Steven A. Webber, MBChB, MRCP
Dean, College of Medicine
Executive Vice Chancellor, UAMS
Dr. Steven Webber is a highly regarded pediatrician, researcher and leader in academic medicine who is internationally known for his expertise in solid organ transplantation in children. He began serving as executive vice chancellor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and dean of the UAMS College of Medicine on March 1, 2024.
Dr. Webber was recruited to UAMS from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee, where he had served since 2012 as the James C. Overall professor and chair of the Department of Pediatrics and pediatrician-in-chief of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital. He previously held leadership positions at the University of Pittsburgh and Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh including chief of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology, co-director of the Heart Institute, and medical director of the Thoracic Transplantation Program.
Dr. Webber has received continuous funding for his research focused on solid organ transplantation in children for over 25 years. He has published more than 240 peer-reviewed scientific publications and is the co-author of three textbooks. He has served as president of both the Pediatric Heart Transplant Study, which is an international research consortium, and the International Pediatric Transplant Association. He also has served as chair of the Thoracic Committee of the United Network for Organ Sharing and as a member of the boards of directors of the American Society of Transplantation and the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation.
Born in London, Dr. Webber graduated first in his class from the University of Bristol Medical School in Bristol, England. He completed his internal medicine residency at University Hospitals of Leicester in England and his pediatric residency at university Hospital Nottingham and John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. Dr. Webber continued his training with pediatric cardiology fellowships at the University of British Columbia and B.C. Children’s Hospital and at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh.