Susan Cox

Executive Vice Dean for Academics, Chair, Department of Medical Education, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin
President Elect, Alliance for Clinical Education. Dr. Cox oversees the development, implementation and delivery of the curriculum; Student Affairs, Graduate Medical Education and Faculty Affairs.

Before becoming Executive Vice Dean, she was the Planning Dean of the Dell Medical School and helped lay the foundation for the new Medical School and the incoming Inaugural Dean.

Prior to joining UT Austin, Dr. Cox was the UT Southwestern Regional Dean of Austin Programs. Dr Cox was with the UT Southwestern Medical School for 23 years where she served as the Associate Dean of Medical Education and the ACGME Designated Institutional Official. Her duties included oversight of the 94 ACGME approved residency and fellowship programs, administrative responsibility for the University’s Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Public Education programs, Course Director of newly created UT Southwestern Academic Colleges, and oversight of the UT Southwestern/ Seton Austin Medical Education Programs.

Dr. Cox received her BS from West Texas State University (Canyon, TX) in 1975, her MA in Genetics and Cell Biology from University of Texas Medical Branch (Galveston, TX) in 1978 and an MD from Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, TX) in 1982. She completed postgraduate training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Baylor Medical Center (Houston, TX) in 1986 and Maternal and Fetal Medicine training at UT Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas, TX) in 1988. She is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology as well as Maternal Fetal Medicine.