The title of Distinguished University Professor is the highest appointment bestowed on a faculty member at UMB. It is a recognition not just of excellence, but also of impact and significant contribution to the nominee’s field, knowledge, profession, and/or practice.

Here are the 2024 Distinguished University Professors:

Richard Boldt, JD

Richard Boldt, JD

T. Carroll Brown Professor of Law, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Richard Boldt has been a passionate and dedicated legal educator for more than three decades, having joined the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law in 1989. He was granted tenu... Read More

Susan G. Dorsey, PhD, RN, FAAN

Susan G. Dorsey, PhD, RN, FAAN

Professor, Department of Organizational Systems and Adult Health, University of Maryland School of Nursing
Professor, Departments of Anesthesiology and Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Professor, Department of Neural and Pain Sciences, University of Maryland School of Dentistry

Susan Dorsey is nationally and internationally recognized for her research and scholarship studying chronic pain and cancer treatment-related symptoms. She joined the University of Maryland School... Read More

Steven Kittner, MD, MPH

Steven Kittner, MD, MPH

Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Steven Kittner is an internationally recognized expert in stroke and cerebrovascular disease who has helped thousands of patients clinically and by leading regional and international collaborations... Read More

E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA

E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA

CARTI Endowed Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Director, Center for Advanced Research Training and Innovation (CARTI)
Senior Scientist, Center for Birth Defects Research
University of Maryland School of Medicine
*Will be honored at the 2025 Convocation

E. Albert Reece is an internationally recognized physician-scientist, scholar, distinguished leader, and sought-after visiting professor who recently completed a transformational 16-year tenure as ... Read More

William Regine, MD, FACR, FACRO, FASTRO

William Regine, MD, FACR, FACRO, FASTRO

Professor and Isadore & Fannie Schneider Foxman Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology, and Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs
University of Maryland School of Medicine

William Regine is an internationally renowned physician-scientist who is a leader in the field of radiation oncology and an expert in the areas of gastrointestinal (GI) and central nervous system (... Read More

David Weber, PhD

David Weber, PhD

Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Director, Center for Biomolecular Therapeutics
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Co-Director, University of Maryland Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research

David Weber is an internationally renowned biochemist and structural biologist who has been with the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) since 1993. He also holds a joint appointment... Read More