Thomas B. Horvath, M.D.

Dr. Horvath was appointed chief of staff of the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center on January 3, 1999. He serves as the most senior clinician in this tertiary care medical center. Dr. Horvath is also a professor in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry at the Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Horvath is a graduate of the University of Melbourne, Australia (M.D., 1965), a member (1970), and fellow (1975) of the Royal Australian College of Physicians, and is a diplomate of the American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry (1978). He obtained clinical and research training in internal medicine/neurology, psychiatry, and psychophysiology at the University of Melbourne, Stanford University, and the Palo Alto VA Medical Center. Dr. Horvath is a graduate of Leadership VA (1985), VA Executive Medicine, and the Chief of Staff Institute. He served on the President’s Health Care Reform Task Force, and on the Vision for Change Reorganization of the Veterans Health Administration. He has received leadership awards from the Association of Military Surgeon of the U.S., the National Association of VA Psychology and Psychiatry Leaders, the VA Chaplain Service, and the Readjustment Counseling Service. He is a recipient of the Americanism Medal of the Daughters of the American Revolution. He retired as a Lt. Colonel from the U.S. Army Reserve, Medical Corps.