Elizabeth Maher, M.D., Ph.D.

Elizabeth Maher, M.D., Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and the Department of Neurology and a member of the Division of Hematology and Oncology. 

There is a major therapeutic benefit in understanding what you’ve got, believing you will do well, and trusting the team that is treating you.

Originally from Nova Scotia, Canada, Dr. Maher holds a bachelor's degree in biology from Amherst College in Massachusetts, where she graduated cum laude. she completed her postdoctorate degree in physiology at Mcgill University in Montreal. She then earned her medical degree at McGill University. She completed internal medicine residency training at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Maher completed multiple fellowships during her career. She did fellowships in hematology and oncology and internal medicine at Harvard Medical School, a fellowship in the Hypertension Research Unit at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, a neurology fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Boston, a fellowship in physiology at McGill University, and a fellowship in adult oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at Harvard Medical School.

Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in medical oncology, Dr. Maher joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2006. She is now the Director of Translational Research for the Neuro-Oncology Program at UT Southwestern and the Director of the Crystal Ball Charity Center for Pediatric Brain and Neurological Diseases.

At UT Southwestern, Dr. Maher is a member of the Supporting Women Achieving Greatness (SWAG) Committee and the Charles Y.C. and Jane Pak Breast Cancer - Bon Initiative Advisory Committee.

Dr. Maher is a member of several professional societies, including the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the Society of Neuro-Oncology, and the American Association of Cancer Research.