Carlos Roberto Jaen, M.D., Ph.D., M.S., FAAFP
Distinguished University Professor
Professor and Chair Emeritus of Family and Community Medicine
Professor/Research of Department of Health, Behavior and Society
Dr. Jaen's special interests include improving preventive care for individuals of all ages, preventing complications from chronic diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease. He is passionate about building and studying high-performance primary care offices. He has been selected to the Best Doctors in America yearly since 2002. He is dedicated to building a healthier San Antonio through efforts in community wellness.
Dr. Jaen is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine of the National Academies. He is a member of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. He was co-director of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Center for Research in Family Medicine and Primary Care. Over 20 years, the Center studied almost 500 mostly independent, community-based primary care practices and completed the evaluation of the AAFPs national demonstration project of the patient-centered medical home. He served on the panels that published the U.S. Public Health Service smoking cessation guidelines in 1996 & 2000 and was co-chair of the panel that published an update in May 2008. In 2005, he was appointed to the National Advisory Council to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). He received a Generalist Physician Faculty Scholar Award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and a Cancer Control Career Development Award for Primary Care Physicians from the American Cancer Society.
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Professional Background
Education
- 2006 - Certificate - Medical School Leadership and Administration - University of Texas San Antonio College of Business Ctr Prof Excellence
- 1992 - Postdoctoral Fellowship - Primary Care Research - Case Western Reserve University
- 1992 - Residency - Family Medicine - CWRU/Univ. Hospitals
- 1989 - MD - Medicine - State University of New York (SUNY)
- 1988 - PhD - Epidemiology and Community Health - SUNY Buffalo
- 1982 - MS - Biology (Oncology) - Niagara University
- 1979 - BS - Biology (Cum Laude) - Niagara University
Appointments
- 10/2024 - Distinguished University Professor - University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- 6/2001 - 3/2025 - Professor and Department Chair - UT Health San Antonio, Family & Community Medicine, San Antonio
- 3/2015 - 3/2025 - The Dr. and Mrs. James L. Holly Distinguished Chair, Patient-Centered Medical Home - UT Health San Antonio, Family & Community Medicine, San Antonio
- 5/2008 - 3/2025 - Professor - University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, San Antonio
- 6/2007- 5/2024 - Adjunct Professor - University of Texas School of Public Health, San Antonio Regional CampusSan Antonio
- 3/2025 - Professor and Chair Emeritus of Family and Community Medicine - UT San Antonio Long School of Medicine
- 3/2025 - Professor/Research of Health, Behavior and Society - UT San Antonio School of Public Health
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- Research & Grants
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