Drachman Hall, Room B-207
1295 North Martin Avenue
P.O. Box 210202
Tucson, AZ 85721-0202
Tel: (520) 626-1197
Fax: (520) 626-1460
Building 1, Room 1266
550 East Van Buren Street
Phoenix, AZ 85004-2230
Tel: (602) 827-2156
Fax: (602) 827-2074
William Crist, MD
William M. Crist, MD, joined the Arizona Health Sciences Center at The University of Arizona as vice president for health affairs in October 2008. He came to the UA from the University of Missouri (MU) School of Medicine, where he served as dean and professor in the Department of Child Health.
Dr. Crist is a physician-scientist who is credited with improving our understanding of childhood leukemias and their treatments. After graduating from the MU School of Medicine in 1969, he completed an internship in pediatrics at the University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor; was a resident fellow in pediatrics and pediatric hematology at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis; and was a fellow in pediatric hematology at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
He served as director of pediatric hematology and oncology at the University of Alabama, Birmingham; then as director of pediatric hematology and oncology at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Memphis; as chair of hematology and oncology at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis; and as chair of pediatric and adolescent medicine at the Mayo Medical Center in Rochester, Minn.
Dr. Crist has published extensively in the medical literature, has received a wide range of honors and awards and has served on numerous editorial boards and professional societies.