberg is the special adviser to the Office of Health Affairs for The University of Texas System. He provides leadership and operational support to the Office of Health Affairs.
Greenberg joined The University of Texas System in 2013 as the executive vice chancellor for health affairs and served in that capacity until March 2019. In that role, he provided oversight and guidance for the six UT System health institutions, one of the largest networks of academic health institutions in the country.
Additionally, Greenberg is a affiliate faculty in the Department of Population Health at Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin.
Before coming to the UT System, Greenberg served for 13 years as president of the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) — the state’s preeminent, research-intensive academic health institution. Prior to that, he served for five years as vice president for academic affairs and provost of MUSC.
Under Greenberg’s guidance, MUSC successfully competed for a National Cancer Institute–designated cancer center and a National Institutes of Health Clinical and Translational Science Award. In addition, Greenberg provided leadership in the design and construction of a variety of education, research and clinical facilities, including a state-of-the-art hospital, and completed a record-breaking fundraising campaign.
After receiving his undergraduate training from the University of North Carolina, Greenberg earned a medical degree from Duke University, a master’s of public health degree from Harvard University and a doctorate in epidemiology from the University of North Carolina. Greenberg also holds honorary degrees from the College of Charleston, Simpson College and The Citadel. Following his training, Greenberg served for 12 years at Emory University, where he held several leadership positions, including chair of the medical school’s Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, deputy director of the Winship Cancer Center and founding dean of the Rollins School of Public Health. Nationally recognized for his research on cancer, Greenberg has served on many scientific advisory boards.