Darwin J. Prockop MD, PhD

Dr. Darwin Prockop is a professor of Molecular & Cellular Medicine and the Stearman Chair in Genomic Medicine. He is also the director of the Texas A&M College of Medicine Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Scott & White in Temple, Texas.

He received his AB in philosophy from Haverford College in 1951 and a MA in animal physiology from Brasenose College at Oxford University in 1953. He was awarded his MD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1956 and worked at the National Institutes of Health from 1956-1961 while earning a Ph.D. in biochemistry from George Washington University.

He rose to the rank of professor at the School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania from 1961-72. He was chair of biochemistry at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey from 1972-1986, chair of biochemistry and director of the Jefferson Institute for Molecular Medicine at Jefferson Medical College from 1986-1996, and director of the Center for Gene Therapy at Hahnemann/Allegheny/Drexel from 1996-2000 and director of the Center for Gene Therapy at Tulane University Health Science Center from 2000-2008.

Prockop has authored or co‐authored more than 600 publications, is a frequent speaker at distinguished international events pertaining to matrix biology and stem cell science and has been awarded three honorary degrees. Amongst his many accomplishments are appointments to both the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, and the National Academy of Inventors. Prockop joined the faculty at the Texas A&M University Health Science Center in August 2008.