Willis Maddrey, M.D.

Willis C. Maddrey, M.D., is Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern, and a member of its Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases.

Dr. Maddrey received his medical degree from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, and completed his residency on the Osler Medical Service of The Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he served as Chief Medical Resident. He then spent two years in India as a U.S. Public Health Service Officer, followed by fellowship training in liver disease at Yale University School of Medicine, under the influence and leadership of Dr. Gerald Klatskin.

Dr. Maddrey joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1971, served as Assistant Dean from 1975-1979 while directing the liver unit, and subsequently served as Associate Physician-in-Chief. He became Magee Professor and Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University’s Jefferson Medical College (now the Sidney Kimmel Medical College) in 1982 and served in that capacity until his recruitment to UT Southwestern in 1990. Dr. Maddrey served as Executive Vice President for Clinical Affairs from 1993 to 2009.

Recognized as one of the world's leading authorities on liver disease, Dr. Maddrey served with distinction as UT Southwestern's Special Assistant to the President for 11 years before being appointed Professor Emeritus in 2020.

Dr. Maddrey's research and scholarship have focused on chronic viral hepatitis, drug-induced liver injury, alcohol-associated liver disease, liver transplantation, and primary biliary cholangitis. He has authored hundreds of scientific publications and edited or co-edited several books, including Transplantation of the Liver and Schiff's Diseases of the Liver, considered authoritative texts in the field.

Dr. Maddrey has held leadership roles in numerous professional organizations, including President of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (1981) and President of the American College of Physicians (1992-1993). He is a Master of the American College of Physicians and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London, the Royal College of Physicians of Glasgow, and the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

In 1998, Dr. Maddrey was appointed the Arnold N. and Carol S. Ablon Professorship in Biomedical Science and the Adelyn and Edmund M. Hoffman Distinguished Chair in Medical Science. His honors also include the George Stuart Outstanding Teacher Award from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching in the Clinical Sciences at Jefferson Medical College, the Distinguished Educator Award from the American Gastroenterological Association, and the Distinguished Service Award from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. He also received the Distinguished Service Citation from Wake Forest University.