Rate My Professor Steve Schwab

In 2006, Dr. Schwab joined UTHSC as the first executive dean of the College of Medicine, overseeing campuses in Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Nashville. He became interim chancellor in 2009 and served as chancellor from 2010 until his retirement in 2022. Under his leadership, UTHSC executed a Campus Master Plan with over $300 million in construction projects, expanded statewide clinical partnerships into an integrated organization, doubled research grant awards to more than $120 million annually, tripled clinical enterprise revenue to over $300 million, enrolled over 3,300 students with approximately 1,400 residents and fellows, and achieved graduation rates and first-attempt board pass rates of 95% or higher. Internationally recognized for expertise in renal disease, chronic renal failure, and dialytic therapy, he has authored more than 150 peer-reviewed publications and five books, directed multiple NIH-funded multicenter clinical trials, served on editorial boards of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Kidney International, and Clinical Nephrology, and acted as editor-in-chief of nephrology for UpToDate in Medicine. His honors include repeated selections for Best Doctors in America and America's Top Doctors over 12 years, the Duke University Eugene Stead Teaching Award, the National Kidney Foundation Distinguished Service Award, the American Heart Association Clinician-Scientist Award, and service on the American Board of Internal Medicine from 1996 to 2002. He delivered over 75 invited lectures at national and international conferences.